The Strain of Chirurgery

Dont worry... My pain shall grant you strength.

Chirurgury is a strain of The Scarlet Arts that deals with healing and protection. Learning the strain takes time. The mind set is unique among other strains as it requires a desperate need to aid others. practitioners force themselves to feal pain. It's actively sought and a welcome experience as the pain is part of their power.
Blood is life in this strain and when one links their veins with the veins of their allies, the connection sparks a new sense of vigor. They leave their allies, revitalized, and relish the stare of wide-eyed wonder as the wounds their allies suffered seal themselves and their strength rises like a fire. In The Web, these men and women were doctors who traveled to bring others the healing power of blood.

Thicker Than Water

A practitioner has a bond with those they heal and protect. This blood oath grants them the ability to link their veins without focus or thought. Healing and protection happens quicker and tends to be more effective. The blood is invigorating and the more powerful spells can give additional benefits to those with whom the practitioner has a pact. The reason for the pact is consent. These practitioners are sympathetic by nature. They tend to see those they protect as more than their role in the group. It is their sworn duty and responsibility to keep their allies alive. They often see their allies as family. Blood is thicker than water and as such, a blood mage is directly tied to the fates of their allies. Having the formal consent of another to link your veins creates a bond that both parties will feel. Their lives literally depend on this bond.
A blood mage of this strain tends to abhor violence. While they can learn other strains to aid in battle, they always have a little resentment of it. Whether this is due to their need to heal, or simply a disgust of wasting so much life varies. They can spread that to enemies as well. Linking veins with an enemy not only opens up the ability to take blood and affect the blood of the enemy, but a practitioner can pacify them as well and force them to stand down.

The Power to Heal

Usually casters give their own blood or blood sacrificed to their cause. However, they are more than willing to use the blood of enemies using the other strains. No spell in chirurgery can be used to harm directly. The pain they cause must their own. It simply won't take effect, otherwise. Blood has been used to heal for ages. The process of healing wounds and applying a shield of sorts around a subject were the first spells to appear in the strain. As time moved on and the field of medicine grew, the concept of using blood to perform more complex healing began to emerge. Practitioners have performed operations that no ordinary professional could, like removing organs damaged beyond repair and regrowing them as the cut seal shut.

Surgical Steel

The need for sanitary equipment is paramount for the more complex procedures those of this strain use. Their blades are always sharp and clean, and they take great care in preserving the blood they spill. Using the strain requires blood to be pure. Blood that touches the ground could be tainted, pathogens in the blood are just the same. The blood must be healthy and contained if not in use.