Maladies

The most renown and gifted practitioners of the study of Arcane Medicine, Maladies are arcanist doctors specifically employed by Scholomance itself to perform the duties demanded of the standard of Sacrarium Corporis while also attending to the most severe and dire medical demands of students and mages at large.

Colloquially named after a term seen in many translations of the Writ of Procession and the corresponding Sacrarium Corporis, the Maladies are purposefully characterized figures recognizable by their iconic plague-doctor uniforms which obscure all individualistic features in accordance to the standards of conduct set fourth by the Healers guild, Iatoría Thaûma, which necessitates total anonymity for all Maladies.

### Uniform

Gwyn has a uniformBlanking is outsourced to Ilblix is not part of their performative duties

Policing is conducted as according to the SC, they just do the surgeries.

### Etiquette of Anonymity

When an individual accepts the charge of becoming one of the Maladies they are required to wear the vestments of malediction at all times while performing the duties of their role. A Malady is also expected to keep their profession a secret and will be assisted by the Ministry of Propaganda in fabricating a cover story and alibis. The identity of the Malady may be known only to the Headmaster of Scholomance, the House Patrons, and any immediate superior medical officer of their cohort. Finally, in some cases a Malady can be permitted to reveal their profession to a spouse, however in order to be allowed to do so the spouse will be required to undergo a classified review by the Ministry of Familial Affairs unbeknownst to them which will determine if they can be granted clearance for the information. Any accidental or intentional revelations of their identities to any person outside of those permitted must be reported to the Seers Circle immediately, and at the judgement of the Malady may require the detention of the person in possession of their identity. Detention of such persons can be personally overseen by the Malady or delegated to other agents such as the witch-hunters or even the Ministry of Defense. Such requests made to the ministry of defense are written as a proxy of powers from the Seers Circle by right, given the sovereign status of Maladies.

Outside of their duties, Maladies must store their vestments securely with many choosing to use translocation spells. Outside of the uniform Maladies are subject to all standard laws and expectations of citizenship as other mages, however, they retain the right to petition a waiver of duty or taxes from the Seers Circle if it is possible their professional ability may be impeded by the Concordance and its governance in some way. Maladies also often have the ability to see charges pressed against their public ego in criminal cases appealed to the Seers Circle when they are found guilty by the Court of Concordance.

A Malady who disregards the maintenance or who is found to be grossly misusing their protective rights by either the Seers Circle or any of the house patrons will in mild cases receive a written warning, subsequent behavior leaves the Malady subject to being stripped of their title and rendered a blank as they are considered too dangerous to be allowed to retain their magical potential, in more severe cases they may also be imprisoned in [[xxx]] or even outright assassinated. Given the aptitudes of the Maladies it is speculated that the Valcrest patron Gwyndolin herself is the one to subdue or eliminate rouge Maladies as her strange anatomy and intimate knowledge of arcane medicine make her highly capable of overcoming the strengths of a Malady.

### Sovereignty

Several Maladies have been exposed or even assaulted and murdered by opponents to the Sacrarium Corporis, which had eventually lead to the passing of an Act of Seraphs in 1243 CE following the assassination of a Malady by a troupe of magician lead inquisitors. The act effectively grants Maladies the right to utilize any means necessary to defend themselves and exonerates them from culpability of any kind when acting to preserve their lives or the lives of their patients.

## Trivia

* Students will often humorously refer to a group of Maladies as "A Murder of Maladies".
* Gwyndolin is the longest standing member of the Healers Guild, and posses her own Vestments of Malediction.

mother of maladies