Havasu Virus

**The Havasu Virus** is an antagonistic force in Die.

## Virology

### Main

Havasu is a latent virus and is waterborne 99.9% infection rate. There are no known symptoms when it is dormant. It spreads throughout the blood of the host and concentrates in the central nervous system. Havasu becomes active when the host ceases all living functions or when an active agent of the virus is introduced into the bloodstream. When the host becomes deceased from any method, except extreme head trauma, the host will reanimate as the virus reactivates the brain and preserves most of its bodily functions to slow the decaying process.

A deceased host can reanimate anywhere from two minutes to eight hours after death or quickly after being bitten. Due to the brains being reactivated, it causes the reanimated to regain movement and senses. The reanimated will act on animal instinct and aggression to feed - and will devour any living or recently deceased beings that are still fresh. They have no sense of self or control, and will kill anything that they discover alive. Their senses remain somewhat intact, but decay overtime. The reanimated can detect behaviors and characteristics that separate the living from the dead. The reanimated can also detect fast movement, light, loud sounds, smell, and physical sensations that alert them to living beings much like the Kamo'o'hali.

Once a deceased host is reanimated, its bodily fluids contain an active strain of the virus - namely blood. Infection of the active agent is transmissible through biting, scratching, or contaminating an open wound of a healthy individual. If any of these fluids enter the bloodstream of a healthy individual, the active agent will invade the brain and cause a cytokine storm. The adrenal glands hemorrhage, resulting in the brain and major organs to shut down, followed by death. Once the active agent spreads, it has a near 100% mortality rate.

The time from infection to death varies depending on the severity, placement, and number of bites - as well as the reanimated age of the undead and possible other conditions, such as blood loss. Ultimately, infection kills a healthy individual within 48 hours after exposure. This can be difficult to tell since Kamo'o'hali and Havasu share similar traits in contracting the disease

## Signs and Symptoms

* Cold and flu like symptoms
* Pale skin
* Blue or greenish blue tint around the eyes
* Eyes may turn black, white, or fish like
* Skin falling off becoming fish scales *(Piranha Variant)*
* Bloating, coughing up blood *('Swell shark' variant)*
* Severe pain *(If a person fuses with sea life)*
* Trouble speaking
* Rarely necrosis
* Seizures / spasms
* Blindness *(Sometimes)*
* Shark skin, heavy bleeding *(Shark variant)*

## Research

Havasu has been researched heavily since it's discovery in 1898. As of now, there is no cure or vaccine

## History

Little is known of it's origins, but what is currently known is it was found in an infected teenager after he was attacked by a school of black and red bellied piranha's which was researched since the piranha's exhibited strange behavior.

## Other Names

* Bolivia pathogen
* Piranha disease
* Shark disease
* Fish virus
* Fish pathogen
* Fish disease
* Die
* Death Stench *(The name for the infected)*

## Trivia

* It shares similarities to the Kamo'o'hali Virus