The Great Plague

The Great Plague is a curse that is brought upon Modir and its inhabitants by Rutt in his campaign to exterminate all life in the world, as per his father's commands. When in effect, the Great Plague covers Modir in a great darkness, allowing for it to summon the most foul creatures from the Great Depths, killing the land's inhabitants and spreading disease wherever they go.
Creatures created by Rutt rise from pools of black liquid, summoned bodies of the cursed water of the Great Depths, and are especially prevalent when the Great Plague is active. Rutt's creations are weak to sources of light, such as torches and the Sun. For this reason, they are only able to appear at night, in dark areas or when the Great Plague is in full effect.
== History ==
=== First Great Plague ===
Rutt, after being created by his father in 10 AHD, brought the First Great Plague upon the four races of Giants that the Four Daughters of Modir had created. It nearly wiped out the Daughters' creations completely, leaving the Giants on the brink of extinction. As a result of the disease brought by the Great Plague, the descendants of the Giants became weaker than their forefathers, eventually turning into the mortal races.
=== Second Great Plague ===
In 1310 AHD, after the mortal races had built up large, prosperous civilisations, the Second Great Plague struck. The mortal races, despite lacking their ancestor's innate strength and natural use of magic, were far more prepared for the Plague than the Giants thanks to their use of architecture and fire.
=== Third Great Plague ===
As of 1370 AHD, the Plague Creatures still roam Modir's darkest areas, continuing to force its inhabitants to stay inside or near a source of light once the sun sets. The threat of a Third Great Plague is on every living thing's mind.
== Plague Creatures ==
The Great Plague is able to invade Modir through the creations of Rutt, the Plague Creatures. There are eight types of basic Plague Creatures which all share at least one of the following features, fleshy pink skin, two smaller arms that jut from their backs, glowing white eyes, or limbs dripping with the Great Abyss' cursed water. The Great Plague does not have to be in effect for Plague Creatures to appear; they can rise anywhere dark enough, whether that be in the shadow of a bridge or the dead of pitch black night. 
All of the variants listed below have the ability to be giant or mortal-sized.
* Agony, a creature with exposed bone, usually its skull or ribs
* Boil, a creature with multiple boils covering its body
* Crystal, a creature with blue crystalline growths protruding from its spine
* Decay, a creature that appears to be decomposing, with exposed bone akin to Agony, often missing its two lower arms
* Devour, a creature with a large, gorging, circular mouth
* Fracture, a creature with fragmented, broken and protruding bones
* Leech, a creature with a mouth similar to Devour, only smaller and less extreme
* Void, a creature made purely of what appears to be the black liquid of the Great Depths
It should be noted that all of the creatures relate to a member of the Nine Diseases except for Envy, whom no types of Plague Creature correspond with.
There are other minions of Rutt that hail from the Great Depths; the Plague Knights. Plague Knights can fly and are able to utilise Black Magic, hinting at some form of intelligence. Other than the aforementioned abilities, nothing else is known about the creatures and their role in the Great Plague.
== Gallery ==
File:Agony_Creature.png|Agony Creature
File:Boil_Creature.png|Boil Creature
File:Crystal_Creature.png|Crystal Creature
File:Decay_Creature.png|Decay Creature
File:Devour_Creature.png|Devour Creature
File:Fracture_Creature.png|Fracture Creature
File:Leech_Creature.png|Leech Creature
File:Void_Creature.png|Void Creature
File:AgonyGiant.png|Giant Agony Creature
File:BoilGiant.png|Giant Boil Creature
File:CrystalGiant.png|Giant Crystal Creature
File:DecayGiant.png|Giant Decay Creature
File:DevourGiant.png|Giant Devour Creature
File:FractureGiant.png|Giant Fracture Creature
File:LeechGiant.png|Giant Leech Creature
File:VoidGiant.png|Giant Void Creature
File:Plague_Knight.png|Plague Knight
Category:Metaphysical
Category:Magic