The Weeping Farewell

A deadly but rare infection, this has the ability to transform a creature into a husk of themselves, not killing them but turning them into an abomination racked with pain that doesn't have the ability to think.

Transmission & Vectors

The most common way of catching this is through the bite of a plaugling. Rituals to Oflycus are performed by the Cult of Oflycus and Greenskin Clans to give the disease. Also the consumption of infected flesh or the drinking of a infected water source can also pass the disease.

Symptoms

Upon infection, the initial symptoms are a boil-like rash covering the skin of where the contact was made, spreading from there. If the exposure was internal, such as consumption, then the creature would be racked with vomiting and fever. The most common symptom is the tears of blood that occur not long after contraction. Eventually the disease would spread throughout the body, covering the entirety of the body. Once this has occurred the creature will have lost the ability of free thought, being consumed with pain and lashing out at anyone in the vicinity. The creatures eyes are also rendered useless, gaining the ability of enhanced hearing as a side effect.

Treatment

If initial infection was on a limb the fastest way of treatment would be amputation. Besides this the disease is very hard to cure. There is a chance that the disease can be cured by magic, however those chances are slim.
There are very few survivors of this disease. The most common and effective way of treatment is the amputation of the affected area before it spreads through the bloodstream, and has proven to save the individual without any side effects. Besides this the disease is very hard to cure, and even if cured has very minimal success. There is a chance that the disease can be cured by magic, however the chances are slim. Even if cured, the afflicted always suffer from delusions, depression, madness and other mental maladies, often driving them to die months after they are cured. Very little is known about this phenomenon, and research has given little clues.

Prognosis

Once the disease has took hold of the creature, it will have lost the ability of free thought, being consumed with pain and lashing out at anyone in the vicinity. The creatures eyes are also rendered useless, gaining the ability of enhanced hearing as a side effect.

Prevention

Rare amulets blessed to prevent disease can prevent the infection of such a disease.

Type

Fungal

Origin

Mutated

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired

Rarity

Extremely Rare