Conqueror's Blade Lore
Alchemists

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Alchemy, depending on the era and place, generally holds that all things are composed of four or five elements, and that through the use of a universal catalyst called a "stone", any substance can be changed into any other. The creation of the "stone" is done via a long and highly secretive process generally only written down in the most metaphorical and/or symbolic manner, usually in the form of songs, poems, or elaborate illustrations, so as to keep it out of the hands of evildoers.

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While alchemists are depicted as searching for immortality through the creation of an "elixir of life", in truth their works are aimed at more everyday applications: acids to extract metals from ore, better fuels that burn brighter, and last but by no means least, the perfection of medicines to protect human health.

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The "elemental" hypothesis of alchemy in relation to medicine holds that every person is constituted of four "humours" -, with one of the four predominant: These humours correspond to the four elements of the natural world, and thus ill-health or mood derives from deficiency or imbalance of one or more of these humours. Spagyreqcs is the field of alchemy devoted to producing medicines; and borrows liberally from the study of herbs and other plants, and from the sciences of anatomy, surgery, and astrology.

The 'Ordre Spagyretigue de la Misericordia' (Spagyeritc Order of Mercy) was founded in the city of Aurelian to support the city's hospitals and the education of surgeons, and following its liberation by Gabrielle-Maelys and her army of followers quickly pledged its support to the war effort against the Loegrians.