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Haven Salvaros, traveling healer

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HAVEN SALVAROS, WANDERING HEALER[/b]

"Price?  Surely the act of teaching should be its own reward." ~quintessential Haven

Simple Staff . Actual Pacifist

Don't forget, we've got unfinished business,
stories yet to unfold,
tales that must be retold,
and I regret not knowing when to put an end to all this madness,
keeps me wanting,
keeps me wanting more...
~All Time Low: Running From Lions
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Name:
Haven Salvaros

Gender:
Male

Species:
Human

Age:
23

Height
5'8"

Home:
Sancutary

Occupation:
Wandering Healer


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Appearance:
Rather slight in build, height a little shorter than average but not by much. Dark blond/light brown hair. Blind. Always wears a blindfold and carries a staff. The staff is carved in runes and decorated with feathers, beads, and ribbons.  Every one of those decorations has a purpose, and the staff is fairly glowing with enchantments, most of them of a level of intricacy only an experienced mage would be able to make any sense of.  Poor, so usually wearing peasant-type clothes.

Personality:
All-around nice guy. He's a healer not just by trade, but by nature as well. Helping others is an instinct with him. He's been blind for several years now and it's no longer much of a handicap, but it has made him timid in a certain way, in that he is hesitant to defend himself physically. On more than one occasion, his inordinately powerful magic has hurt others by accident because he was unable to properly cast without sight, and this has given him a certain nervousness.  He's unlikely to fight back when confronted with hostility, though he's no stranger to passive resistance.  He sticks almost exclusively to healing, now, which he is quite adept at.  This includes traditional healing techniques as well as magic.  He will help anyone in need; leaving anyone in suffering or distress is not an option.  The blindfold never comes off in public.  He'd be mortified if it did. He's very comfortable with physical touch and proximity, so he has a tendency to get into others' personal space.

Has a (bad?) habit of turning down payment for his healing services if he thinks the client can't really afford it or just sometimes because he feels healing ought to be free. This is why he's dirt poor, not that that bothers him at all.  He's quite content in life.  And if he has to sleep in a barn every now and then, so what?

Abilities
He is likely to keep a cool head in any crisis.  Definitely not the type to get frantic.  Defensive magics are strong and he uses them well.  His sense of hearing is exceptional.  Has a great memory as well, which has come from him having to memorize his way around towns and such.  When he does indulge in his elemental magic (in which he is strongest) it is usually with finesse and the creative manipulation of very small amounts of it, to avoid getting anyone injured.  The raw power available to him is genuinely phenomenal, and instantly apparent to anyone able to detect that kind of thing, however, strong as he is in magecraft, he can't really do much with it.  Not without endangering himself and others.  So it does him little good.  His major weakness is physical.  He is at a sever disadvantage without sight.

History:
Doesn't talk about the source of his blindness to anyone.

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Wins the SotE award for:
Most likely to say hi to a tree.

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