Cordeps, Mycelium Apprentice
Name: Cordeps
Pronouns: He/Him
Species: Troll
Age: 37
Plane of Origin: Ravnica
First Planeswalk: Dominaria
Colors: Green/Black/White
Appearance: Stockily built, even for a troll, Cordeps’ body is covered in scar tissue interwoven with fungal growth from his old injuries, the heaviest being along his left side and left leg, the residual injury resulting in the neccessity for a walking stick/cane. He also bears markings similiar to tattoos made of bioluminescent fungus down his back and his right arm. Never seen without at least one Saproling in tow.
Backstory: An abzan aligned Golgari Troll, Cordeps spark was awoken when he was caught in the crossfire of a skirmish between the Boros and Gruul, and he ended up in the forests of Dominaria. Barely alive, and so severely wounded even his natural regeneration was barely sustaining him, he used what little power he could muster to call forth Saprolings, and sent them into the wild to find help. He was saved by the fungus folks that followed his Saprolings back. While the Thallids nursed him back to health, he observed them and their culture, learning how they formed and lived, hoping to figure out how to grow more when he finally returned home. Since returning, he regularly goes on expeditions to find new ways to raise his fungus from other planes, and new species of Thallids to raise.
Magic: Cordeps specializes in magics that promote growth and decay, using them to aid in his farming, along with a small touch of healing/protective magics centered around his natural affinity for fungi. He doesn’t like combat, but if forced into it he can summon saprolings with ease, as well as simply incite sudden and rapid decay and putrefaction if he has no other choice.
