Red Plague

The Red Plague of 1440 is an extremely infectious, extremely deadly supernatural illness that ran through northern Goneril during the years 1438-1444 SA. Its symptoms include red, blood-flushed eyes, high fever, shakes, bursts of rage, dry, bloody, and rough skin, indigestion, coma, and death. Infected subjects are extremely violent. It is unknown what causes infection or what caused the outbreak, but the Scarlet Brotherhood is rumored to have started it to weaken Goneril's defenses against Baldur during the upcoming Revolution of 1441. It has been confirmed that even the power of a greater wish spell is insufficient to cure the plague. Killing the infected and raising them with a greater true resurrection recreates them in a healthy body, but it requires an obscene amount of money and an epic spell, so it's not a proper cure or an effective treatment on any scale greater than one obscenely rich crime lord.
However, Valeria Oak III may have discovered the cure during his (time) travels: a smooth, white stone with writing on it that, if brought to the Ruins of Eldergrin or whatever remains of the Harmonian Empire should end the plague. Marcus Fairlan's corpse said "the cure... they hid the cure..." when asked what was in the Ruins of Eldergrin.
While in Point North the party heard rumors that the Black Hand Corporation had a cure for the plague that was at least 50% effective. The Black Hand were revealed to be a disguised group of evil necromancers involved with Blood Sacrifice, so it's quite likely these rumors were false.
== Notable Infected ==
*Ulgrof's Pass, prior to the spring of 1441 SA
*Jaxis of Icewinton's sister (Summer of 1441)
*The town of King's Reach (Fall of 1441)
*Janadan Vishnu, while traveling to Barrensburg from the Ruins of Eldergrin (Winter of 1442), no longer infected.
*Luke Fenn, infected at some point after Winter 1441 but before Spring 1443
Category:Northern Continent
Category:Artifacts