Cadderly Bonaduce

Cadderly Bonaduce is a priest and Chosen of Deneir, God of Literature. His life goal was to build a cathedral where priests of every goodly deity can congregate and worship. This cathedral was known as the Spirit Soaring, which Cadderly constructed solely with his god-given clerical magic energy. Now that his life goal is finished, Cadderly can turn his attention on those who need help, or those who cause injustice in the Realms.

Appearance
Standing 6 feet tall and weighing a bit under 200 pounds, Cadderly is a handsome man in his mid-30s with striking gray eyes, curly brown hair and a sincere, warm smile. If he is angered, his glare can be unrelenting. Due to the extensive use of magic in the construction of the Spirit Soaring, Cadderly aged rapidly. By the time the church was completed, his body was as that of a 100-year old man. As a reward from Deneir though, Cadderly gradually returned to his normal age over the course of several years.

Personality
As Cadderly was growing up at the Edificant Library in the Snowflake Mountains, he was a likable young man who was intensely curious about life, living and things unusual. Now Cadderly is a changed person; taking so seriously the charge of being a Chosen of Deneir, he has made it his foremost commitment, greater even than that to his beloved wife, and traveling partner Danica.

While retaining his gentle and warm personalty Cadderly believes in justice tempered with mercy. Evidence of this became apparent when the wizard Dorigen was helpless before him after causing great destruction. Cadderly's friends urged him to kill her, but the young priest could not. He broke her fingers with his walking stick instead, so that she could not again cast spells. This act of compassion would prove to be for the better, as Dorigen later became a powerful ally and friend.

Combat/Tactics
Never intending to become embroiled in combat as a priest of Deneir, Cadderly has through the course of his adventures, found fighting to become an eventual necessity. He has faced foes such as drow, vampires, greater demons, ancient dragons and even the evil artifact Crenshinibon.

In battle, Cadderly prefers to let allies who have a better grasp of strategy and tactics do their thing. This is not to say that he was a coward though, as he could disarm or incapacitate opponents, using melee weapons such as his ram-headed walking stick. Eventually Cadderly's connection with Deneir became so powerful that spells became his most potent weapon. As the chosen of the Father of All Literature and Image, Cadderly does not need to acquire magic in conventional ways such as praying in advance. Through the Song of Universal Harmony, he can access any spell he so chooses at the casting time.

Magical Items
Cadderly's ram-headed walking stick is a multipurpose magical weapon made of silver and magically enchanted by a wizard friend of his. A blow with this staff can often have bone-shattering results, and its shaft is hollow, such that it may be used as a blowgun once the ends are removed. His bandoleer holds a maximum of 50 unusual crossbow bolts: darts with a small vial of explosive oil of impact inside each one, constructed so that the vial is crushed and the oil explodes when the dart hits a target. One of Cadderly's own invention, which he carries with him, is a tube with a continual light spell cast on the inside of it, with an adjustable closure on one end that allows him to focus the light into a narrow beam or expand it to broader area.

Background
Cadderly made a white squirrel into his pet, which he named Percival.

Appearances

 * Passage to Dawn


 * Servant of the Shard

The Cleric Quintet

 * 1) Canticle (1991) - Main Character
 * 2) In Sylvan Shadows (1991) - Main Character
 * 3) Night Masks (1992) - Main Character
 * 4) The Fallen Fortress (1993) - Main Character
 * 5) The Chaos Curse (1994) - Main Character

He also makes a cameo near the end of Baldur's Gate, inside Candlekeep.