01: video

[baldrshand]

Hello all! For those of you who haven't yet met me, I'm Ethlyn.

I've started working in one of the clinics here, and it's both familiar and not... and it's become clear to me that the places we all come from are far more different than I could have imagined.

So I'd like to ask you about how medicine is in your homelands. Where I'm from, we use magic to heal wounds cleanly and quickly, but we don't always know what causes illness and infirmity. How are things for you--do you use magic to heal, or do you have to rely on technique?

As well as that--who else is a healer themselves? (And: can you ride?)

Comments

[baldrshand]

My magic is essentially for repairing physical injuries--the sort that one might get on the battlefield. But it does have some capacity to soothe fever, and it cleanses wounds so that they don't become infected if I can treat it right away.

But I also know how to help people deal with the symptoms of illness--certain herbs that can ease aches and bring down fevers, or reduce nausea, or how to refresh weariness.

[fatalism]

these are all such useful and beneficial things to know.

do you think those herbs will be available here? or are you considering asking the locals for equivalents?

[baldrshand]

I would be happy to teach you too, if you like. Everyone ought to know how to splint a broken bone.

There's willow, which is good for pain and fever, and chamomile, which makes a fine soothing tea, and some other things I've heard of. For being "a different world" (as some people have told me this surely is) a lot of the plants and animals are very familiar.

[fatalism]

I would be appreciative of any knowledge you do not mind sharing with me.

[baldrshand]

Of course! Where and when would you like to meet?

[fatalism]

How well do you know the town?

[baldrshand]

Well enough, by now. I'm sure I could find an unfamiliar place with a few directions.