The most notable and impactful role of the Greenwardens within Marcandrian society is their function as healers and doctors. Those endowed with divine gifts use their abilities to heal and cure, though even these gifted individuals rely heavily on medicinal ointments and remedies prepared from plants cultivated in their temple gardens. These gardens are expansive, hosting a myriad of plant species used in various alchemical processes to create medicinal compounds. According to Greenwarden principles, essential medicines should be provided free of charge to all in need. Any Greenwarden found denying treatment for payment is ostracized by their peers and shunned by Marcandrian society at large. Any Greenwarden found denying treatment for payment is ostracized by their peers and shunned by Marcandrian society at large. However, producing these medicines is an ever-changing balancing act, as the Greenwarden must try predicting the need for an complexity involved in making each medicinal remedy. It's therefore not guaranteed that a Greenwarden will be able to provide you with a medicinal remedy, even if it's one they have the knowledge of making. This is particularly true for complex compounds with time consuming production methods, as the Greenwarden would have to trade making that remedy for you against making a compound for others in need.
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Greenwardens will also cultivate plants which they use to make non-essential remedies, such as skin treatments, vitality tonics, sleep aids, and pain relievers. Greenwardens develop and sell these as a way to fund their endeavors, to pay for tools and compounds which they can't grow in their gardens, such as beeswax, animal fats, alchocols, salts, and clay, as well as to fund their own basic necessities, such as food and clothes. The making of these non-essential, paid for, remedies always cuts into a Greewardens capacity to make their free medicinal remedies, though without these funds they'd be unable to operate at all. It can often be difficult for a Greenwarden to know just how to balance the cultivation and development of paid for non-essential remedies versus free medicinal ones. This is also because it can be hard not to rake in just a little more funds than they'd technically need, allowing them to afford some not strictly necessary luxuries. Despite the Greenwardens typically saying they want a simpler life than what typical Marcandrians are after, they are still Marcandrians, and can find it hard to say no when presented with the opportunity of attaining some luxuries.
In addition to essential medicines, Greenwardens cultivate plants for non-essential remedies like skin treatments, vitality tonics, sleep aids, and pain relievers. These are developed and sold to fund their operations and cover costs for materials they cannot produce, such as beeswax, animal fats, alcohol, salts, and clay, as well as basic necessities like food and clothing. The production of these non-essential remedies often competes with the creation of medicinal ones, creating a challenging balance as Greenwardens strive to fulfill their healing mission without succumbing to the temptation of unnecessary luxuries.
+Greenwardens are also committed to continuous research in herbalism and medicine, constantly seeking new or improved remedies through study, mentorship, and experimentation. They access texts from the Meranzeum’s archives, learn from fellow Greenwardens, or innovate through trials with new plant combinations and alchemical techniques.
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