Ormorn Singlespan (Dr.)

Dr. Ormorn Singlespan

Ormorn was raised by a whole family of Doctor Singlespans: 3 generations of gnomish doctors living under the same house and with exceptional knowledge of herbalism, medicine, and surgical practices. Between the many members of this house, no disease or ailment could possibly go unobserved or untreated. Doctor Ormorn - like any aspiring doctor of medicinal practice - worked hard for his doctorate, and his family's reputation permits him to demand a premium for his quality services and efficient treatment. Yet, Ormorn does not practice medicine any longer. Doctor Ormorn practices visual art, or more specifically: body painting.

"Diagnosis is always the easy part" reports Dr. Ormorn, "but the real fun begins when I have a puzzle to solve! The trick with productive art practices is not to oversimplify things - at least in my experience - for the magic does not seem to understand how to take hold. One must be specific. An easy example: curing a deep laceration, say, from an owlbear attack. You must be able to use the arts to show the healing process, and then the magic can make use of it. A cut such as that would obviously require a bandage, and the process of the Arts is not a fast one like the divine magics of yore. This process requires no gods, and no needles. I will often start with illustrating a series of newly-formed scabs over the bandage where the laceration is present. Then, after the paint has dried for some time, I will paint the next stage of the healing process, and then the next, until it is but an image of a scar. After this, I often consult with the patient to determine if they wish for the scar to remain or not, for many patients do enjoy having them! If they do not, I can paint another layer depicting healed skin.

When the bandage is removed, the wound will (more often than not) resemble the painting in a most identical fashion! The process overall takes less than 3 hours, and a similar procedure (with some adjustments) can be conducted for inner-body ailments, such as the removal of diseases and the curing of toxins."

As Ormorn mentioned, details are essential. Ormorn has published multiple papers on the subject of his new healing practices and has noted how with exterior maladies an exactness in colour and size is required to depict a realistic natural healing process, while with interior maladies abstract techniques appear to work more efficiently. Ormorn continues his studies in depth at the Academy, as he has done so for the last 79 years, though he often speaks of how he misses his family who have long since disowned him for his supposed "great disrespect" of his family and their "more realistic" craft.

"They're a fickle and ignoant bunch. This is a practice that anyone could learn without needing to spend a fortune on university study. It has so much potential, but doctors all across the continent are gatekeeping it from the public eye." remarked Ormorn.

Ormorn teaches an introductory class to Therapeutic Bodypainting every month.