Abilities:

Theo has acquired knowledge and possession of a special plant, the Herb of Life, and its usage. With it, he can treat pretty much any wound, poisoning, sickness or injury within a very short time frame, and even slows down his own aging process considerably. He also knows a lot about occult alchemy and rituals, which he has begun combining with the tinctures, potions and other products he creates out of the Herb of Life. With this combination, he can even affect nonliving things positively - so long as they do still have a close connection to life. But the flip side of his knowledge is that he also knows how to do damage really well. Not that he would do that to humans, but magical or nonhuman creatures can become a target to him.

Due to his constant inhalation of his special mixture, his body has started to absorb the healing powers of the Herb. Not only does this extend his overall lifespan, he also recovers from wounds and most poisons extremely quickly. When he is wearing his mask, he heals up almost instantaneously, the longer he keeps it off the slower his healing rate gets. While wearing his mask this also allows him to tap into the full potential of the human body - a normal and untrained human body though! - regardless of the usual limits set by how much strain muscles can take before they tear.

The Herb of Life:

This plant is brightly colored, with diamond-shaped leaves and blossoms that remind of cotton. The herb is very difficult to find, but Theo has found a way to us its own and external occult powers to grow it unnaturally quickly from its seeds, of which he always keeps some close to his body.

It can be used as ingredient in all kinds of health-improving rituals, potions, balms and elixirs, and Theo knows a wide array of different recipes he keeps written down in a notebook. Consumed or applied in its pure form, the herb can accelerate regeneration - a broken bone might heal in one week instead of three - but it’s full powers, ranging from rapid healing to even reviving a dead person, can only be tapped into when it is used in mixtures and rites, most of which consume a lot of time and resources. Theo keeps preparing potions and balms when he has the time to do it, and therefore carries many with him, willing to trade them or give them away as rewards to others. Maybe even use them directly to heal others.

His favorite recipe is the one he uses for a mixture of herbs within his mask. The air filtered through these herbs lets him inhale the life-renewing power of the Herb of Life to its fullest extend, keeping him young and blessing him with an extremely high healing rate. It slows down the longer he goes without inhaling the special scent, but he can take one or two days before it gets into a potentially threatening area. His second favorite is a glowing potion which greatly enhances the physical abilities of a person by being an extremely rapid healing and painkilling potion. It strips the body of both the willingness and the need to refrain from actions that would damage muscles and bones too much, unlocking the full potential of the human body. It doesn’t work on all non-human beings though, and it is very difficult to create, so he only carries a small quantity of it around.

However, the Herb cannot perfectly regenerate the body. So Theo still has scars from the gruesome ritual necessary for his survival, and is slowly but surely losing pigmentation, which starts impairing his eyesight and makes being in the sun for too long very uncomfortable if he doesn’t get to inhale his mixture for a long enough time.