Anti-Flame

The Anti-Flame (Castellan Tongue: Fabír') is a terminal disease of unknown origin. Since its discovery, only two cases of this sickness were attested, both in Farrenore.
==Origins==
The origins of the Anti-Flame are unknown. It is a very rare disease, not documented in works of historians. It could be a new disease, but the symptoms do not relate to any other sickness recorded in the history of Rathnir nor Eldham. The first case was a woman from Farrenore, Yonas Asát's mother, in 288 TE. A few years later, in 304 TE, her husband got the same symptoms. It is unknown if it is genetically transmitted or transmissible by contact. For both cases, this disease was terminal. It is possible that their son Yonas carries the pathogen.
==Symptoms==
Here are all the symptoms noted:
*Low to Freezing Body Temperatures: body temperature lowers from 2-9 degrees. Both cases died by freezing to death.
*Hallucinations: patients appear to see visions with some kind of relation to fire.
*Heart Failure: heart stops beating for 3-5 minutes.
*Dry Skin: skin hardens or dries out
*Tantrums: aggressive behaviour, often at night or in dark rooms.
*Sore Throat: patient feels like they have a burning throat, resulting in rougher voice
*High Carbon Levels: an abnormal amount of pure carbon is found in the blood of the infected.
*Slowdown of Aging: patient ages slower at an exponential rate.
Both patients symptoms started to show around their 40's. Age could be a factor that restricts the effects of the Anti-Flame.
== Research ==
=== First Discoveries ===
Winter of 26 VE: After searching through documents on Abexilas with no luck, Yonas found a trace of blood on his old traveler's backpack which wasn't his, but his father's. He sampled the blood to compare it with his own, hoping to see if he also carried the disease.
Fall of 26 VE: During the research of his father's blood, he observed an immense amount of pure carbon in the sample. After comparing his own blood, he found less, but still pure carbon particles circulating in his blood. This was a confirmation of himself carrying the disease, even believing that he could be carrying a mutated form of the Anti-Flame.Spring of 32 VE: Jonas constated that he didn't seem to have aged a lot the past years. He thought it to be possible that the Anti-Flame was the cause of this. He suspected that his aging slows down exponentially.
==Cure==
Because of its obscurity, the Anti-Flame is currently uncurable. Yonas is researching sources all over Abexilas to find more information on other similar cases. A cure coming soon does not seem very likely.
Category:Disease
Category:Abexilas
Category:Traveler's Era
Category:Lore