Caolan Kilduff

**Caolan Kilduff** is a member of Neqville's council, working as a physician - keen on helping anybody and everybody in Neqville that he can. Not yet even an adult, he is truly a prodigy within the field of medicine.

## First Impression

Caolan's quiet stutters reveal that he is more of a shy and anxious type, his small physique not helping him much in that case. His outfit quickly sells that he is a doctor, although what's more eye catching are his strange, dual coloured eyes. A ring of colour represents his irises, where as the rest of his eyes appear only a strange dark emptiness. Alongside his pale skin, it all eludes to him not quite being human.

## Personality

Generally, Caolan is seen as anxious around people. However, the moment he starts talking about his work he leaves every worry behind. He is dedicated and enthusiastic about work and remains prepared to do what he can to help if his service is needed. He largely trusts only what he sees, finding it hard to believe words told to him without evidence for his eyes. He is often found worrying about the future, though his foresight can be blamed for that.

Working within the council of Neqville, he hopes that despite his young age he will be just as respected as the others. It upsets him to be granted obvious pity, and he wishes more to hear realistic words when the times are bad. He loves to forage in his spare time, his favourite finds including a number of berries. He adores peppermint tea with a dazzle of honey, finding it to be one of the most effective ways to keep himself calm.

## Background

Where exactly Caolan came from is a mystery to all including himself. He was found as a lone toddler after Willowdale suffered the crossfire of Drezar warfare, and along with many injured was brought within the central kingdom's walls to be examined by the renowned physician Darragh. The dragonoid however could not do anything as he bore witness to the destruction of Caolan's once blue eyes, made dark and empty by an unknown force. Only the next day did his eyes light up with two different colours, and he saw his first vision of the future - which evolved into a reoccurring ability.

Caolan was passed between many different foster families until he found a home with Darragh Kilduff, who had been his mentor and a father-figure already starting several years ago. He trained tirelessly toward his goal of being a doctor as skilled and trustworthy of his dragonoid mentor, and found much success in the medical field, the most notable of all was his skill with the use and discerning of flora.

All the while he underwent training, the kingdom he resided in was suffering from the destruction brought by the army general Auralite's actions and decisions. She was not wise, did not care about the lives of the innocent and had ambitions that drove her through the path of a murderer, her only cover up being that she was doing it for the good of the kingdom and dragonoid kind. The soldiers followed her every word and the queen lift no finger to put a stop to it. With all that in mind, as well as a bright, clear vision of peace befalling him... Caolan, with a heavy heart, poisoned Auralite in her own home and allowed Drezar a future free of needless violence and devastation. Only Darragh knows he was the army general's killer, the rest of the kingdom was left to assume her death an accident of her naivety.

At the age of seventeen, Caolan was struck by a foretelling dream that revealed to him a dark kingdom in need. When news rung out of a neighboring kingdom south of Drezar that were going fourth with assembling a new council, Caolan knew he must confront the queen about being Drezar's representative and moving his service to the far-off kingdom called Neqville. His progress and overall capability was confirmed by Darragh to the queen, and Caolan was off on his way, leaving his mentor somewhat prematurely to be part of something bigger...

## In Neqville

After a strenuous journey, Caolan arrives at Neqville's gates, and soon reaches its looming castle. He meets a number of other council members and discovers the dusty state of the castle, however quickly finds a room to call his own to set everything he brought with him down, ready for work.

Caolan quickly faces the troubles of Neqville when he sets out to explore its village and forest surroundings, with petty violence in the best of cases and murder in the worst. Being the small and battle incompetent guy that he is, he doesn't have much to defend himself with - leaving him extra anxious about setting out again. Not that he had much of a chance to think about exploring soon, as his foresight ability warned him of his own poisoning. Despite his efforts to prevent it from happening, he falls ill by the hands of HumDan, who used arsenic whilst the physician was asleep in hopes that he could leave Caolan bedridden in the days ahead or even killed on the spot.

With the joint effort from the other council members and the previously met Catherine Hale, he received an antidote in time and survived the crisis. The damage was done and Caolan was restricted to his bed for months to come, but given time he would recover enough to be able to walk and work again, at least to some amount. Through all the doubts and worries, he always had Catherine there to watch over and soothe him, partaking the most in his recovery. During that time, he met a centaur by the name of Darling, who came to the castle seeking his knowledge in medicine. Nervous at first to be in the mentoring position, Caolan did his best to give his teachings as well as he could. After hours the two found themselves getting on well and Darling had shown fantastic progress.

Feeling the best he has in a long while, Caolan was ready to take in and treat patients again. Undoubtedly he is happy to finally be out of bed and doing his duty.

## Magic/Powers

Due to his fay origins, Caolan is capable of small amounts of fay magic. He isn’t very skilled with it and rarely finds himself using it, however.

Caolan has a type of foresight ability, in which visions and dreams are highly unpredictable in the time in which they show and what they decide to provide information wise, making it exceedingly difficult to decipher everything shown. He has found a way to force a vision upon himself - however, it does not always succeed, is physically draining and requires certain materials, so it is not a reliable method.

## Relationships

### Darragh Kilduff

Caolan treasures everything Darragh has done for him dearly. He holds his mentor in high regards, forever impressed by his skill, knowledge, and wise advice. Darragh will always be the person Caolan goes back to when troubled, though after moving away from Drezar to pursue his position in Neqville’s council, he can only long to hear from his father again.

### Cyfrin Draca

As a fellow member of the council, Caolan has had quite some time to become acquainted with Cyfrin. Caolan found comfort in that he was not the only member astray from the human race and that Cyfrin did not seem to treat him different than the others with age considered. At the same time, he appreciated Cyfrin's patience with him and the help that he received when fallen ill to poison, and before he really knew it they were friends that trusted one another and found good in the other's company.

### Morpheus Irk

Another member of the council, but Caolan finds little to relate to Morpheus with. Both's work is very different from one another and Caolan's attempts at helping Morpheus's troubles and health issues with sleep were all shut down quickly. Thereafter, Caolan finds little confidence to speak up to the man, though wishes that their relationship in the future will only get better and more comfortable.

### Catherine Hale

As a result of being looked over by and receiving aid from Catherine during the time he was bedridden due to poisoning, Caolan formed a close bond with the mysterious lady and grew to trust her wholly. Sharing stories helped Caolan find comfort with speaking of his past and understanding just who Catherine is. He hopes even to learn more from her to understand Neqville and the world better.

### Darling

They met once and got a hell of a lot done. Darling sought to learn from him and Caolan did his very best to deliver, throughout he was surprised to find himself so quickly in the position of a mentor. With several many hours passed of chatting and showcasing, Darling had the basics of medicine and more to take away from the meeting. Now that he has recovered further from illness, Caolan wishes to meet again and get to know the centaur properly.

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*Author: Giragira*