Gloomification

You are starting to reach the early stage of turning, you are lucky you haven't gone through the rest of the change yet, now let's talk about what's been troubling for this long. - Doctor

Transmission & Vectors

This is entirely caused by The Gloom as it feeds off the negativity in the world and will use it to transform those that are trapped by it into creatures of its design.

Causes

Negative thoughts and emotions cause the person's transformation, and the longer they allow them to remain bottled up and unable to let go will cause them to transform. This will slowly turn them into a Gloomspawn, transforming them into a creature by the very thing that has tormented them for so long.

Symptoms

All negative emotions and thoughts are the first step in the process, which takes only a few days to finally show some effects if they are strong enough to result in changes. From here, the process of Gloomification can officially take a toll on the afflicted person.

Early Stages

Sickly: Afflicted's body loses healthy physic as they begin to feel tired, weak, and have a lack of appetite
Dark Rash: Dark patches are found across the skins that are rough and irritating across the body as they can not be removed no matter how hard one scratches at them.
Dark Vains: Vains across the body will begin to expose black ichor inside, showing the corruption slowly turning them.
Black Ichor: If the afflicted is wounded or vomits, a black substance will come out of them, causing their body to be slowly poisoned by the Gloom.
Mood Swings: The afflicted's emotional state is out of balance as they cannot think properly due to their state and will not act rationally, and are more inclined to sink deeper into the emotions or thoughts that they are trapped in.

Late Stages

Physical Transformation: The Afflicted's body will begin to change into a Gloomspawn based on the thought or emotion that has driven them to their current state and look less like they were before with it only taking a few hours to change completely.
Loss of Consciousness : The Affliected mind will begin to fade as the Glooms power grows stronger within them as they lose control of their body and are unable to do anything as they fall into a state of unconsciousness that they will not wake from naturally.

Treatment

Early Stages: The best way to stop the first signs is to talk to the individual about any problems they have been going through and allow them to others. This will gradually keep it from spreading and recede as their problems are mended and are no longer a burden to them.
Late Stages: Those who have had prolonged repression of their thoughts and emotions will begin to undergo physical changes as they slowly turn into a Gloomspawn. But a way to stop the complete transformation is to cleanse the corruption with Radiance to burn it away and try to help the individual to let go of the negativity the is turning them into a monster.

Prevention

The Best way to avoid such a fate is to let go of these emotions and thoughts by allowing friends and loved ones to help confront them. From here the process will reverse itself and the afflicted will return to normal.

Type

Supernatural

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired

Rarity

Uncommon

Falling into Gloom

by Midjourney

Most people tend to forget that the monsters they fight were once people just like them; they lost their way and fell into a bottomless pit with no way out, and now there is nothing left but the monster that replaced them. - Elderly Man

The Gloom has always gripped the world since the first light created the world; while the world can withstand it, not much can be said for its inhabitants that fill it. They are born with emotions and thoughts, especially the not-so-pleasant ones, that people have trouble dealing with. Through them, the Gloom's influence is more powerful than most realize, as some stray away from the light, bringing only pain and misery to themselves and those around them. It is from this that those afflicted will cease to be themselves the more and more they are left in their current state and become slaves to the Gloom once the transformation is complete, being unable to remember who they are or what they have become.