Sister Vanessa

Sister Vanessa was an undead nurse who worked alongside Malus Thorm, a servant of the goddess Shar, of the House of Healing in the town of Reithwin throughout the 15 century DR.
==Description==
Vanessa was a pale-skinned, bruise-faced, shambling, undead creature of some sentience. Like other sisters, she was dressed in the elaborate garb of a nurse with wraps and bandages that covered the creature's eyes, leaving only her necrotic lips and cheeks exposed.
==Abilities==
Like other sisters, Vanessa was armed with scalpel and had the ability to release a mind screech – a powerful psionic attack that clawed at and damaged the living creatures' souls. During surgeries, she used a trepan.
==History==
Sister Vanessa lived in the town of Reithwin in the Western Heartlands before its fall sometime before the . During that time, Vanessa and other nurses performed healing and other medical procedures in Reithwin's House of Healing. The nurses entertained themselves by making wagers on what sorts of foreign objects they would extract after being lodged in their patients' backside orifice. Vanessa's bets included a candlestick (the winning bet), potato, and a whipping cane, her highest bet.
At some point during the town's fall into dark worship of Shar or after the Shadow-cursed Lands consumed Reithwin in the late 14 century DR, Sister Vanessa perished and was changed by the dark Shadowfell magic. As of the late 15 century DR, Malus Thorm and his nurses operated out of the House of Healing in the Shadow-cursed lands. They spent their unlives "experimenting" on innocents that either wandered, or were brought against their will, into his hospital. Malus attempted to teach his Sisters the finer arts of what he called surgery but was ultimately unsuccessful.
Sister Vanessa's fate after turning undead remained unconfirmed. She could've been slain by the True Heroes of Baldur's Gate during their quest to stop the Absolute or left in peace in the shadow-consumed House of Healing.
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Category:Undead
Category:Healers
Category:Worshipers of Shar
Category:Inhabitants of the House of Healing (Reithwin)
Category:Inhabitants of Reithwin
Category:Inhabitants of the shadow-cursed lands
Category:Inhabitants of the Western Heartlands
Category:Inhabitants of West Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of Toril
Category:Year of Manuscripts