Discreet Surgery Suite

The Discreet Surgery Suite is a healing building located within the Ariljaa District of southern Kharkorhum. It is managed and owned by Dr. Dalyor Elassidil and allows players to heal for a small fee if they are injured.

History
Dr. Elassidil was a warlock in the employment of a serpentine Great Old One named Vruk'vinal before they became a doctor. Seeking enough medical knowledge to cure the ailment that had claimed their wife, they desperately searched for a patron who would accept what little they had to offer. Vruk'vinal, a god of consumption, made a deal: knowledge for flesh. By the time Dalyor had accepted, their wife was too far gone for anything but a miracle, and she left them behind. Dalyor's contract still stood, however, and they needed a way to please Vruk'vinal while not going against their morals.

To do this, they opened up the Discreet Surgery Suite; a place where those down-on-their-luck like Elassidil had been could be healed for nothing more than the cost of the components of healing.

In-Game Description
''As you step through the alleyway entrance, you're met with something that's unmistakably a waiting room, lit by candles. Old books sit on a side-table, while a small counter shields a door from random people walking in. The door is made of dark wood, but you can make out a staff with one snake winding around it, mouth upturned and opened towards the sky burned into the wood. The same picture is burned into the floor. Three chairs are available. You hear water dripping from somewhere and the sound of soft rustling from behind the door. The counter holds only blank papers and a pen. A single, dying plant sits in a pot.''

If the party waits:

''Eventually, the door creaks open. A half-elf with pale skin, sallow cheeks and dark bags under their eyes looks at you all with a wide, almost frightened gaze. They are wearing a brown-stained coat, black gloves, black boots, and a white mask made of cloth. Their hair is shorn short and is fading to grey. They shuffle the papers and point wordlessly to a list of services.''

Tongue Replacement
If players try to talk to Elassidil, they will find out that they are missing a tongue entirely. If players bring Elassidil a replacement tongue from Albrecht Automations, they can talk to Elassidil about their patron and receive half off of all medical services that they provide, along with asking them about rumors.

Surgery
When their patients are under the knife, Elassidil takes parts of them they won't miss or that can be healed easily; Appendixes are often the first to go, followed by pinky toes, tonsils, reproductive organs, spleens, gallbladders, and kidneys. Players will wake up feeling lighter and will feel like 'something is missing' for the next week.