[i]'This place reeks of wounded and death...'[/i] Derra thought to herself as she entered the chapel. Her Elders had sent her to this city to learn new ways of healing, and it seemed she had arrived at just the right time.

[b]"You there! Who are you? Why are you here? You're uninjured?"[/b] A tall man in healers robes was approaching her hurriedly, as if he had someplace else to be.

[b]"I am Derra Varas, of the mountain clan on the border. I was sent by my Elders to learn from your healers. Surely you got the message they sent?"[/b] she raised an eyebrow at him and shook her red hair from her face. [b]"Regardless I am here to help, and I am experienced enough. Point me in the right direction."[/b]

The man looked at her face, and to his credit he didn't blanch at the scars. [b]"Follow me."[/b] He lead her briskly in the direction of a young man that had just been set down on a bit of hay made up to look like a bed. He was badly injured to his head, but someone had cleaned his wound in the field and packed it with a poultice that looked similar but subtly different from what Derra knew how to do. The Healer looked at the wound carefully, then at the woman who had presumably brought him in.

[b]"Derra is a field trained healer, she will attend to the young man. If there are other's in your party with injuries, please let her know."[/b] He looked down again at the injury, and back at Derra, [b]"We have most of the other injured attended to. Your job for now will be to assess any others who come through that door and send them back to me if they are in worse condition than you can handle alone."[/b] With that he stood and walked briskly in the direction they had come from.

Looking at the woman, Derra noticed she seemed shaken but unharmed. Her hands had been cleaned, but still showed signs of the poultice and blood. Kneeling carefully next to the bed she looked over the man, looking for signs of infection or stress. He seemed to be doing well for having such a nasty head injury. They would have to wake him soon, in case of concussion. Looking up from him and around the chapel she couldn't help but wonder what had happened and why. 

[i]'Cities and their squabbles...'[/i] she thought to herself, letting out a sigh.