Caladrius
Country of Origin: Roman
Being Type: Healing Bird
Being Type: Healing Bird
Power Stats
Aggression
1/10
Magic Abilities
9/10
Physical Power
3/10
Origin Backstory
Pure white bird that takes illness from patients into itself by gazing, then flies to sun to burn it away; if it looks away, patient dies. Christian purity symbol.
Key Features
- •Illness absorption gaze
- •Pure white plumage
- •Prognostic bird
- •Sun healer
- •Royal aviary
Lore
Caladrius is a pure white bird from ancient Roman and medieval lore, often kept in royal aviaries as a healing prognosticator. It gazes at the sick; if it looks away, the patient dies; if it stares, it absorbs the illness into itself and flies toward the sun to burn it away, healing the person but risking its own life. The bird symbolizes purity, self-sacrifice, and divine healing in Christian tradition, later adopted as a symbol of Christ taking on sins. Caladrius represents hope, sacrifice, and the power of gaze in diagnosing and curing illness.