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==The Brotherhood of Cunradus==

'''Also known as''': Cunradan, Cunradans

'''Symbol''': A needle and a bowl

Originally an offshoot of the Children of Geofon. Cunradus of Steyerberg founded a new monastery in 3014, nestled in the hills near Neußen. An outbreak of plague in Neußen in 3076 brought a priest of Eir to the town, and he decided to settle in the Cunradan Monastery. This lead to a change in focus for the Cunradans, and the brotherhood now follows Eir, Geofon and Eastre combined. Cunradans have since taken to travelling extensively. All Cunradan Monks spend several years on pilgrimage, with no set goal, other than to take their healing skills wherever they may be needed. There are now a handful of Cunradan Monasteries, which provide medical services to the nearby populace, mostly the commoner/peasant end of society. Wealthy households are more likely to avail themselves of the services of a Sister of Eir.

Cunradan brothers take an oath of poverty and spend six years as a novitiate, training in healing magic and medicine. After their initial training, they start a regular cycle of pilgrimage and re-training, spending five years on the road, followed by two years in a monastery, during which they exchange knowledge with other monks while helping to maintain the monasteries and providing medical services to the local populace.

Cunradans officially take no money for the healing and other religious offices they provide (weddings, name-givings, etc), but there is a general understanding that a donation relative to the wealth and prosperity of the patient should be forthcoming in recognition of their services.

Given their structure, the majority of Cunradans at any one time are wandering Friars, with less than a quarter of the entire brotherhood actually resident in monasteries.