Magicless

A state of magicless is viewed by many as a very horrific affliction. Being magicless renders the afflicted unable to cast magic, nor be subject to it. Spells of healing, positive and negative effects, even the likes of fireballs and lightning bolts, all simply don't work. They also cannot tap into an items magic, so while they can wield a sword with magically enhanced sharpness, it will just be a normal every day sword in their hands.
There are a few ways this can occur. The most common is that someone is born to magicless parents or in a magicless area. The small communities in these places all are made up of people who cannot use or be affected by magic, and these people usually survive. Sometimes, magicless are born to those who are not afflicted, and while life will be difficult for them, treated as outcasts and aberrations. Due to a simple lack of non-magical medical knowledge, if they get sick, it is very hard to treat them, though some magicless doctors do wander the land to help these people when able.
Some however have had their magic stripped from them, be it due to strange disease, or powerful monsters somehow draining them of it all and rendering them unable to wield it anymore. As magic is a fundamental part of these people, they tend to get very sick and even outright die not long after, their immune systems unable to cope without the magic infused naturally into it, and magical remedies no longer working. Those few that do survive end up crippled, their bodies weakened dramatically. They often become hermits, or go into exile. Some find their way into the Magicless lands and settle there.
There is no know "cure" for this affliction, though most magicless do not view it as such in the first place.

Type

Magical