Manturanaeum Syndrome

"One is a largely mundane, if potent parasitoid species. The other is a self-propagating divine curse. It is without saying that the latter is incomparably worse than the former. A single Kytoid can doom a Bound colony. A single Aianite spore can subsume a universe. Whatever troubles the Kytoids bring you are far eclipsed by the latter. Your civilisation will be evacuated and Transcended, whether that is by consent or force."
Andulos, a Negentropic Agent to Mir Yut, ambassador of the Sivites
Manturanaeum Syndrome is the name given to a disease unknown origin. The disease was first recorded by and named after Mantura, a Transcend who was unlucky enough to be the first patient encountered by the Weave Remnant.
== Symptoms ==
Manturanaeum Syndrome is characterised by a small set of symptoms. Infection occurs through physical contact with those infected, or through contact with shed by paitents. Depending on the initial dosage, orange tumours grow at varying rates from the bodies of patients. Those who were infected through physical contact with a patient or a small amount of spores will have slower growth that manifests over the course of months, while larger doses can result in tumours appearing within minutes. Once tumours begin appearing, patients rapidly lose mobility and become anchored to their current temporal and spatial location. At this stage, the infected will have their Void Cores or minds/souls trapped in a large orange tumour growing from the patient's body. Once this happens, the patient's body will be gradually transmuted into a wood-like substance and reshaped into a form reminiscent of bamboo. As this transformation progresses, the tumours covering the body shrink and fade, while smaller, spore filled sacks will bloom on the patient's body, shedding spores into their surroundings. Transcended infected draw in greater amounts of Void protoplasm, filtering and pumping it to multiple locations.
== History ==
The disease was first recorded during the early days of the Weave Remnant, near the Liminal Gap.
Category:Phenomena