The Weeping Plague

The Weeping Plague, also known as Le Cheval Blanche (The White Mare) in Corveaux, the Sand Pest in the Chorenese, or the Red Death in the Westerlands, is a virulent disease which causes discoloured skin, weight loss, coughing. In its late stages, victims die screaming, bleeding from their eyes and tiny cuts, which open up as the skin begins the shred like parchment. 
Efforts to combat the plague have been fruitless. It can sweep through an entire population within weeks and has historically only left an eight.