The Cleric

Arms and eyes upraised toward the sun and a prayer on his lips, an elf begins to glow with an inner light that spills out to heal his battle-worn companions.
Chanting a song of glory, a dwarf swings his axe in wide swaths to cut through the ranks of orcs arrayed against him, shouting praise to the gods with every foe’s fall.
Calling down a curse upon the forces of undeath, a human lifts her holy symbol as light pours from it to drive back the zombies crowding in on her companions.
Clerics are intermediaries between the mortal world and the distant planes of the gods. As varied as the gods they serve, clerics strive to embody the handiwork of their deities. No ordinary priest, a cleric is imbued with divine magic.

In The Nameless Trilogy World

Hundreds of religions are observed throughout the world across all of the nations, and cleric are their harbingers. They wield divine magic gifted to them by their deities, be they gods or angels, and use it upon the battlefield or in defense of the weak and helpless. Consider the following if you are thinking about a cleric for your class. In this modern era, where did all of the miraculous healings come from before medicine? Who were those first to step into scenes of tragedy with healing and relief in their hands? When monsters burned through villages, who came after to restore what was broken?
The cleric is one of the most well-respected classes in the world. Typically not the first to enter the conflict, they are defenders and protectors of others. In the large city, anyone seeking help and refuge will look to those with a holy symbol on their chest. Many crime rings, sex traffickers, or child abductors have been vanquished by clerics working on behalf of the gods. Meanwhile, out in the wilds, the cleric stands alert over their flock of innocents, a solitary warrior against the wolves who would do their flock harm. They are shepherds wearing silver and wielding a hammer.

Resources:

• Player's Handbook
• Xanathar's Guide to Everything
• Xanathar's Lost Notes to Everything Else
• Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide