When Caroline joined Tehr she was quietly wondering what he had called her there for. The topic of their coming conversation still surprised her, and at the same time it seemed she was starting to go through all the information he gave her from the moment she heard it, seemingly frowning and moving to take a spot by his desk, taking up a parchment and starting to list things down on it, while waiting for him to go through the rest of the information to an end. It was obvious she was doing some serious thinking, before shaking her head and sighing loudly as she looked up at Tehr.<strong>"I believe I should chat him up and examine him properly, but I know a little about Vile magic, because some of the old books I have read back home and here in Londinium, and in your own library, have referenced it passingly. I can try and put what I know together into a small explanation, if you'll allow me?"</strong>Caroline looked at his face a moment, before embarrassedly clearing her throat and starting to speak a bit louder, in a more 'lecturer' manner than a casual conversation or talk amidst friends, seemingly pulling details from what she remembered and putting them together in a lesson as well as she could.<br/><br/><strong>"There is a reason there is not much known about 'Vile' brand of magic. It is something you would find even the 'mildly amoral' necromancers being hesitant to call upon."</strong>She looked fairly thoughtful for a moment.<strong>"There are historical records of Novgorodian man called Rasputin who wielded a great share of now 'forbidden' magics, and knew about the rest. He never supposedly wielded Vile magic himself, but noted that it had been used in ancient times to terrible effects. The Great Plagues of the Southern Continent, the devastation of the invading riders from the plains back in far south east, and there are whispers that when the 'bloody baroness' succumbed to her madness in the last few years she began to wield Vile magic, though the ruins of the Bathory have been burnt to the ground and any heretical materials there supposedly destroyed by the church. Not that it quiets some waggling tongues who still speak of underground archives containing treasures as well as forbidden lore, but digging around on those grounds would quickly bring in some angry people to interfere."</strong>She let out a sigh.<br/><br/><strong>"The problem is without knowing more about the vile magic it is hard to lift it. From what I have understood, it is highly resistant to healing magics, and tends to either stay as bad as it is, or healing -very slowly- if the patient takes care to limit themselves to light activity and bedrest. There is supposed to be spells to remove it at once, but I am not aware of where to find them. The Church of the One God supposedly claims a tome of more holy magics within their library that might contain the means to do so, but convincing them to allow outsiders to see it might be difficult, and from what I understood it is not something even the members of their faith can wield easily. The Old Gods kept records of more natural methods and druidic records, but the late kings allowed the forceful conversion of a number of people which drove a lot of that knowledge underground, hidden away, or even burnt and ruined."</strong>She looked at him quietly for a moment.<br/><br/><strong>"The Royal library might be your best bet on either material about vile magic or possibly at least spared methods to counter it. As for the illness, I am not sure but it sounds like something similar to the wasting curse, but that could be treated by a spell normally, and its slow progress suggests it is merely something similar, but harmful when the duke is already ill. Truthfully, I know enough that I can mix a remedy that should strengthen his body and help him fight it off, but it would cost a sum of 100 gold for the ingredients. I haven't kept much petty cash at hand so I'd have to request it from the house funds or request it back from home. I have not been in any rush to set up a regular transfer since my needs are few while I am here, but now it is working against me."</strong>She smiled a hint at least.<strong>"Still, if I get the ingredients, I should be able to mix the remedy in 1-2 days. It needs simmer down slowly and its color changes slowly during the process, and I am not perfectly sure I can catch the right moment if I use a higher bit of heat so it might be a bit over a day."</strong>She shrugged at this point and looked at him seriously.<strong>"You could also try and see if there's any apothecaries or healers in the city who have some of it already ready, but I am a little doubtful, it's ingredients are relatively costly, and it tends to last a year at most, and most people don't want to use as expensive remedies unless they have caught something quite serious and need the extra push to their bodies."</strong><br/><br/>Having said that, Caroline looked at Tehr a bit uncertain if she had been of help. Having her share of information as a healer and having had access to the Wynt library, she was trying to provide her best share of information when called upon.<strong>"If you want the actual recipe, you could take 'Old Rites and Remedies' by Salaman from the library, I don't recall the exact page but I can look it up for you if you wish. The main ingredients aren't inherently magical for most part, but if you had access to an actual unicorn, having a few chips from the horn would do wonders for the recipe. It doesn't require harming one, but the chips are rare to get, usually only when the stallions fight one another, or if they grind their horn upon a tree trunk. Though given the dryads seeds, perhaps you would get the fey to help. It is not -necessary-, it is just something noted to make the mixture even more potent than normal."</strong>