The Green Saints
The Green Saints operate on a premise that makes most settlements uncomfortable: some wounds cut deeper than flesh, and neither faith nor conventional medicine can reach them. Drugs can. Mind-opening, soul-healing substances that let the broken savor what remains of their lives. The Green Saints carry those substances across all of Lorado, from the Forgotten Outpost to the Mile High City, under the sign of the blooming cross.
The organization is rumored to have emerged from the love affair of two Accensorites, one from the Hedon tradition and one from the Sainthood of Ashes, who sought common ground between their faiths and found it in alternative healing. Whatever its origins, the modern Green Saints operate under firmly atheist leadership. Grant Coven, a Retrograde, insists on sharing the benefits of the "green path" without entangling faith arguments. If a drug exists, the Green Saints have it, whether shipped in from outside Lorado or produced locally.
Their pricing model is unusual. Currency rarely changes hands. Instead, the Saints trade for goods and services that feed back into the community they serve. A healer who needs their supplies pays with labor. A traveler pays with news. The exchange is always practical, always mutual, and always structured so that the community benefits alongside the individual.
The blooming cross travels the length and breadth of Lorado on the shoulders of people who believe that the deepest hurts deserve the most unconventional cures.
The organization is rumored to have emerged from the love affair of two Accensorites, one from the Hedon tradition and one from the Sainthood of Ashes, who sought common ground between their faiths and found it in alternative healing. Whatever its origins, the modern Green Saints operate under firmly atheist leadership. Grant Coven, a Retrograde, insists on sharing the benefits of the "green path" without entangling faith arguments. If a drug exists, the Green Saints have it, whether shipped in from outside Lorado or produced locally.
Their pricing model is unusual. Currency rarely changes hands. Instead, the Saints trade for goods and services that feed back into the community they serve. A healer who needs their supplies pays with labor. A traveler pays with news. The exchange is always practical, always mutual, and always structured so that the community benefits alongside the individual.
The blooming cross travels the length and breadth of Lorado on the shoulders of people who believe that the deepest hurts deserve the most unconventional cures.
History
The Green Saints are rumored to have grown from the love affair of two Accensorites: one Hedon, one Sainthood of Ashes. Seeking common ground between their conflicting traditions, they discovered that alternative healing served their communities better than theological argument. From that unlikely union, an organization emerged that transcended both parent faiths. Under current leadership, the Saints have shed religious affiliation entirely, operating as a secular healing network under Grant Coven's atheist direction.
