Iraklii Petrovich
Iraklii is a healer in the employ of Trofim Andreevich, Prince of Ladeisk. He was first encountered by Alden, who was resting at the prince's citadel following the group's sojourn to the South to retrieve captives and slay the serpent Yaqub. Iraklii was trying to heal Alden's leg wound, though the wolfman suspected that the healer was cheating him, and the recovery was taking longer than he expected. Iraklii insisted that the leg was on the mend, and should be fully healed in a week or two. He visited the patient daily, applying ointments and compresses.
When a traveler named Aberion Swifthands came to town, he sought out Iraklii, and offered his services as an apprentice, in exchange for being allowed to have access to the healer's equipment, and to grind up medicines. Iraklii was drawn by something else, and agreed to take Aberion on in exchange for convincing Alden to allow him to draw some of his blood with leeches. He also introduced him to Alden, who quickly sensed that Aberion was a fellow wolf. Alden berated the boy, telling him he was a disgrace to his kind for the unsavory practices he engaged in, and for taking up with Iraklii. Though Aberion did succeed in his endeavor, he subsequently spotted Iraklii eavesdropping on their conversation. But Iraklii did allow the boy to grind up some bones in his mortar, and agreed to meet him at a nearby cemetery to help dig up a suitable body. Later, when Lokan checked up on the healer to inquire about Alden's progress, Iraklii convinced him to meet at the cemetery as well, and to bring some companions along. The body turned out to be an upyr'.
Iraklii did subsequently make Aberion his assistant, until the latter's conduct during the battle with the upyr' caused him to be thrown in a pit.
As far as anyone knows, he remains the prince's healer in Ladeisk.
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