Cleaning station

Cleaning stations are, on the one hand, like the cleaning stations of old. They tend to fish and other sea creatures to remove dead skin and parasites from their mouth, skin, and gills. Their names are based on the traditional cleaning stations too. On the other hand, these are places of healing where they tend to the sick and broken.

The traditional part of a cleaning station is like what sea creatures do on the seas. They swim in, and one of the doctor fishes and shrimps to tend to their needs. They also have more prominent, sturdier places – mostly made of coral – where bigger fishes and sea mammals can rub their body.

The more sophisticated part of a cleaning station is where the doctors are tending illnesses and broken body parts. Even Then calamor, menders were particularly good at their trade, but since the Rending, they are continuously finding newer and newer ways to heal the sick. Mostly new ingredients from plants, but their technics are also improving. To them, the Rending was not just a bane but a blessing in disguise too.

The third function of a cleaning station is social interaction. And it is not just between friends or business partners but between enemies too. It is not uncommon that both parties in a fight are brought to the station to heal. During their stay, they talk like friends to try to kill each other again when outside the station. Because healing stations are sacred to most aquatic creatures, it is not unheard of that peace talks are conducted inside the premises. Of course, the final signatures to a peace treaty happen in official places, but quite often, the first words of peace are told in a station. You can say that healing stations are not just places to heal the body but the soul too.

Healing stations are the only thing I want to visit before I die

— Grorbaden, hobgoblin philosopher

Type

Hospital