Ixnara

Ixnara is an incredibly rare genetic condition among the females of the Shadraxian species, along with females of other DragonKin species with a Vore-Style Reproductive method.
==Overview==
Ixnara is a genetic condition that affects only roughly 1 in 5 Million Shadraxian females that causes the host to endlessly grow larger but is fatal at around age 25 unless treated shortly after birth.
While the condition only naturally affects DragonKin females with a Vore-Style Reproductive method, it can be taken from a baby of these few species and given to any species. This results in instant death upon integration with non-DragonKin as well as male DragonKin but can cause a female DragonKin to grow larger but will often kill them within a few days as the growth it prompts is often unstable.
Popular Shadraxian theories suggest Ixnara's origins stem from the unusual reproductive style of their species, being a rare corruption of a natural failsafe to ensure against a female being born too small to grow to a point where she can swallow a male whole to reproduce. Evidence gathered from studies on unhatched Shadraxians has been unable to prove or disprove this theory.
Only 1 Shadraxian has ever been known to have survived Ixnara but disappeared soon after she hit 250ft, the cause for this survival was due to Soul Dragon intervention which stabilised the gene in some ways but also required her to go reclusive for thousands of years. This Shadraxian was Jaxnira Kynral who founded the legendary Death Order 13 years after disappearing.
==Stabilisation==
Ixnara can only be made truly stable by the Soul Dragons although other species have tried to stabilise it and all but one have fully failed. Those that managed were the ancient Fawdraxan species, who managed to stabilise it to a degree allowing for just their species. This stabilisation was hardly perfect, as it only worked for the Fawdraxan's upper body in the vast majority of cases and was considered a brutal death.
Curiously, Ixnara will self-stabilise and neutralise itself in DragonKin/Non-DragonKin hybrids, with known examples growing to at most roughly double their original size and having their DragonKin features become somewhat more prominent before the Ixnara self neutralises. Theories suggest this is due to the limited amount of DragonKin genetics in such hybrids is low enough to make the Ixnara work as it is believed to work in the pre-hatching phase.
==Treatment==
Ixnara can be treated at birth/hatching, but only through labour intensive methods which cost too much for all but the richer Shadraxians. This treatment will neutralise and effectively remove the condition. This treatment involves finding and removing all afflicted cells from the body by cutting them out, a delicate and difficult procedure that can only be reasonably be treated during the first few weeks after birth/hatching before the Ixnara has had a chance to spread to every cell in the body.
If left untreated, Ixnara will become fatal shortly the afflicted would normally have stopped growing naturally, as the Ixnara's growth beyond natural limits gets progressively more unstable the longer it is left and quickly becomes fatal.
Category:Shadraxians
Category:Genetic Conditions