Caspian Deepsong
NereidsHealer
"Healing is not about saving everyone. It is about giving everyone the chance to be saved.""
Identity
- Residence
- The Healing Springs, Central Nereidum
- Civilization
- Nereids
Appearance
• Physical: Gentle-featured with scales of soft turquoise that seem to pulse with healing energy. His touch is warm and soothing, and his eyes hold genuine compassion. • Clothing: Wears white and silver robes embroidered with healing symbols, carrying numerous pouches of medicinal herbs and enchanted shells. • Distinguishing Marks: A spiral pattern on his palms marks him as a trained healer; wears a pendant containing water from the First Spring.
Relationships
- Family - Lost his entire family to plague; considers his patients and apprentices his family now.
- Allies - The Healer's Circle; grateful patients who support his work; a surface physician who exchanges medical knowledge.
- Rivals - Charlatans who sell fake cures; officials who want to privatize healthcare; his own guilt.
Personality
- Traits: Compassionate, patient, self-sacrificing, haunted by those he couldn't save
- Mannerisms: Places a hand on his chest when greeting patients; tends to hum healing chants unconsciously.
- Voice: Soft and reassuring, with a quality that seems to ease pain just by speaking.
Backstory
Caspian discovered his healing gift during a plague that killed his entire village except for him. He trained for a decade to master the healing arts and now runs the largest clinic in Nereidum. He blames himself for every patient he loses.
Daily Life
Caspian begins each day treating the most critical patients, then conducts rounds through the healing wards. He spends afternoons researching new treatments and evenings offering free care to those who cannot pay.
Secret
He's been experimenting with forbidden life-extension magic to save a terminally ill child, risking his own soul.
Story Hooks
- 1 Caspian needs adventurers to retrieve a rare medicinal plant from a dangerous underwater cave system.
- 2 He's being blackmailed by someone who discovered his forbidden experiments and needs help dealing with them.
Narrative Value
Healer and medical expert; quest giver for ingredient retrieval; moral compass for the party. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════