Given the culture and beliefs a thousand years ago in the Holy Roman Empire it is not inconceivable that a specific enclave of people that come to be known to be resistant to sickness that infect medieval towns could take on the cultural characteristics of having a kind mystical influence or power.
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Given the culture and beliefs a thousand years ago in the Holy Roman Empire it is not inconceivable that a specific enclave of people that come to be known to be resistant to sickness that infect medieval towns could take on the cultural characteristics of having a kind mystical influence or power.