#i feel like this is very versatile

The whumpee has the unique and uncontrollable ability to take away people’s pain. Anyone in their vicinity finds they no longer hurt—papercuts stop stinging, broken bones become manageable, chronic conditions find relief. The only problem is, that pain gets transferred directly to the whumpee for as long as they’re near its source.

Whumpee is naturally a very kind and giving person, but it soon becomes more than they can bear. Unappreciated and taken for granted in their home village, they are sorely missed when they depart—though only because of what they can do for other people. They end up living somewhere remote and isolated, horribly lonely and perhaps at the mercy of the elements. But at least they don’t have to deal with so much pain.

Until, of course, the day the whumper tracks them down.