The dark purple Dakoyo is the Clutch’s physician and spiritual
leader. He is a priest of Ibra, the god of celestial bodies and
the mysteries of the universe, and as such, Dakoyo believes
that all living beings are composed of the same matter as the
stars and the planets. This fundamental connection allows
him to heal wounds by pulling that unchanging quintessence
out of the surrounding space. Dakoyo is contemplative, often
studying the sky (or staring out of a viewport) for hours on
end, but excitedly begins spinning descriptions and tales
regarding any visible constellations if asked.
Dakoyo joined the crew only a few months ago, when
Nakonechkin discovered him stranded on an asteroid in the
Diaspora. The skittermander had asked to be dropped off
there to study the rock’s wobbly orbit, believing it be a sign
from Ibra, but hadn’t given any thought as to how to get
home. By that point, Nakonechkin was already employing
three other skittermanders and hoped this quieter one would
help bring the others in line. Besides, the vesk figured that it
wouldn’t hurt to have a healer around!
Dakoyo is fascinated with the techniques of ancient
doctors and surgeons, going so far as to carry an antique
stethoscope with him at all times. He is particularly interested
in how those practitioners of medicine dealt with the many
diseases and other ailments that he is convinced must have
run rampant before the advent of modern curatives.
He has collected a list of folk remedies (such as rubbing half
a potato on a wart and burying it during a full moon) and
likes to cite them as being remarkably more inferior than
whatever first aid he is currently administering, be that
magical or medicinal healing.
