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[starblessed]

[There's a sharp sniff before anything else, almost as if he's smelling the air.]

This place is sick. [And there's no trace of the usual disdain, the usual 'ya'll are a bunch of idiots' - he sounds genuinely serious for once.It feels like Red Mountain. Everything here is sick. Not just the people that were here, not just the animals, the very land

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[thinkin_man]

The disease happened a while ago. It might not be around anymore.

[starblessed]

[Sharply, irritated, as if he's talking to someone not very bright and doesn't want to keep talking to them.]

It's still sick. It feels sick. You'll see.

[illusivetactics]

Red Mountain?

[starblessed]

Red Mountain, from where Dagoth Ur spread the Blight from his ash storms. It was a disease - or rather, a set of related diseases. They break down people's organs, and make non-humanoid creatures stronger, faster, and more dangerous.

It was no natural disease. More like a curse. That's not what happened here, but it feels the same way. [Zexion is one of the few people Rilam honestly LIKES in World's End, and as a result he's not getting any of that 'shut the fuck up' attitude; it's just... relaying information.]

[illusivetactics]

Were there any preventative measures taken against the Blight?

[starblessed]

The area around Red Mountain was quarantined by a magical fence called the Ghostfence, to prevent blighted monsters from escaping. It at least prevented some of the damage, though ash storms of course could go over the wall.

Most of the diseases were treatable, except the Corprus version of it.