Dusk Plague

Transmission & Vectors

The dusk plague transmitted via the air, about as fast as Covid did, as well as contact.

The plague becomes infectious within a month

Kills within 20-30 years

Kills an egg within a month

Causes

This virus was engineered by the Children of the Prophet in order to eradicate the dragons. According to them, dragons are "the devil's creature" and was an offense to their God. They thought if they could eradicate the dragons, it would appease their lord. Some even thought that if they eradicated the dragons, they could return to Earth. Of course, that was a pipe dream but it didn't stop them from trying.

Symptoms

With eggs, there are no stages—just death.

Beginning Stage

Destroyed egg and sperm

The individual loses their ability to reproduce

Joint aches

Middle Stage

Dropping body temperatures

Loss of fire breath

Occasional hallucinations

End Stage

Loss of magic entirely

Loss of ability to shape shift into zhasic form

Frequent hallucinations as death nears

Death

Treatment

Despite Dragon and Zhasic research alike, there was no treatment or cure discovered.

Solution

After heavy research, Dragons and Zhasics alike figured out that to save the dragons' magic abilities, as they were bestowed upon them by the gods, they had to infuse their blood with that of families of their choosing. Dragons searched for the best families to bestow their magic upon. There are numerous families across the planet who were gifted with these dragon abilities. Some abilities are lesser than when they belonged to the dragon, but others are just as strong.

Between 263 and 307, the first generation of dracids had been born, and in that same timeframe the last of the dragons had been lost to human cruelty.

Prognosis

Unfortunately all cases resulted in death and the extinction of the dragons.

Prevention

No prevention was found

Cultural Reception

Zhasics across the world were horrified and sad with the infection. They did everything they could to help the dragons research cures and ways to pass on their gods-bestowed magic. In the end, there was no cure but their abilities were able to live on in Dracids. When the last of the dragons passed on, there was a global day of mourning for their scaled bretheren they loved so dear.

Members of the Children of the Prophet, however, celebrated the disease they created. Celebrations by the cult resulted when the dragons were officially extinct. Though many were sorely disappointed that no way back to Earth occurred. The Council of Sorcerers did everything they could to cover up the fact that the Children of the Prophet were the ones behind the extinction event. However, Lysander Beservera was able to find this information out on his own and was going to publish this with the crimes committed by the Council of Sorcerers/Things they covered up but unfortunately was murdered before then.

Type

Viral

Origin

Engineered

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired & Congenital

Rarity

Common

Affected Species

• Dragons