Caleb Widogast

Caleb Widogast is a human wizard. He is played by Liam O'Brien.

Appearance
Typically, Caleb is filthy and unshaven. He has a mess of reddish-brown hair and blue eyes. He has filthy traveling clothes, including a long coat which hides two holstered heirloom books on either side.

After arriving in Zadash, Enchanter Pumat Sol cleaned Caleb with Prestidigitation.

Personality
Caleb is reserved, not wanting to draw too much attention to himself or his companion Nott. He's generally quiet and introverted, but becomes very excited upon purchasing new books. He does not consider himself to be remotely brave.

Background
Based on his ability to read Zemnian, Caleb may be from Zemni Fields.

Pre-Stream
Nott apparently saved Caleb's life before they met the rest of the group. It seems due to Nott, they could not stay at any place for long without getting into trouble, and had been thrown into jail once. It was Caleb's idea to stay at Trostenwald to find new companions "to tag along with", as he and Nott are currently doing.

Nott
Caleb and Nott are seen sharing a room together at the beginning of the first episode and seem to consider each other friends. Caleb, more than once, mentioned that Nott had saved his life the previous day, and the two of them covered each other's expenses throughout their drinking escapades and their trip to the Carnival.

The two have a number of practiced cons in which they had engaged (presumably) in order to procure coin, including The Money Pot, Rat Food, Prince and the Pauper, and Spider Eyes.

Caleb has stated that he considers Nott to be like a little sister to him.

Jester
Jester is friendly towards Caleb, although she is very blunt. The first thing she ever said to him was to tell him that he smelled really bad, and let him know that he should take a bath.

Beauregard
Caleb was very impressed with Beau and her physical fitness. He credited the success of Jester, Beau, and Fjord against the giant snake to her "guns".

Fjord
Fjord and Caleb have so far worked well together as they both are fairly level-headed and responsible compared to the rest of the group, and both have the ability to magically change their appearance. As an aspiring magic-user himself, Fjord often compliments Caleb on his spells.

Mollymauk Tealeaf
Although they weren't initially close, Molly seems to see Caleb as a friend. He comforts Caleb, going so far to give him a kiss on the forehead.

Notable Items

 * Two family heirloom books
 * Dagger
 * A burnt spellbook
 * A diamond that Caleb uses when casting Chromatic Orb
 * 150 gp-worth of high quality parchment and ink
 * Pearl obtained from Nott's polished brass ring (used as a material component for casting the Identify spell)
 * This was Nott's ring, which Jester allowed Nott to steal from her finger after the party defeated Kylre.

Variant Human Abilities

 * Bonus Skill
 * Feat: Keen Mind

Wizard Abilities

 * Arcane Recovery
 * Arcane Tradition (Transmutation)
 * Minor Alchemy
 * Transmutation Savant
 * Ritual Casting
 * Spellcasting (Intelligence-based ability)

Wizard Spells
As a 3rd-level wizard, Caleb knows three cantrips, and his spellbook contains at least 10 spells. He can prepare up to 7 of these per day.

Caleb has found a book containing these spells, but he has not yet copied them into his own spellbook.
 * Arcane Lock
 * Unseen Servant

Cantrips

 * Dancing Lights
 * Fire Bolt
 * Friends

1st-level

 * Alarm
 * Burning Hands
 * Chromatic Orb
 * Comprehend Languages
 * Detect Magic
 * Disguise Self
 * Find Familiar
 * Identify

2nd-level

 * Blur
 * Scorching Ray

Quotations

 * "It's on the table though, so on the table it will stay." (Caleb telling Nott how they won't steal the money that is on the table)
 * "Leave me alone, I'm reading." (Caleb telling Jester not to bother him while he reads his new book)
 * "I'm a dirty hobo and I reek of yesterday's garbage." (Caleb describing himself.)
 * "I'm either a clown, or a toad-killer. Let's see what it is."
 * "Well, my social anxiety is getting the best of me. I'm taking a walk; goodbye."

Trivia

 * The name Caleb is Hebrew for "dog" ("kelev") and "whole-hearted” ("collev"), and the name Widogast is an Old German name composed of the elements "witu" ("wood") and "gast" ("stranger, guest").
 * Caleb has been described by Brian Wayne Foster as "Homeless Troy Baker".  Laura has stated that Caleb smells like "moldy earth".  After Caleb was cleaned, Brian began calling him "Basic Cable Troy Baker".
 * When Liam/Caleb speaks the Zemnian language, he actually speaks German.
 * It was Caleb who came up with the adventuring party's name: the Mighty Nein.