Dr. Floridius Ohgden, Medical Practitioner and Necromancer (Patreon)

A sinister doctor and his growing army of skeletons I drew on commission recently!

Name: Dr. Floridius Ohgden, Medical Practitioner and Necromancer

Floridius began his career as a surgeon before becoming an adventurer as he sought a method of eternal life for those not blessed with immortal flesh to go along with their immortal souls. This search led the doctor down a dark path as he sought out the secrets of life and death through experimentation. He would partner up with a rogue doctor running an illegal vivisection clinic where subjects were surgically experimented upon for increasing the pair’s medical knowledge. Eventually Floridius was arrested and served time in a Waterdeep prison for his crimes and his partner and instructor disappeared without a trace. After years of imprisonment, he was released and made for the fortress of Candlekeep where he would begin his studies anew. In exchange for his stay there he taught a class on biology and anatomy often performing vivisections on creatures for demonstrations... This was not a popular class for many reasons.

After months in Candlekeep, Floridius met a party of adventurers who were seeking a method to transition to the Nine Hells to track down a rogue angel who became an archduke of hell. Floridius saw this as an opportunity to study the immortal flesh of devils to further his studies, and so he requested to tag along, offering his medical expertise to the group as well as his skills with small blades to act as an excellent rogue.

The Hells ended up teaching the mad doctor quite a lot on immortality, but he was also falling further into the depths of corruption as he had met with and exchanged knowledge for knowledge with a bound and then freed flesh-shaping demon. The demon taught Floridius the art of fleshcraft and how to graft monster components onto himself and others.

After the party left the Hells, Floridius had multiple journals of notes on the study of immortality via fleshcraft, surgical replacement of organs, and other less than savory means. But he is no god, and thus his control of the immortal soul and its binding to mortal flesh is limited. So, his next goal was clear: transcend the limitations of his mortal coil, perform the ultimate necromantic rituals to bind his soul to an object, and transplant his organs to a fleshcrafted golem. With this he would become a lich like no other; an immortal flesh golem with the knowledge to grant this gift unto others. However, the pursuit of such ability has forever changed the mad doctor and his studies and research have no place in civilization.

What do you think? :)

HD below!