The Wasting (The Fairy's Malediction) [WASC2020]

In the years following the great decimation a new plague swept throughout the ferry community. It was difficult to diagnose because depending on the person the symptoms was different. The common elements of the sickness included weight loss, skeletal frailties, osteoporosis, degenerative of different organ systems including eyesight and in extreme situations dementia.
This malnourishment that settled upon the fairies was given the name of "the wasting" it was difficult to find a cure. Many ferry tried to improve their diets there exercise and other non-magical means to improve their body systems and to improve their endurance but that was insufficient. And due to the economic and global downturn due to the loss of magic. There were not many resources available to study this unknown condition. It was commonly believed that moving to true Linea's or tomorrow Aki, both holes in the release and consumption of the magical lay lines of saga dorm below were believed to help a leave the symptoms.
Colonies of ferry refugees quickly formed on these two island nations.
The cause of the wasting was the great decimation itself. The fairies for over 1700 years had magic in their system and this enhanced their bodies natural abilities. While fairies were still basically humans with magical powers, their genetics became reliant upon the magical energies that coursed through their bodies. Much like a individual who is in a low gravity environment has their muscles atrophy, or someone is bedridden for a long time, the natural defenses and abilities of the fairies had atrophied as well.
It was many decades later that researchers at these ferry colonies had finally developed a potion that allowed the fairies to be revitalized to a certain extent. The potions, unlike those before the great decimation, were petrified remains of the different blessed animals and they were not imbued with magic because there were no fairies or magic users to reconstitute the organic matter that had been previously petrified. However depending on the fairies genetics and which element or combination thereof the would have used had they had magic, and animal core of that matching element type would alleviate this is symptoms.
As the discovery of these minerals that could be consumed by the former fairies spread throughout the world, fairies were now able to have equivalent health and vitality as the humans. However the wasting was never cured.
In society, the the birth of a fairy child was considered one of the greatest blessings to the family before the great decimation. Afterwards, it became a source of difficulty and anguish because they knew the difficult life that the child would have throughout its life. Charities and organizations were formed to help the ferry to survive and maybe even thrive through therapeutics and the use of blessed minerals.
Prejudices against the fairies, and specifically the fairies malediction, caused that those who were fairies to not be viewed as suitable partners with whom to build a family. Many former fairies in a sense of duty to saga dorm and the prevention of spreading the malediction voluntarily refused to have children. Many humans also not wanting to have their children suffer did not mate with those with the malediction.
Within a couple of centuries, the wasting had nearly disappeared from saga dorm as there were fewer and fewer former fairies who were able to pass their genetics along to continue the malediction.

Type

Genetic

Origin

Magical

Cycle

Chronic, Congenital

Rarity

Uncommon