The Houses of Healing

The Houses of Healing are an expansive complex of buildings in Sanctuary, near the Tower of Valon. The place is partly religious in nature and contains a small temple dedicated to the divine being Yatric, operated by the Order of the Bringer of Life, whose adherents form a substantial portion of the staff of the houses, along with secular physicians. The houses are so well regarded that people will traverse much of the empire to reach them.

Kept secure in the heart of the houses is Yatric's Gift. It resembles an ornate sarcophagus, but should an individual be sealed within, even the worst of ailments or most devastating of wounds can be healed. This process takes time though - potentially weeks or months - and access to it is limited to those who can make suitably vast donations to the houses. This money is a key source of funding for the Order of the Bringer of Life, which operates across Elthos, often without charging a fee at all for its services. In recent years, some have noted that the numbers able to avail of Yatric's Gift have increased.