The Hall of Vitalis: Guardians of Flesh, Spirit, and Healing
“By root and ritual, by bone and breath, life endures.”
Overview
The Hall of Vitalis oversees the health, well-being, and medical practices within Ironspire and its territories. Charged with regulating healing arts, medicinal alchemy, herbalism, physical therapies, and birth rites, the Hall serves as both sanctuary and science.
While many seek comfort in the divine, it is the Hall of Vitalis that treats the flesh and the humors, ensuring the survival of soldier, scholar, child, and elder alike. Equally grounded in biology and mysticism, this Hall bridges the disciplines of body and soul.
Core Functions
✦ Public Health & Healing
- Oversees hospitals, healing halls, triage tents, and sanctuaries.
- Maintains public sanitation wards, quarantine zones, and water purity programs.
- Responds to outbreaks, curses, and injuries with coordinated medical teams.
✦ Education & Licensing
- Trains and licenses healers, bone-menders, plaguekeepers, apothecaries, and alchemists.
- Certifies midwives and life-doulas, who oversee sacred birth and death rites.
- Operates the Anatomica Collegium, where science and the sacred intertwine.
✦ Healing Arts & Rites
- Permits and regulates physical, magical, and herbal healing practices.
- Works with the Hall of Sacred Ember on rites involving spiritual healing.
- Keeps records in the Book of Breaths, which tracks births, deaths, and lineage data.
Titles & Ranks
- Vitalarch — Head of the Hall and member of the Circle of Flame
- Primus Chirurgeon — Senior surgeon and battlefield medic
- Mistbloom — Certified herbalist and essence alchemist
- Threadbinder — Specialist in trauma repair and bodycraft
- Plaguekeeper — Overseer of disease response and containment
Interhall Relations
- Hall of Arms — Coordinates battlefield healing and soldier wellness
- Hall of Sacred Ember — Collaborates on soul and spirit care, especially at birth and death
- Hall of Lore — Cross-references ancient remedies and anatomical lore
- Hall of Law — Provides medical testimony and confirms causes of death
Lore & Legacy
- The Hall began with a wandering druid-healer whose magic was said to halt death itself.
- Some halls maintain sacred gardens, where rare healing plants bloom only once per decade.
- The Hall’s sigil is a serpent entwined with a blooming vine, symbolizing life, renewal, and remedy.
- No oath within Ironspire is more sacred than the Oath of Breath, sworn by all licensed healers.
See also: Anatomica Collegium, Book of Breaths, Sacred Gardens, Oath of Breath, Circle of Flame.