The Caravan of the Mending Hand

Icon: Ki-rin

Location: Mobile. It travels with Clan Solace, moving between the other clans and villages in the Wilds. 

Philosophy: Way of Mercy (Healing/Harm) & Way of the Long Death (Survival/Study). 

Icon: A Ki-rin lowering its head to heal a fallen soldier, standing on a pile of bones.

Lore: This is not a building; it is a specific set of white, hospital-wagons at the center of the Clan Solace caravan. The "Dojo" is the road itself, and the "test" is the battlefield.

• The Two Paths: The order is split.

  • The Mercy Monks wear white masks. They are the triaging surgeons, dispensing healing hands and quick mercy to those who can be saved (or those who cannot).

  • The Long Death Monks wear black or grey masks (often resembling bird skulls). They are the "Field Morticians." They handle the bodies, perform the rites to prevent undeath, and study the anatomy of the fiends they kill. They have seen so much death that they have become numb to it, using that cold detachment to walk fearlessly into "Blighted" zones where others would flee.