The Phage

The Phage or alternatively called "The Curse", "Dûm's illness" or "Black Curse" is a name for an Espan pandemic caused by the Entrostus Espana bacteria which was accidentally brought across the Barrier Mountains by Thromian travelers in 713 CC.
The pandemic is infamous among the Krenn, because it killed in such numbers Krenn civilization was effectively depleted in 7 years, causing the entire eastern civilization to collapse, under casualty numbers exceeding 90% in some places.
==Spreading==
When Throme discovered the No Man's Passage in 711 CC, the natural barrier of the Barrier Mountains that had existed for millions of years on Vantamir was abruptly breached. While impossible for much fauna to cross, bacteria where brought from the north to the Layer Forests, among which the deadly Entrostus Espana.
By 713 CC the Pandemic started in Throme but within 2 years had spread to all eastern Sona civilizations, the death tolls were catastrophic, ranging from an average of 80% on eastern Sona, 60% in the central part and 40% in the west, with these numbers of population loss eastern civilization would collapse. It was at this point western Sona would become the dominant civilization part.
==Interpretation==
Many Krenn believed the Black Curse to be the apocalypse, send by the gods, for many it truly was the apocalypse, people were dying in the streets, bodies everywhere, entire families wiped out. The only way they disease could be limited was by burning the bodies. Under the severe magnitude of the pandemic this included still alive victims of the curse.
A total of 650 million Krenn would lose their lives to the Black Curse, 72.2% of the global population at the time. The 250 million survivors would be mostly in isolated areas or Western Sona.
==Statistics==
Death toll per City
City 	Death percentage	Population713 CC	Population720 CC
Throme 	95% 	800,000 	40,000
Gando 	90% 	150,000 	15,000
Potra 	90% 	200,000 	20,000
Capri 	80% 	300,000 	60,000
Zalar 	85% 	500,000 	75,000
Erwana 	80% 	200,000 	40,000
Malimar	90% 	250,000 	25,000
Dalore 	75% 	1,200,000 	300,000
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