Cuvier Syndrome

Cuvier Syndrome was a mystical affliction seen in Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2.
==Appearances==
*Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2
==Profile==
Named after Margot Cuvier, the Cuvier Syndrome was a disease caused by exposure to the Black Sun. The effects were permanent, irreversible petrification. Extended exposure was nearly instantly fatal, with at least one victim having time to put a handgun to their mouth. Apparently shorter bouts of exposure would delay the inevitable death for a while (enough for several victims to seek medical attention).
The Atma virus was the only thing that afforded protection against the Cuvier Syndrome.
Though named after Margot Cuvier and used by her to assert her power over the Karma Society, the ailment was originally researched by Jenna Angel and her lover David Gale. While they researched the disease, the laboratory was attacked by terrorists, halting their development of a cure.
Their research would have been fruitless anyway, as it is eventually stated the Cuvier Syndrome is incurable.
It is revealed, in the later parts of the game, that the disease is caused by corrupt data sent from God in the sun, bombarding the planet. The data causes the petrification in humans, but does not affect those with an Atma, as the demonic forms are themselves caused by a different type of corrupt data.
Heat O'Brien's younger sister died of Cuvier Syndrome, yet this was before he became part of the God Project. This may suggest that the syndrome existed in a smaller scale at first, but five years prior to the start of the game, the sun fully changed and the disease ravaged the entire planet.
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