<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/elpEfLj.jpg?1)</div><br/>Mother Freya gave a quaint smile to those she passed as she stepped out of the slums for the first time in a long time. She had made her home in the "Inner Sanctum" the gathering point of her great Healing Church. However things there had started to come to a standstill, two factions too big to over rule each other, and too peaceful to simply come to blows and war it out. So while she had no intention of abandoning her flock there, it was time to start spreading the message of Aros out further. After all the Lord's message would have to reach every ear in the city before they could look inwards towards the palace. Accompanied by the group of guards that had come under her service, giving her presence a more official air, Freya would find a nicely populated square from which to give her speech.<br/><br/>"Good people of Hexville, if you may bend your ears for but a moment. I am Mother Freya, of the Healing Church of Aros. Some of you may have heard of us and our work in what you all know to be the "slums" of the city. Though I imagine most of you have not yet heard the word of the God who stands above all Gods. For months now we have toiled in the streets, walked among the people, spreading Aros's mercy and generosity amongst the poorest and most vulnerable in our fair city. However it is not just the Sanctum that is hurting, for the disease that's plagued this city has spread far and wide. For too long the prosperity of this city has been left to the hands of those who wish to hoard it all for themselves. For too long have "good" Kings been given pass for their shortcomings. For too long has this city been governed by a system that would would put a mindless woman upon the throne and call her Queen. For too long have people put their faith in Gods who sit by and do nothing as their people wallow in squalor" she preached, her tone always remaining calm and agreeable no matter how damning her words were, "This city is in pieces, that much is undeniable. Pieces that are literally rising up and walking away. It is hard to even fathom, a place so rotten the very foundation wishes to have no part in it. But that is the world we find ourselves in, the world shaped by the Queen and the nobles who hold her up. However nothing can be so broken that it cannot be put back together. And that is what we of the Healing Church seek to do, to put back the pieces of this broken city, not to merely restore it to what it once was, but to make it better, to see it's people reach their true potential and gain true prosperity. We wish not for you to simply survive, but to thrive"<br/><br/>"But alas, this street is not a church, and this is not a sermon. I have come not to preach, but to offer a service. Bring me your wounds, your sickness, your aches and pains no matter how large or small, and by Aros's light I shall cleanse them. The gift of health and comfort, freely given to any who have need of it. There is no charge, no dealings, no oaths you must swear or prayers you must whisper. I demand no faith from you, the Healing Church is happy to provide to any and all regardless of their beliefs. I only ask that you please consider these words: The change our congregation wishes to bring cannot be accomplished alone. Aros is a just and loving God, but it is only through his believers that his work can be done in this world. It will take the focus of many minds, the love of many hearts, and the labor of many hands. And what better hands than those of the city's great craftsmen and artisans? You have dedicated your lives to your crafts, your labors, and never before have they been so needed. You need not make a decision now, take your time to think about what you truly desire from this life. And if that discovery draws you towards Aros's light, then you need only come and attend one of our sermons, so you may learn how we can all work together to fix this broken world..." she finished, a warm smile on her half-veiled face. Once she had finished Freya would spend the next couple hours providing healing to any who asked: closing cuts, banishing bruises, soothing sprains, healing headaches, and reinvigorating those left exhausted from long, hard hours of work.