Swamp Fever

Swamp Fever is a disease generally found in humanoids living in close proximity to the swamp. It’s most likely to start spreading in the warmer months. So, a first spike in Early Spring is not uncommon. Late Summer is the most fertile period for a big outbreak.

Symptoms

For the Leiloners, who are used to the disease, it generally leads to Fever, Chills, Sweating, Coughing, Nausea, Vomiting, Fatigue, Muscle Pains and Headaches.

More severe cases involve Jaundice and Convulsions (Seizures), like Epilepsy.

In sum, the symptoms are a bit like Malaria in the real world:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria

Severe Swamp Fever

The disease is getting much worse than before. Now, black spots growing into green cysts appear over the body. There’s a lot of coughing, which escalates into relentless vomiting. After death, sufferers become a Zombie version of themselves.

Cause

Physical contact with the Mere of Dead Men can lead to this disease spreading. Particularly dealing with the more ‘disgusting’ aspects of the swamp. These include, but are not limited to:

• Walking around it with open wounds
• Getting poisoned by a Carrion Crawler
• Being drained by a Stirge
• And… You know, getting stung by Mosquitos

That being said, breakouts of Swamp Fever are endemic to places in (too) close proximity to the swamp, like Leilon. It might simply have to do with the general foul miasmas seeping from the place.

Oops?

It’s quite possible/probably that Shatyr Astari’s visit to the injured Miners, right after visiting the Mere of Dead Men, might have accelerated the spread of Swamp Fever.

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