Adelron (clique)
The Fraternity of Osteopaths or 'Adelron' were not at first very significant to the Thysian creed, though with time they have grown ever more powerful and influential, and their ascent shows no sign of stopping. Known even back in the olden days of Saint Thysia for their tendencies to dabble in the darker arts of Dead Magic, the Adelron claim to possess the ability to mend any mortal body through arcane or experimental methods. Though some are genuinely helped in some way by the Adelron, many more are left permanently disfigured and crippled, twisted into biting mockeries of the human form. Countless legends are told of the dungeons that lay beneath their keeps, and the harrowing scenes to be found there, of the terrible cruelty of magi and their fumbling with powers they cannot possibly hope to understand. The anguish of a man melded to the lifeless bodies of his children, knowing that he will soon follow them in death, and the Thysian magi hastily recording the precious details of his slow and agonizing passing. The Adelron are a terrifying example of the depths man can sink to in their search for knowledge, and who knows what lay there in their dark and damp prisons, weeping silently...