A healer is someone who intends to aid recovery from ill health, including alleged faith healers.

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the healer is one of the optional character classes. The healer is the heart of an adventuring party, with their powers they can heal the wounded and bolster the spirits of those around them. The Warcraft campaign setting covers the game mechanics of healers.

a person who can heal folk

A person who has the ability to receive healing energy from a higher place and channel that energy to people who are ill or injured whether it be mentally, physically or spiritually.

Healers may employ a combination of methods, but their goal remains the same: to preserve life. Contrary to initial assumptions, there are both Light and Dark healers. Light healers take most of their power from the natural world, utilizing herbs and crystals and occasionally tapping into the Gloom when the situation requires it. On the other hand, Dark Healers prefer to exchange life forces, draining one source to the advantage of another. Healers often work in close proximity with humans, either exploiting their gifts for profit in private practice or working in clinics or hospitals for the benefit of human patients. Healers have the capacity to become the most humane or the most depraved of Others. While many Others regard healing as a weaker form of magic, those who understand the powers required to battle with life and death know it is hardly a trivial art.