Lady Miss Marples arrived on Teras Isle one sunny morn to discover for herself just what this legendary place was all about. She breathed in the faintly sulfurous air as she strolled hither and yon visiting all the landmarks and shops. But it was the residents of this close-knit community that intrigued her, and especially, on this first visit, the healers.

"Such a rugged lot of individualists, the empaths are," she thought to herself with a little smile, "yet for all their varied and colorful personalities, they show care and concern and an amazing facility for working together!"

The Lady made a point to acquaint herself with the healers and would sit and chat with them at the various gathering places on the isle and observe. One day she found a quiet corner on the tower. Making herself comfortable, she drew out a quill and scroll, adjusted her gold rimmed spectacles and began to write.

The resident Empaths are really quite cordial and proud of the community they serve with their skills. It pleases them to no end to have visiting fellow healers introduce themselves and they will gladly answer a newcomer’s inquiries with regards to local practices. I hereafter have penned as complete a list of those practices as I could discern as I believe it aids a traveler to be informed of the place he or she is visiting.

• Guildspeak is commonly used among the practitioners of healing to arrange amongst themselves whose turn it may be to heal the next patient. The empaths of Teras often have loved ones that share their lives on the Isle and the other resident healers gladly defer and allow their fellow empath to aid those they love.

• While the empaths do tend to take turns at healing should there be more than one of them at a gathering place, other residents quite often will ask for a particular empath or may indicate a preference by leaning on the empath, sending manna, or asking privately. The resident empaths of Teras respect the right of their patients to choose their healer should they so desire to.

• It should also be noted that once an empath begins to heal a patient he or she finishes the job down to the last ounce of blood. It is considered impolite to begin healing a patient another has started on unless there is a request for help which is usually made in guildspeak.

• Empaths often hunt on Teras. Those hunting may participate in rescues and transport an unfortunate deceased person to the North Gate but may want to pass the healing on to other empaths on site. This preference is most commonly indicated to others in guildspeak.

• In general, it is polite to let one who has transported a deceased person heal that person.

• It is valuable for the visiting empath to procure a crystal amulet and stay tuned to the thoughts floating in the ether. It is common practice for rescue attempts and calls for help to be announced on the amunet. This certainly helps to diffuse confusion as to who is going after whom and avoids unnecessary loss of life as rescues can often be dangerous.

• It is considered a community service to garden herbs and stock the ledge on the tower or leave little piles of these helpful plants at other gathering places as time and manna permit.

• The community of Islanders are most cordial about exchanging helpful spells for manna and the empaths are no exception. They help one another with exchanges of manna while healing or rescuing and also help those who have been brought to new life by Clerics with gifts of manna and spells as their resources permit.

Lady Miss Marples gently wiped the ink from her quill and read over her scroll.

"I think I have covered the most salient points," she mused to herself, pleased with her efforts. She leaned against the ledge of the tower as she tucked her scroll into her cloak and prepared for departure to the Mainland. "Perhaps on my next trip I will learn more about Clerics and their customs! What an interesting thought!"

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