The Great Plague

The Great Plague was a hitherto unknown illness that spread rapidly across the east of Sabrim, with some theorists hypothesizing that the consumption of a local delicacy in the Duchy of Zarny could be ground zero for the plague. The locals of Zarny deny this of course, claiming that their consumption of "Llama-Rectum" is a highly prized and sanitary delicacy.
Common symptoms frequently attributed to the disease include a burning sensation across the entire body, followed by extreme vomiting and diarrhoea, dizziness and seizures. Many of the unfortunate also seemed to succumb to hysteria and madness before eventually falling into a coma and eventually, death.
Nevertheless, the plague was the cause of widespread death and abandonment that struck wildly across the eastern hemisphere and wiped out entire cultures and forced others to flee and migrate, changing the course of history forever across Sabrim, with nations across much of the worlds having different names and theories around the origin of the disease. For reasons unknown, the documentation and research of the plague is also incredibly difficult, with many different regions of Sabrim also claiming to have experienced slightly different symptoms.
=== The Flight of the Fengdao ===
Long after the great plague had decimated the more westerly nations, it is said that a "Ghost Ship" crashed on the shores of the Harmony Isles, in the nation of Fengdao. Unprepared and unaware of the dangers it opposed, inhabitants quickly climbed aboard the ship and found many of the unfortunate crew already deceased. At this point it was too late and unbeknownst to the Fengdaoans, the plague would quickly bring the nation to its knees.
It is estimated that with weaker immune systems from centuries of relative isolation, The Great Plague swept across the islands quickly, wiping out several towns and Shrines. Before long, the port city of Waipri would be completely emptied and the sickness would then find itself deep in the hidden city of Changxi.
Weeks later, with many of the natives dead and an inability to even bury their dead or escape the sickness and pestilence, the few survivors that remained fled east towards the Lemqin Territorial Colonies. "The Flight of the Fengdao" as it would soon be known, was an event of great tragedy and sorrow that would often be retold and reiterated, with the few lucky ones only assuming that the great spirits had for some reason abandoned Fengdao and Changxi, bringing great ruin to the Harmony Islands.
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