Godherja Encyclopedia

Syngamar (clique)

The Fellowship of Scribes or 'Syngamar' deal with the intake and discharge of patients into the many medical institutions operated by the Order. Among their responsibilities is the keeping of detailed records on patients, and more importantly figuring out what price a given patient will pay for the lifesaving services Thysian practitioners are known for. Many of those who come seeking a sort of salve for their many ills are of little means, unable to scrounge up the few coins needed to pay for the treatment they need oh so much. Fortunately for them, however, the Syngamar are quite happy to draw up contracts involving alternative means of payment... even if said persons are illiterate and utterly unable to understand what they are agreeing to. These contracts often have stipulations that most would consider completely absurd, with the order being freed from any liability regarding accidental deaths and given total ownership over one's cadaver. To the truly desperate, this is a small price to avail themselves of a few more years of life. Of course, the Syngamar are in no hurry to tell them of the ghastly fate that may await them, or to remind them that oftentimes life is more terrible than death.