Rotfinger Gloves

These gloves were worn by a healer in Old Vailia who lived in a village stricken by a terrible plague. While most fled, he stayed behind, restoring the few he could and easing the suffering of those he could not.

In time, the disease spread to him, melting the flesh of his face and raising boils on his arms but leaving his hands, eyes, and mental faculties untouched. His exposure to the illness had inoculated him against its most pernicious effects, leaving him disfigured but capable.