Chronicles of Meranthe - Global Events

[Chance]

LIGHT ME ON FIRE

Year 2013, of Twe δ

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It's been roughly a year since the magical illness, Red Psychosis, impacted hundreds of pyromancers across Meranthe. With many attempts at finding a cure, no permanent solution has yet been found, even if governance across the land likely encourages it. Temporary measures so far have included the restraint of unstable individuals, but even this fails at times with those under the influence burning through anti-magic (often at their own peril) in moments of rage.

Indeed, 'spontaneous combustion' is another more extreme outcome that has claimed the lives of several pyromancers. Self-immolation after the pyromancer is lost and consumed by their own fire magic.

Widespread accounts of feverish visions are common among those inflicted with Red Psychosis, typically involving an armored figure in metal and red plate, with eight curled horns ascending from their helm. This silent figure is surrounded by flames and bound tightly in nyeshk-black chains. The details beyond the appearance of this person vary; some might consider them a devil haunting their dreams, others a saviour seeking to be unbound. The feverish dreams are nonetheless becoming more frequent, beginning once every few months now to several times with each, if not more depending on the individual. Some inflicted by the psychosis that are accepting and reach out have a stronger connection to the figure.

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