Hell's Plague

Hell's Plague is an extremely rare terminal disease.

Transmission & Vectors

This disease is transmitted from one person to the next through direct physical contact or infecting food, objects or liquid.

Causes

Unknown

Symptoms

Symptoms include: Sweating of blood, truly unbearable pain in every part of the body, blindness, physical exhaustion, deafness, insanity, rotting dead skin, baldness... In other words, your body shutting down.

Treatment

The only known cure to Hell's Plague is a complicated Elsoma spell to remove the infection and reorder the workings of your body.

Prognosis

All those left uncured of the disease will begin experiencing pain equivalent to that of a broken bone within the first two weeks. As their body begins losing energy the pain increases past the point of any other feeling until their brain becomes completely numb to it by going unconscious. By the third or fourth week they will die.

Sequela

Those few who have been cured of the disease are permanently damaged in their mind, and are often unable to speak or formulate thoughts well. They also have been found to be almost completely numb to pain.

Hosts & Carriers

Hell's Plague is thought to be sent by Hargus upon those he hates.

Prevention

There are no known preventions.

History

The first found evidence of the Hell's Plague dates back to the Third Age. Pictures of a red mist sweeping through towns was found scratched on ancient ruins in Oblivion, along with many ancient drawings of a cloaked figure. Above that figure was written the name Harrgas in a variant of Phelrogan or High Elvish.

Cultural Reception

When someone is found to be affected by the sickness they are immediately ostracized by their community. They are considered cursed by Hargus and are avoided at all costs. If a wizard is present who may be capable of healing them, they are sent to attempt the cure after performing numerous spells to protect themselves of the disease.

Type

Supernatural

Origin

Divine

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired

Rarity

Unique