I got one the follower bishops with someone that they love dearly but when their love goes on a missionary quest by the lamb they return with similar injures to them ( leshy 's love get blinded' hetek's get their voice permanently damaged, kallamar's lose their ability to hear, and shamura's get brain damage.)and survive it. Sorry for the long ask btw it just been in my head for a while now.
It's okay! I don't mind the long ask ^^
During your most recent (and probably last) missionary, something went horribly wrong.
All you remembered was a bomb scout attacking you, when they accidentally dropped a bomb in the struggle. It killed them but sent shrapnel flying towards your face before everything went dark.
You thought for sure you were dead. But luckily Ratoo rescued you and brought you to the heart chamber, helping you heal up in the red pool.
Unfortunately, it did nothing to restore your sight, though he guided you back to the cult grounds anyways, informing Lamb of your condition.
Leshy heard your voice and abandoned his current task to run over to you, smelling your fear and anxiety.
He was utterly confused as you called out his name and grasped the air. Surely you would have seen him right there. You were looking at him!
All he had to do was feel the scars around your face, realizing you couldn't see him at all. You have gone completely blind, just like him.
He immediately blames Lamb, wanting to put their head on a pike for sending you out on a missionary so ill-prepared.
However you insisted it wasn't their fault, telling him not to be so angry with them...and for once he listens to your pleas, opting to take care of you instead.
Until you're comfortable enough to navigate the cult grounds by yourself, don't expect Leshy to leave your side anytime soon.
You two might get matching blindfolds if Lamb deems it necessary to prevent infection (or if you're insecure about the wounds)
After retrieving some resources in Anchordeep, you returned to the cult grounds feeling okay, aside from a sore throat you got after unknowingly drinking contaminated water.
However Lamb insists you rest in the Medbay so you didn't spread anything and allowed you to be absent from sermons.
But they quickly realized that camelia tea, the "miracle cure" of all sicknesses, wasn't alleviating your ailment one bit.
In fact, by the end of the week..it had gotten to the point where it hurts too much for you to talk, your vocal cords having ultimately succumbed to the infection.
But you begged your leader not to tell Heket yet.
You've been her voice for so long. What would she think of you if you lost yours now?
Lamb respects your wishes, though it's difficult keeping her away from you as she demands to know what's going on.
You used to join her for meals every day...and now she feels quite lonely and doesn't know why or what she might've done.
Are you really that sick? Were you dying?
While Lamb's crusading, they had a follower guard the Medbay's entrance, but Heket easily shoves them aside so she can finally see you, asking what happened on your missionary.
You resort to writing how you lost your voice, feeling terrible about it as you knew this was entirely preventable.
But to your surprise, she's very reassuring and says you don't have to speak for her anymore, though she wishes you told her sooner. She was sad about you missing dinner with her :(
She's been reading a book on sign language (recovered from Silk Cradle by Lamb), promising to teach you so communication is easier.
The two most important phrases she wanted you to know are "I love you" and "are you hungry".
Regardless of how you received brain damage (be it a serious concussion or your head getting split open like theirs), it's going to be a difficult and painful healing process.
Lamb, Shamura, and even you had no clue how you survived the journey back to the cult with blood pouring down your face...but your leader immediately treats your wounds and orders you to rest up.
Whenever the arachnid visits you, seeing your head wrapped in bandages just like them, it breaks their heart to see you such a state.
While their memories get jumbled up at times, the one thing they always remember is how much they loved you.
However, your own memories got so badly scrambled that all you could recall is the Shamura from before--as the Bishop of War--and you begged them not to kill you.
Lamb ordered them to leave the Medbay so you'd calm down, but they're quite devastated over the matter.
For days they could barely go near you without you staring at them in terror.
As much as it hurts, they don't blame you. Only the cruel person who made you (quite literally) lose your mind.
With time and help from the other ex-bishops, they'd slowly regain your trust and explain how you fell in love with them, speaking in rhymes and simple poetry.
Sometimes you'd still forget, but they'll do their best to remind you.
Just as you have always done for them.
You know how followers will sometimes ask Lamb to send other followers on missionary quests?
Welp, this happened with you..and Kallamar was rightfully outraged, trying to convince you not to go.
But you reassured him this journey will be good for your spirit, asking that he sent you off in the evening.
And he reluctantly does, giving you a crystal as protective "charm".
He spends the next 1-3 days anxiously awaiting your return.
When you do come back, you're alive but....not necessarily well.
He realizes this right away when he tries helping you get the bag off your shoulders, asking what happened and where you went.
Much to his confusion, you kindly ask if he could speak a bit louder.
It's not much longer after that when he realizes you've lost your hearing entirely.
If you became deaf due to a loud explosion leaving you with permanent damage, he wouldn't have suspected anything until Lamb confirms it.
If your ears got torn out in a similar fashion to his, he's going to notice that right away and freak tf out, bandaging what's left to the best of his ability.
He's convinced that one follower made Lamb send you away on purpose...and they get into a big argument that's only resolved by the fighting pit ritual.
Although you couldn't hear much of the cheering and shouting, you applaud Kallamar after he beats them up, happy he wanted to defend your honor.
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