"Our healer, Rosina. She was the abbess at the hospital in Adam's Way, and petitioned Nidah on several occasions to afford her patients additional time. The Nidaheen ignored her. I did not."[1]
A skilled healer and Batuk's cousin,[2]Rosina was in charge of medical services for the Seven Against Nidah and their armies.[3] She formerly supervised a hospital in Adam's Way.[4]
Rosina's greatest hindrance was animescence, a strange disease native to the Elder Continent that is provoked by intense emotion. Normally, Rosina would have avoided contracting the disease by being as dispassionate as possible in treating her patients.[5] But one day, news broke that ignited more passion in her than ever before:[6] a Presbyterate princess - Mariam - had received a gift of immortality from her father, only to share it with an injured Khaganian general.[7] At that very instant, an animescent beggar - sent by the Presbyter - burst into flames right in front of Rosina, causing her to contract the disease in her rare moment of vulnerability.[8] It is not clear why the Presbyter intended to assassinate Rosina, seeing as this event marked the founding of the Seven Against Nidah, and as such Rosina had not been recruited.
Rosina has not given up yet; after the expedition failed, she fled to Anthe, where she had her kidney crystallized to suppress her emotions and prevent her disease from progressing further. Her research into curing animescence still continues, but she is running out of time.[9]
Bafflingly, a significant number of people (called conflagranti) have flocked to Rosina's chambers in Anthe, hoping to contract animescence from her[10][11] and spread the disease.[12]
↑The Healer, Sunless Sea""Our healer, Rosina. She was the abbess at the hospital in Adam's Way...""
↑The Healer, Sunless Sea"Our healer, Rosina. She was the abbess at the hospital in Adam's Way..."
↑Speak to her about her history, Sunless Sea""I was scrupulous. Was never present when a patient burst into flame. When I felt too much pity, I would reassign staff... but I was less cautious outside the hospital.""
↑What news gave her such angry pleasure?, Sunless Sea"The Presbyterate do not share their immortality [...] But one of them made an exception for his daughter [...] Mariam — the daughter — she gave the gift away to a Khaganian general, to spite her father and punish the Presbyterate. The last person they would have wanted to immortalise. I found that outcome... satisfying.""
↑Speak to her about her history, Sunless Sea"Of course in that mood I was far too vulnerable not to take the disease, when an animescent beggar combusted in the street. The Nidaheen sent him to infect me."
↑Clear out the Conflagranti, Sunless Sea"Rosina's Onlookers are everywhere in Anthe, sighing over poetry and languishing in feverish postures. The Antheans cannot endure them."
↑Find out what all the onlookers are for, Sunless Sea""There are certain... idiotic... sects," she says. "People who want to suffer what I have. They follow me around, hoping to be infected by my conflagration.""
↑Anthe: Conflagranti, Sunless Sea"Conflagranti wander the chambers of Anthe, suffering from and trying to spread their animescence."
