Erick is a healer appearing in Tales of the Peculiar. Though it is not confirmed, he is very likely peculiar.
Tales of the Peculiar[]
Pre-Story[]
Erick came into possession of a folk manual of peculiar conditions that had been passed down his family's generations from his peculiar great-grandmother.
The Locust[]
Edvard takes his baby son, Ollie, to see Erick, as Edvard is wondering if the newborn will survive. Erick places his hands on the child and announces that Ollie is peculiar, but that the peculiarity hasn't yet manifested. In response to Edvard's question on if Ollie would live, Erick's response is the same as the doctor's: time would tell.
After Ollie turns into a locust, Edvard summons Erick for help. Erick consults his inherited folk manual and explains Ollie's peculiarity to Edvard, and shows a bit of disapproval that Edvard hadn't loved Ollie enough. He tells Edvard that Ollie simply has to be loved to change back, wishes him good luck, and leaves.
During Edvard's depression, Erick brings him food weekly to prevent him from starving.
Description[]
Personality[]
Erick has a reputation of being very wise.
Peculiarity[]
Erick seems to have the ability to detect if someone is or will be peculiar just by touching them. His being peculiar is not explicitly stated, but there are clear signs that he knows of the peculiar world, using the word "peculiar" itself and it explains how he realizes that Ollie isn't a normal just by touching him with his hands.
Trivia[]
- In a footnote, it is stated that Erick's folk manual of peculiar conditions is likely a medical book called Vitaligis Peculiaris, which is "written in half-invented Latin by an unknown quack of long ago." Most of the advice in it is madness, but some of it is reliable, and the trick is telling the difference between them.