#i can totally see taliesin taking that literally - the thieves and liars that are the mighty nein and he becomes their protector

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so far a major recurring theme with the Mighty Nein has been revealing names: Caleb and Nott turn out to be aliases they both use (initially while hiding from their pasts, now maybe just the names they’re more comfortable with?), Beau turns out to have been named specifically to fulfill some prophecy for her dad, Fjord turns out to have been given a name in his youth which he doesn’t use but which is significant to Caduceus, Jester turns out to have been given a different name by her mother but chose her current/real name herself, and Yasha has a title given to her by her tribe which she’s shunned (I feel like there’ll be more to unpack there eventually) (even Molly turned out not to be the only name he had!)

anyway what I’m saying is I can’t wait to find out why Caduceus is named after the fake symbol of medicine

#like the name still SUPER fits but not in the way one might expect? #also where even would the word caduceus have come from in a reality where there are no greek or roman gods? #the caduceus is the symbol of hermes or mercury - the messenger god and the protector of travelers thieves and liars #i can totally see taliesin taking that literally - the thieves and liars that are the mighty nein and he becomes their protector #as well as a messenger between these flawed people and the divine #theres also some stuff on the hermes wiki page that also fits our cad pretty well - im not well versed in greek gods #but apparently hermes also helped guide people to the afterlife? #like theres a whole thing about hermes being connected to the underworld? and cad's whole THING is he guards peoples final resting place #like tal definitely did more research than im doing now he knows what he's on about #but why specifically the name that so many people falsely link to medicine? #especially since he's playing a healer #i feel like theres gotta be more to the story