Hohsalle and Limuelle
The Deer KingThe physician’s bond with his grandfather is tested when experience, experimentation, and responsibility converge around critically ill patients.
increasing
Bearing strength in each event
decreasing
A Grandfather’s Training

Inherited Medical Work
A teacher and guardian
Limuelle raises Hohsalle after his father’s death and trains him in medicine. Their relationship combines affection with a shared determination to treat diseases others call incurable.
A public example
Together they cure the Zolian emperor’s wife, making their work famous and intensifying conflict with the priest-doctors who regard their methods as heretical.
Limuelle Arrives

The Elder Physician Returns
A hard intervention
Limuelle comes to Jikalu Wood and proposes Kokalu sedation to suppress the convulsions that have killed other patients. His presence gives Hohsalle both support and a difficult decision.
Trust under pressure
Hohsalle follows the plan despite the risks. Their shared history becomes practical courage as they try to keep Izam alive long enough for treatment to work.
A Risk Shared

Method and Motive
The experiment’s edge
Limuelle supports administering serum to Sulumina and Olimu after weighing the danger of allergic reactions against the threat of disease. Hohsalle challenges his motives but understands the urgency.
Family resemblance
Hohsalle recognizes his own willingness to gamble on evidence in Limuelle’s choice. The bond is not simple agreement; it is the inheritance of both care and scientific audacity.
Hohsalle’s youth and early career
When Izam’s condition becomes critical
During treatment of the later patients