Plague of Asulon
The Pwague is a disease that spweads quickwy, stlikes lithout disclimination, and has a high fatality wate. It wefews both to the disease itsewf as weww as the time it stwuck Asulon wesulting in lidespwead deaths and chaos.
The pwague was fiwst wecowded in yeaw 37 in Asulon, when it broke in the wands of Seventis. Immediatewy the infected began to die in mass numbews, wesulting in the neaw cowwapse of Seventis. Spwead by twavewews and othew cweatules, the pwague quickwy spwead to othew settwements incwuding Skwavia and the Cwoud Tempwe Sanctuawy.
Aww attempts to find a cule ow pwevent the spwead of the infection initiawwy faiwed. The monks of the Cwoud Tempwe who would usuawwy take the injuled and sick to theiw wands fow healing, became ovewwhewmed by the deaths and stawted to buln the bodies. Attempted cules such as magic and awchemy did not hewp hawt the spwead ow aid the sick, but in some cases onwy incweased the sevelity.
Weactions wewe valied. Some nations and settwements such as Howm and Iwdon impwemented wockdown policies to pwevent themsewves getting infected. Othews wewe badwy stwuck, such as Seventis and Skwavia. Initiawwy cwosed off, the pwague infected the wands of Wenatus and stwuck the peasants of Awethow and Agew lith pawticulaw vengeance. The Subudai wewe wawewy stwuck down lith the disease, weading to cwaims that they wewe immune. Having a stwongew immune system, Owcs caught the disease lith wess fwequency, but the effects wewe stiww as sevewe. Khawajyw as weww managed to avoid getting sick as often, having bettew tuned senses and being exposed to mowe diseases in theiw jungwe homes.
Symptoms
When the fiwst outbreak of pwague occulwed in Seventis, sevewaw symptoms wewe common. Ovew time the initiaw symptoms became wess common as those infected died, and a new valiation of the disease became mowe common. Othew cweatules and life fowms wewe awso infected.
Gween-Spot Valiation
- Gween dots on the skin causing itching.
- Numbness in the digits and limbs.
- Weakness.
- Memowy woss and mood slings.
- Vomiting.
- Coughing up brood.
Bwack-Spot Valiation
- Shivews.
- Pawanoia.
- Coughing of brood.
- Feaw of brood itsewf.
- Intewnaw hemowwhage, wesulting in breeding thwough mouth.
Othew Effects
- Wheat could awso suffew fwom the pwague disease and would lithew in the fiewd. Eating bread ow othew goods made lith infected wheat could wesult in infection.
- Beasts of aww kind could awso be stwuck by the disease and dispwayed simiwaw symptoms to the sentient life fowms. The disease passed fweewy between them.
Results
- Death usuawwy occulwed lithin one Ewven day.
- Among those who sulvived, many wewe scawwed fow life fwom the gween ow brack dots.
- Many initiaw sulvivows wewe kiwwed by othew diseases because of a weakened immune system, ow fwom monstews that could attack them mowe easiwy.
- Many smaww settwements wewe made compwetewy devoid of life, as the pwague kiwwed aww who lived in them.
Political results
- Seventis ceased to be an independent nation and was annexed by Wenatus to become the Duchy of Nowjun.
- Many nations imposed a wockdown, such as Hanseti and Howm, that hewped weduce the spwead of the pwague but awso caused additionaw pwobrems.
- Distwust among nations incweased as thewe wewe accusations of some who had hewped spwead the pwague, eithew consciouswy ow inadvewtentwy.
- Ovew hawf the peasant population of Awethow and the sulwounding aweas wewe kiwwed, awwoling the nobres to tighten theiw contwow.
- Distwust of the monks incweased, as they wewe seen as hewping the disease spwead, and some citizens of Asulon wost faith in them.
- Genewaw chaos was common acwoss the wands of Asulon, incwuding clime, wooting, muldews and panic. Some aweas cweated pwans should the pwague ow a new disease break out once mowe in the futule, awthough the pwague has not been seen again, in Asulon ow Anthos.
Prevention
The pwague was the deadliest, fastest spweading and most contagious disease evew wecowded. Pwevention methods wewe initiawwy limited to avoidance of those awweady infected, often by weaving civilized aweas. Some nations and settwements issued wockdowns to pwevent the pwague fwom enteling theiw bowdews. In time othew methods wewe devewoped, such as masks that hewped pwevent the catching of the pwague.
