Wormrot (Worm Rot)

A malady resulting from contact with poluted waters housing the subspecies of Drakon Serpent known as Zulri, who secrete a thick, vile substance from their skin. This condition causes necrotizing of the flesh and a sensation not unlike acid on contact. Mild cases can be helped by healers and immediate medical attention, but prolonged exposure can leave leave a permanent weakening to muscles or even loss of limbs, and ingestion can only be remedied with immediate potent healing magics or divine intervention and leads to extreme pain, volatile sickness and delirium as the compound eats away at the individuals organs from within. Small amounts can be survived with extreme aftereffects. Large amounts or repeated exposure leads to certain death. Only the water dwelling Quasan can withstand this repulsive slime and the attached conditions, but even they prefer not to linger for too long when not actively hunting the beasts. The compound can also damage ships over time, with the wood of untreated ships showing wear the fastest. The damage is not unlike natural rot in the planks, but at a much faster rate and in dramatic fashion, with standard hull integrity being compromised in as little as a day sitting in infected water.

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Chemical Compound