Niall Ó Glacáin

**Niall Ó Glacáin** is one of the many Champions in Aeon Clash.

## Background

* **Source:** Wikipedia Article

Niall Ó Glacáin, or Nellanus Glacanus (c. 1563–1653) was an Irish physician active in Italy. Ó Glacáin's date of birth is uncertain. MacCuinneagáin believes him to be about ninety upon his death in 1653, giving a birth date of around 1563. Giorgio Scharpes of the Faculty of Medicine, Bologna from 1634 to 1637, believed him to be about 48 during one of those years, giving a birth year of c. 1575. He was born in Tír Chonaill, and may have received his early medical education from a local hereditary family of physicians such as the Mac Duinnshléibhe family of Tír Chonaill. At the time, such families were the only source of medical training in Ireland. Ó Glacáin made his way to Spain sometime before 1600, possibly in time to treat victims of an outbreak of the bubonic plague which was rampant from 1595 to 1602. He was at the Spanish court when Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill arrived in Spain, and may have attended him upon his death in 1602. Ó Glacáin subsequently spent many years practising medicine in Salamanca. In 1622 he moved to Valencia, residing there for two years. In 1627 he moved to France during an outbreak of the plague, working as a Plague doctor in towns such as Fons, Figeac, Capdenac, Cajarc, Rovergue and Floyeac. He had settled in Toulouse in time to treat victims of the outbreak of 1628. MacCuinneagáin states that Ó Glacáin "gained high esteem and general consideration because of the devotion which he showed in braving the contagion to succor the sick. He was appointed physician at the xenodochium pestiferorum, the plague hospital at Toulouse in 1628 and was appointed to the University there with the title Premier Professor of Medicine. He spent some time in Paris as physician to King Louis XIII and was also a Privy Councillor there."

By now a respected authority on plague treatment, he published his most famous work, Tractatus de Peste, at Toulouse in 1629. It contained his conscise descriptions of the plague, its various effects on different patients such as buboes, rashes, headaches, vomiting and coma. Suggested treatments including bleeding, the use of clysters, purgatives and fumigation. An especially interesting part of the text is a description of four post-mortems which he carried out, where he noted the occurrence of petechial haemorrhages which "covered the surface of the victims' lungs and also the swelling of the spleen." Ó Glacáin was a pioneer in pathological anatomy, with his work predateing that of Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682–1771) by several decades. Ó Glacáin moved to Italy in the early 1630s, where his services were sought by The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bologna, which had a tradition of employing very eminent foreign doctors teaching Medicina Sopraordinaria. To this end, the city senate asked the then M.S., Giorgio Scharpes (Medicina Sopraordinaria from 1634 to 1637) write up a report on the Irishman, whose fame by now spanned all of Europe. Scharpes reply was as follows: "With regard to religion Mr. Glacáin is a Catholic, and there is no doubt because it would be difficult for a heretic to live in a city like Tolosa (Toulouse) which is known to be one of the most Catholic places and where they cannot bear heretics. Mr. Glacáin is about 48. He is famous because during the plague in these regions of France during the years 1627 to 1629 he was very helpful and in the year 1629 he produced a book titled Tractus de Peste ... and I invite you to read this book to understand exactly why Mr. Glacáin is valuable and why he is still teaching in the University of Tolosa ... About his teaching he is well estimated because he is a good philosopher, good in fighting against his enemies that accused him of being a magician; his book can confirm that he was not a magician ... Mr. Glacáin knows Greek very well ... talking about the other questions ... from a letter from Mr. Glacáin where he says he would really like to serve the University of Bologna, I can understand that there will not be any problem for the salary and for him to come." Ó Glacáin became Professor of Medicina Theorica Soparodinaria at Bologna in 1642, an office he held till his death eleven years later.

## Stats

**Niall Ó Glacáin** is a Mage Champion and a part of the **Damage Class**.

* **Health:** 1250 (Lvl. 1) / 2200 (Lvl. 20)
	+ **[LVL = +50 HP]**
* **Damage:** 115 (Lvl. 1) / 400 (Lvl. 20)
	+ **[LVL = +15 DMG]**

## Skills

### Default Skills

* **PASSIVE: Damage Boost**
	+ Killing enemies increases the PLAYER's damage, this can stack up to 5 times.
* **SKILL 1: Magic Blast**
	+ Fire a magic blast in front of you that damages and knocks back the first enemy hit.
		- **COOLDOWN:** 6s
* **SKILL 2: Magic Wave**
	+ Unleash a magic wave around yourself that damages and knocks back all enemies hit.
		- **COOLDOWN:** 8s
* **WEAPON ATTRIBUTE:**
	+ **WAND:** Once the Damage Boost Meter has 5 stacks your skills deal double damage.

### Champion Skill

* **CHAMPION SKILL:** Plague Doctor
	+ Niall Ó Glacáin removes all status effects of the targeted ally while also healing them to full health.
		- **COOLDOWN: 25s**