The Wasting Sickness infests corpses, especially those left
long undisturbed. Scholars and surgeons theorize this disease is the result of
the stale air found in crypts combined with the unwholesomeness of a decaying
body not properly prepared for burial. Cases of the disease can be found
recorded in the history of Kislev and Sylvania. One of the most deadly
instances swept Erengrad ages ago, killing thousands. It was only stopped
through the intercession of the Grand Theogonist, Lothar the Healer, who feared
it would spread to the Empire. No one is certain what he did to halt the
spread, but stories tell of the divine intercession of Sigmar himself with the
more far-fetched ones describing a purging fire from heaven that was given to
Lothar by Sigmar himself to cure the sickness.
This disease eats away at the flesh, increasing the
subject’s metabolism to a point where it is almost impossible for them to
intake enough food to stay alive. Victims become furtive and stressed to the
point of insanity, eventually wasting away to nothing, even after gorging
themselves for weeks. Many are mistaken for ghouls and are killed in the late
stages of the disease by superstitious common folk or misinformed Witch
Hunters.
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