Breakbone fever

Breakbone fever is an often deadly disease that causes one's muscles to cramp so severely that it can break bone.
== History ==
=== Pre-series ===
In 988 NE, Bran and Marin al'Vere brought their daughter, Egwene, to Doral Barran, the Wisdom of the Two Rivers, as she was suffering from breakbone fever. Doral did not know what to do, and made a tea to ease her passing. However, Egwene refused the tea, and stayed with Doral's young foster daughter and apprentice, Nynaeve, all night. By the morning, her fever had broken.
=== Season 1 ===
In the Light's Blessing Inn in Tar Valon, Nynaeve relates the story of Egwene's breakbone fever to Rand when they are missing Egwene. Nynaeve tells Rand that Egwene's experience with the fever shows how she is unbreakable.
=== Season 2 ===
Liandrin Guirale takes Nynaeve to a Yellow Ajah healing house where a young girl is afflicted with breakbone fever. Nynaeve recognizes the illness immediately. An Accepted demonstrates the healing, and Nynaeve remarks that it was "incredible."
== Quotes ==
== Changes from the book series ==
Breakbone fever is an adaptation of the from the book series. The illness in the TV series adaptation seems to be essentially unchanged from the books.
== References ==
Category:Concepts