The Herbalist

The Herbalist was said to be an old friend of Maenae's who was able to make amazing herbal healing poltices, several of these were provided to the party before the entered the ruins near The Shrine of the Oracle

Later the party met up with her at Springview she was according to Maenae to be found there visiting some furious Lord, a misunderstanding or perhaps her hearing is starting to go becasue it was Lord Furion that was being visited.

The herbalist was probably about 20, either Maenae had known this person since she was a child or there was some strange aging going on.

The herbalist revealed that she had been a ranger for many years with an interest in herbalism (possably an adventuring buddy of Maenae's), and one day many years ago whilst out gathering herbs a dryad who was impressed by her careful and respectful harvesting techniques that had been secretly watching her put her to a test involving a large wounded bear.

Having passed the test the dryad taught her some of the secrets of the forest, over time the Herbalist learnt more secrets including apparently something that gave some sort of fountain of youth like effect.

Since the party had been sent by Maenae she knew that the party were of good character and offered to teach anyone in the party that wished to learn the secrets of preparing her poltices, including basic herbalism skills if required.

The full process of the training and instruction on making the poltices can be found in The Herbalist (module)