Reme the Healer, the Remedians and their Remeyries

A tribal goddess of the Nandi people, Reme was supposed to represent the power of healing and recuperation. She was often depicted as a winged elf who would carry off those grievously injured in battle and grant them protection in her eyrie - only returning them when they were recovered. For that reason, those who are comatose are often said to be “Resting in Reme.”

There is some crossover in the veneration of Reme as the elves also have a figure in their own legendarium by nearly the same name. As one of the Avariel (first generation elves) Rayam was said to be a daughter of Aerdie Faenya who did not traffic with those who were bound to earth, but nevertheless brought healing to the exiled in the twilight following their battles.

When the Grand Temple of Peakshadow was instituted, the cult of Reme had widespread support and was accreted into the worship of the many gods in the person of Neroia, daughter of Ninlee, also goddess of healing. While the trappings of Neroia were affixed to the person of Reme, they could not supplant her cult. The name Neroia never caught on outside of temple’s own scholars. Reme’s name and role were well-established among the populace.

After the God War of 5108, the Remedians (Priestesses of Reme) converted wholesale to the Church of Westrun and disavowed the worship of their pagan goddess, but they did not forsake their considerable skills. Now holding themselves out only as sages of herbs and the healing arts, those who invoke her name operate their so-called Remeyries in cities and large towns across all Four Lands. Some of the Sacred Sisters of the Church of Westrun will serve a dual role in the Remeyries as healers and surgeons, but there are many Remedians without any such connection to the church.