The Plague of the Accursed

“While men deal in gold, they deal in blood and souls.”

“Since time immemorial, man has strived to rise above nature. From the earth came his walls; the trees, his firewood; the beasts, his food. Nature gave man the clothes upon his shoulders. This state of reliance was as the gods intended—a constant balance that would’ve kept all in check. A constant balance that they intended to maintain.

Only, maintain it they could not.

Fickle minds, led astray by greed and sin, were not content to have only what they needed. Their desire for more challenged the natural order: the land broke, beasts scattered, and men began to dabble in the arcane arts. Something needed to be done—so the gods made examples of these hedonists. Gone were the men they once were, born were the accursed ones.”

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— A Pyril follower’s speech about Accursed

The discovery of Cultism has rendered the origin of curses a mystery—their origin is only truly known to House Cassen. Alas, their untimely demise has shrouded this knowledge, leaving the living to pick up the pieces. The following is what we can currently glean:

• Vampirism

• Lycanthropy