Patient Flame
Patient Flame. Patient Flame is the mentor's presence, and it is the reason their students survive. When the mentor is in the room, fear loosens its grip. Confused minds clear. Panicked hearts slow. A soldier who has broken does not break further; a young healer who has lost a patient finds their hands steady again. The effect is not dramatic. The mentor does not glow, does not speak magic, does not lay on hands. They simply stand there, and the room becomes a place where thought is possible again. The mentor has walked into burning cities and found, at their side, people who should have been screaming and were instead loading the wounded onto carts. The flame does not warm. It steadies. It is the difference between a routed army and one that holds the line.