Clive

"Stay fleshy."

Clive is a friendly NPC in the Wing's Rest. They serve primarily as an information holder, telling you tidbits on other NPCs and lore.

## Appearance

Clive appears to be a regular human skeleton. When playing during a full moon, a semi-transparent blue "crown" begins floating above their head.

## Dialogue

* Greeting
* After meeting
* Assassin
* Monks
* Rat King
* Great Witch
* Calamis
* The King and the Basilisk
* Uxviharad the Golden
* Sucsarius
* Player beating the game

"Well hello there sonny!"

"People call me Clive, thaw that's not really my name."

"I seem to have lost it. My memory isn't quite what it used to be."

"But my bones'es good!"

"I stay young by drinking these little health tonics."

"Here why don't you take some, you look a little mealy."

"Be careful a wanderin the depths, not everything out there is as peaceful as a skeleton."

"Hey (player name)!"

Or alternatively;

"How ya been?"

"Hey (player name), did I ever tell ya about that assassin that got trapped here?"

"About 40 or so years ago, or maybe it was 80 I don't remember."

"There was an Assassin, of some renown. They had a viscous reputation and always got their mark."

"But They realized that sooner or later, they'd start to run out of targets. And eventually they'd be the one wanted dead in the outworld."

"So they took an impossible job, one that required them to kill someone that was banished here."

"They knew there wasn't going to be a way back whether they were successful or not."

"But it didn't matter to them I guess."

"And so the rumor is that they settled down here. And even took on a new profession."

"Something about collecting from the dead and reselling stuff, instead of making people dead."

"At least, I think that's how it happened. My memory ain't that good."

"Say (player name), did I ever tell ya about how those monks got banished here?"

"Way back during the crusades, people of all sorts came down here with righteous fury."

"I guess they were afraid of an eventual uprising or something."

"And back then, there were still many ways outta here."

"Anyway, there was this sect of holy monks who wanted in on that action, but monks typically didn’t fight and weren't allowed outside their monastery."

"So they all decided they would use their magic to help, by summoning a demon."

"I think their plan was to kill it, but after the ritual they were surprised to find out the demon was an infant, instead of some giant brute."

"They couldn’t bring themselves to kill her, so they actually raised her in the monastery."

"After the crusades ended, the church heard about it. And so they all ended up here."

"They built this sanctuary, and lived here for a long while."

"But that was so long ago. I guess they're all gone now."

"At least, I think that’s how it happened. My memory ain't that good."

"Did I ever tell you about the wicked king of rats?"

"The legend goes that long ago during the first age of magic a witch king ruled in a starving kingdom."

"While his magic was great, he withheld the castle's bountiful provisions and let his kingdom wither."

"'Let them eat the rats' He declared to his knights, who eventually betrayed him."

"He was not sentenced to death by his knights, but exile in the cavernous depths carved from the flowing moonlight."

"His eyes were plucked out so he could never look up from the well. One of his arms was cut off so he could never climb out."

"And rats surrounded him, his only nourishment."

"Over the years he would continuously starve but never died. Using the last of his magic, the exiled witch king turned himself to stone."

"And the legend goes that in the deepest reaches of the depths, there is a crumbling statue of him, one worshipped by rats."

"Did I ever tell you about the great witch who escaped the GREAT WELL?"

"The story goes that there was a child thrown into the well. Orphanages would do this practice regularly to keep from being overwhelmed."

"But this child was special. For they were quite adept at magic and alchemy."

"And while still in their childhood they accomplished what many could not."

"They escaped the GREAT WELL, by astral projection."

"They projected further than any had done before, and made it to the outworld."

"But they found no solace in the world above. And eventually they returned."

"As they came back down they found that their mortal body had perished."

"They had freedom, but were as a ghost."

"And the tales speak that they are still down here, helping others and still practicing alchemy."

"Have I ever told you about the Lyrian Mage Calamis?"

"He was a powerful battlemage of the ancient kingdom of Lyria from before the moonfall."

"One day a speckle of moonlight liquid fell from the sky and landed on Calamis while he was walking through the garden of Lyria."

"This burdened him with a vision, one which he was greatly disturbed by."

"The GREAT ONE awakening from the depths and bringing an end to the age of magic."

"Calamis acted quickly and ventured across the known lands collecting powerful holy and dark magic."

"Using these, Calamis would perform a forbidden rite to enhance the poison fog, that would lull the GREAT ONE back to sleep."

"Under the pale gray sky, He conducted the ritual and caused the great moonfall."

