>>6053821Healing comes from Ansàrra; she has to experience each trauma or wound or illness she heals upon her body, and that is the reason why she is always in pain and medicated, and why you petition for Sanctioning, not get it automatically granted like casting a spell. You are in competition with every other demand.
A good metaphor would be a server dealing with requests and risking to fall into DDOS.
When the Sanction does go through, there are almost no limits to what Ansàrra can heal and sustain, save for death.
Other Powers of the world, such as Asterites or Echorists mages, also have their own versions of healing magic but these have to be directly applied such as blood transfusion for Echorists, and tend to consume the healer just as well, making them less viable.
Lastly, the trading empire of Frigéia, which is in a budding industrial revolution, has started to experiment with proper medicine and surgery for the past few hundred years.
>sacred prostitutesTheir role is different from the prostitution we usually experience. In that case there is a trade of personal sexual release in exchange for money. The hallowed prostitution in the Temples of Flame is more similar to ritual orgies in the Orphic Mysteries and alike traditions: dancing, music, intercourse, a communion of senses meant to exorcise the basest instincts by channeling them into a sacred environment, a ritual that allows the shared morality of the community to keep its balance. As such its rituals are highly-regulated, and tied to specific moments of the year such as the Crimson Days (when the planetary ring tilts to cover the sun for six days).
Hope this reply serves.
