Interpreter Caduca is a Keeper who reads and interpret the Glyph Prophecies. Beside her is the ever-present Translator Gamall, who's role is to be found in translating the former's prophesies into the common tongue. She has the appearance of an old woman but is younger than she looks, as reading the glyphs accelerated her aging,[1] an effect which limits the amount of knowledge and power any single Keeper can obtain from studying the Glyphs (thus perhaps serving as a limit on their power). Prophecies are central to the Keepers' work, so Caduca plays a very important role in the organization, and even the Keeper Council listens to her.
She replaced the aging Interpreter Diocen, who, even though Caduca was blind, had the utmost confidence in her gift of interpretation.[2]
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Caduca first appears, along with Translator Gamall, in Thief II: The Metal Age, during the first cutscene. She has the ability to read the prophecies through a golden light that manifests from the tip of her fingers when touching the glyphs, although she was able to read the books directly during Thief: Deadly Shadows.
She plays a crucial role in Thief: Deadly Shadows, where again she reads prophecies (more specifically the prophecy from the Compendium of Reproach) and spends all her effort in searching for the "Brethren and Betrayer". In the game, she can be found standing on her balcony and is eventually found murdered in her quarters. Blame is shifted onto Garrett, although it transpires she was murdered by someone else.
In Deadly Shadows, it becomes known that it is due only to her interpretation of the prophecies that Garrett was not hunted down by the Keeper Enforcers after leaving the Keepers, as he played an important role in the three dark ages.[3]
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- 'Caduc-' is a Latin root, standing for 'old', such as in the word 'caducous'.