"The moon had been steadily dissolving and carving a crevasse into the earth above the GREAT ONE before, but now it flowed in a great torrent
of glistening silver."

"While successful in his mission, this event also destroyed the once great kingdom of Lyria and Calamis along with it."

"Have I ever told you the fable of the King and Basilisk?"

"Oh okay then."

"Well I..."

"I can’t remember for some reason..."

"There was a king, and a famine I think."

"And the king sent his knights to help the famine, or with the famine."

"But something happened. And the realm of the king, the disease and knight."

"Something about..."

"Oh I remember!"

"The king wore a brilliant yellow crown, only it wasn’t a crown at all. But a halo."

"A circular blade separating his heart and head, but while he shed his skin."

"Another adorned it like a yellow molded glove."

"And no matter how much time passed, no matter how many came and left the realm."

"The torn one would be born anew and take the form of the king in yellow."

"Wait no."

"That’s not right is it?"

"I’m sorry."

"Just forget about it."

"Hey sonny, did I ever tell you about Uxviharad the Golden?"

"During the reign of the Golden Lance, most magic was exiled."

"But there was a thought that if magic is wicked, then there must be another power which is holy."

"No one knows his name before he was Uxviharad the Golden, only that he was a holy man from Carcosa who was devoted to finding this unknown power."

"Like many in his time, he became obsessed with gold and pale yellow. For if the silver moonlight be the source of magic, the golden sun could be the source he sought."

"Some priests would even construct long thin copper pipes reaching into the sky beyond the poison fog to try and drink the golden essence of the sun."

"Is it unknown just how Uxviharad found his power, or if used those methods, but at some point he died finding that power."

"He then became a holy relic of the church, and parades would be held with his corpse in tow."

"Saints would even be allowed to drink his holy blood."

"However his power was not limitless, and eventually his corpse became brittle and dry."

"He was brought into the GREAT WELL and placed into a chapel for his protection."

"Have you ever heard of the cursed knight Sucsarius?"

"They say long ago, at the end of the first magic age, two kingdoms fought an endless war."

"Furious experimentation was done with magic, and eventually curses were created."

"Strong dark magic, weaved in abhorrent layers which corrupted and maimed its victims."

"And so the once valiant knight Sucsarius fought with complete devotion to his kingdom."

"But as the wars went on, he fell victim to many of these curses."

"Conflicting and disfiguring curses which lead to him becoming enormous and snakelike."

"He slaughtered thousands in his misshapen form, but kept a frail thread of lucidity."

"Until one battle, while fighting a great sorcerer he was almost killed, and he finally renounced his leftover humanity."

"He defeated his foe, along with both armies of the warring kingdoms."

"But as he approached the castle gates to his once beloved kingdom an echo of devotion came back."

"And with his last lucidity he flung himself into the void that would later become the Great Well."

"They say that even now, he lives. At the threshold of the Great One, serving as its guardian."

"And as years passed many knights heard his tale and follow his teachings of absolute devotion while harboring cursed misshapen bodies."

"Hi! Have I ever told you about how the cursed knight was defeated by the warrior Player?

"The story goes that a brave soul named Player ventured deep into the forbidden depths of the GREAT WELL and eventually came across cursed knight Sucsrarius."

"After a great battle Sucsarius was defeated and then nothing stood between Player and the sleeping OLD ONE."

"But rather than wake it up and bring an end to this place, the kind Player allowed it to sleep for a while longer."

"They came back up to visit with their friends and the rumor is that they are still exploring the GREAT WELL."
## Trivia

* Clive has a crown on full moons
* Most of Clive's stories all seem to be about the 3 other NPCs in the Wing's Rest
	+ Clive's story of the Assassin refers to Sheryl the Crow, as they are a vendor that sells various trinkets and their holstered knife may allude to a previous career in assassination.
	+ The infant demon the monks summoned as described by Clive was likely Demi, who was cast into the Great Well alongside the monks during the crusade.
	+ Clive's story of the Witch describes Etna, as they are a ghostly witch that practices alchemy.
	+ Clive's story of the "Wretched King of Rats" does not seem to be about any NPC in the game and instead seems to be about Sotiris from Lost in Vivo.
	+ While not immediately obvious until late game, Clive's tale about Calamis describes himself.
* Clive most likely has the most dialogue out of the NPCs in the game.
* Both "The King and the Basilisk" fable and "Uxviharad the Golden" reference The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers. Specifically, the former drops the name, while the latter references Carcosa, which is an eldritch city that the King of Yellow rules.