Plight of the Accursed

“Since our inception, it has been the disbeliever’s prerogative to strive against nature. They have chased away the darkness and brought even the mightiest of mountains to heel. These were not taken—given—and held in a primordial balance the gods intended them to maintain. They would not maintain it. Whether by greed, avarice, or sin, they found themselves uncontent with their position. They challenged the natural order. The natural order responded in kind. Where once men were born, something more wicked. Born were the accursed ones.”

—"Herr Affliction", an Official Herald under the Temple of Pyril

Curses* are maligned conditions brought on by mystical forces. They, unlike diseases, are not bound by natural protections, knowing no injury through cleanliness or charity. With one understood, it does not bring further clarity, as each is as different as they often are deadly. The only consistency they share aside from their mystical origins is that they affect only sapient beings, frequently suggesting a distinct disconnect from the natural world. 

Since the discovery of Cultist magic, all that was once known of curses has been shrouded. What remained with House Cassen perished alongside them, leaving us to pick up the pieces. While much of the accursed realm remains a mystery, we have gleaned the following: