Worldly Illnesses and Diseases

The Jack

Created By: Vluharqih

Quick Facts: A widespread disease affecting only humans.

Origins: Unknown, assumed Lissira.

Races: Half and Full Human

Symptoms: This disease strikes hard and fast, running the full gambit of its symptoms within a few trials.

It begins with intense joint pain, often out of nowhere. The pain will increase the more the join is used. However, when the joint is not moved, it will slowly lock up. Eventually this progresses to every joint. When the jaw locks it becomes nearly impossible to feed the individual.

Externally moving the joints causes the patients indescribable pain. Their joints will lock in a fully extended position, making them appear like a corpse.

Thankfully, after the paitent has become fully immobilized, they will fall unconscious. This comatose state will last for two trials. Without fail all the patients describe terrible nightmare from which they cannot wake, even if their limbs are moved. Several doctors have noted that the patients seem to have worse nightmares when their limbs are moved, however.

Treatments: Nothing but time can help. Some doctors will prescribe a pain medication prior to them falling asleep, however most simply tell them to fill up on food and find a hard, flat surface to rest on. This doesn’t help the pain, but staying immobile seems to make it pass more quickly.

Complications: IF this strikes at an inopportune time, the patient may die. Dehydrated patients are unable to drink while comatose, and many have been found frozen to death as their limbs locked up far from their homes in Zi’da and Cylus. Other than that, the disease carries no lasting effects, and it is not possible to contract it more than once in a lifetime.