Patches

Synopsis
Patches is a shape-shifting cleric who draws divine magic from an unknown deity. He is something of an oddity, with a scatterbrained and eccentric personality.

Physical Description
Patches has demonstrated the ability to change his race. The transformation takes only a few seconds, during which time twigs and bark briefly sprout from him before disappearing. Patches has not made any explanation of this ability to the party, but has repeated such transformations multiple times.

Notable Equipment and Belongings
Patches wields a shield emblazoned with a holy symbol: a candle within a silver circle. Notably, none of the party members recognize this holy symbol - even those familiar with many holy symbols. He also carries a bag of humanoid teeth, and claims to not know where he got it.

Patches does not have a license to practice spellcasting, and seems uninterested in getting one, claiming to have special permission from his god to use magic.

Strengths & Capabilities
Patches has exhibited the ability to cast divine magic, as well as an aptitude for the longbow.

Flaws & Weaknesses
Patches does not seem to have full control of his shapeshifting ability, having admitted to the party that he can only control the transformations to a limited extent.

Odell
After seeing Odell in a dream on their first night aboard a ship together, Patches asked Odell to be his best friend, to which Odell agreed.

Story
Patches has explained that he does not have much memory of his life, the deity that he serves, or even his own identity. His earliest memories are of waking up on the shores of the Bastion River in the Emerald Highlands, though he has not revealed how long ago this occurred. He does not remember what deity he serves, or even his own name - referring to himself as "Patches" only because his memory is patchy.

Patches has explained that he is searching for something called the Phaelux Beacon, which can supposedly be found at a location called the Luxturrim Obelisk. He has revealed that his deity has tasked him with finding this beacon, though he does not know for what purpose.

When presented with some of the historical lore of Materi, Patches has explained that none of it sounds familiar to him. As his memories have begun clarifying, he has shared that he remembers once overthrowing a government in an undersea city.