Leaves and Healing
One of the common items in the world is a small leaf that has seven petals to it. It's used with many of the leaves pulled off and had a different meaning each time. While many of the traditions of the leaves are normal and common (missing one means missing a person; missing two means someone feels lost, etc.) there is a deeper meaning that only a few people in each settlement know about.
The healers are the ones that have organized this knowledge, and they impart it to (usually) smaller children that will remember it and pass it around the next generation for when it's needed. The leaves, when bent or ripped off, have more meanings. For healers (and the necromancers that they came from) the bending means that something has happened in the past that will affect the future. Ripped, on the other hand, means something has happened in the past which cannot be healed now or in the future.
This came about because healers understand that some types of trauma are harder to talk about than others. These positions tell visiting healers that there may be underlying issues and it allows healers that live in the place to have a secret communication with who may be hurting. This allows them to help, to ask pointed questions, or even to call for another healer to "help" them (secretly going to the person who used the symbol and inquiring after their health). This was created by a healer after one of her patients had injuries that were healed, however, the main cause of the injuries wasn't healed and they still died. Once might not have been enough to create the system, but after that she noticed that many of the people in that settlement had more injuries than they should have. Over time there were people she believes should have been well enough to stay alive, but with the deaths mounting up (and finally realizing the root of the problem was one of the stronger men), she created this system and spread the word. Each healer now uses this, passes the word on, and know personally that it's helped people they wouldn't have been able to help otherwise.
The healers are the ones that have organized this knowledge, and they impart it to (usually) smaller children that will remember it and pass it around the next generation for when it's needed. The leaves, when bent or ripped off, have more meanings. For healers (and the necromancers that they came from) the bending means that something has happened in the past that will affect the future. Ripped, on the other hand, means something has happened in the past which cannot be healed now or in the future.
This came about because healers understand that some types of trauma are harder to talk about than others. These positions tell visiting healers that there may be underlying issues and it allows healers that live in the place to have a secret communication with who may be hurting. This allows them to help, to ask pointed questions, or even to call for another healer to "help" them (secretly going to the person who used the symbol and inquiring after their health). This was created by a healer after one of her patients had injuries that were healed, however, the main cause of the injuries wasn't healed and they still died. Once might not have been enough to create the system, but after that she noticed that many of the people in that settlement had more injuries than they should have. Over time there were people she believes should have been well enough to stay alive, but with the deaths mounting up (and finally realizing the root of the problem was one of the stronger men), she created this system and spread the word. Each healer now uses this, passes the word on, and know personally that it's helped people they wouldn't have been able to help otherwise.
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