The Enora Plagues

*This page details the Enora Plagues, a series of outbreaks in the major cities and towns of Enora.*

### **The First Enora Plague: *"The Shadow Plague"***

**Nissin the stone city**, was a major city near the **Enora Mountain range**. The city was known for its Silver, Gold, and Iron exports, and its materials made with them. However 30 years prior to the events of Season One, a strange set of occurrences would take place. These would originate within the mountain mines in the center of the Stone City.

After a series of new tunnels being created to expand the operations, the miners would begin to experience strange visions in the mines. These would take form of shadows in the corner of your eyes, harmless paranoia. But the shadows began to "watch" many of the miners, to the point where they would breathe down their necks, and leave a sense of dread and fear in the miners. They would come to the foreman and owners of the mines with their concerns, but they would be written off as paranoia and superstition. The miners would receive no aid and would be forced back to work to feed their families. But 2 weeks after the initial outbreak of these fears took place, half of the miners would mysteriously die to unknown causes...

These miners would be buried in the royal graveyard for their sacrifice, which was more so a public stunt to avoid backlash. As for the mines, 60% of the tunnels would be sealed off, and the mining companies would opt minimize focus on the city mines, and instead open new mines deeper in the mountain range. While this was happening, the royal graveyard would begin to host strange visions the miners spoke of. People living in this district (nobles and royalty) would be subjected to these shadows and paranoia before they too would die. This would lead to the mages guild launching an investigation into these shadow figures.

The investigation would last a year, and more and more people would grow sick and die of this strange illness, while those who remained would be husks of their former selves. The investigation would conclude that the new mines released a gas from deep in the earth which would produce an airborne illness. The illness gave the infected a feeling of dread, paranoia, and many physical detriments most of which related to breathing. This lead the Mages Guild to conclude that those infected would see these shadow figures due to the illness rotting the brain with dread and paranoia. The city of Nissin would be forced to close it's mines completely, relying on the mountain mines going forward. The sickness would be called the *Shadow Plague* and is fresh in the minds of those still living there.

However the city since then has fallen on hard times, as it is viewed as cursed, and much of its ore will not be purchased for similar reasons. On top of that the people who live there have become sickly, pale, and mentally unstable, discouraging any form of trade or tourism. Luckily this was a contained outbreak, and did not lead to nation-wide sickness...

### **The Second Enora Plague: "The Lord's Plague"**

25 years prior to the events of Season One, a much larger plague would spread across **Enora**. In the large Port City of **Maruchan** would begin to report cases of people dying at a rapid and alarming pace, seemingly targeting anyone regardless of age or health. It would start at a relatively slow pace, people living in poverty dying in the streets, with a greyish hue to their skin and yellowish eyes. The government would choose to ignore the squalor opting to let it work itself out. So over the course of the next few months, the disease would begin to spread and grow stronger. Which in turn would effect the greater population. However the government would still choose to ignore the problem, opting to say it was the work of the gods and that the people should repent instead of point fingers.

It wasn't until other cities in Enora began to experience a similar outbreak over the next year, that things would become much more serious. Cities like *Nissin*, **Indomie**, **Nongshim**, **Samyung**, and the capital **Shin Ramyun** to name a few, would all be victims of this mysterious disease. Bodies would pile in the streets, or piled into pits and burned. Along side this the water would grow contaminated and many people would grow ill from drinking, while the fishing population greatly decreased. Eventually **King Emberfate II** of Shin Ramyun would have his scholars track down the source of this illness.

This would lead to **Lord Irwin Feylonclaw**, the ruler of Maruchan to being executed for negelence of the highest degree. As it would turn out he was willingly and knowingly taking bribes from the major fish providers so that they could cut costs and make some extra gold. This in turn would lead to the shutting down of 3 major fishing companies, **The Barbed Hook**, **Golden Fin Fishery**, and **Mageli & Sons Fishing Company**. All 3 companies were selling ill, and low quality fish, while fostering harmful bacteria's and algae's in the water and foods. These would lead to the city water and much of the fish being exported through Enora and sold being low quality and poisonous. This would be classified as *The Lord's Plague* as an insult to the now deceased Lord Irwin Feylonclaw.

During this time of plague thousands would die and little to no children would be born stunting population growth. As for long term effects, mass death lead to many unnamed graves, the permanent damage of Enora's economy and later ruling. And would permanently ruin the reputation of Enora making a hub for low life's and impoverished individuals...