The Black Rot

The Black Rot (aka The Rot, The Creeping Rot, The Withering) is a bacteria that eats flesh of living organisms. The Rot is of unknown origin but can be found in small quantities across Ümbria ususlly in swamps or bodies of water with limited circulation or inflow of fresh water. The Rot travels inside very small darkly colored capsules that protects the bacteria until it can be injested and begin its consumption of flesh. These capsules are too small to generally be noticed by any thirsty organism. After being injested and the capsule releases its contents, The Black Rot will travel around an organisms system until it takes hold somewhere in the body. Once attached to flesh, The bacteria begins to eat away at the flesh indefinitely. As it eats, the bacteria begins to multiply rapidly. The bacteria only eats specific parts of an organisms most notably leaving bones completely intact. The bacteria secretes a black residue that acts as a natural pain dampener. Affected organisms may not know they have been infected (due the the pain releaving residue) until they begin losing functions of the affected area or until The Rot has ate through the organisms skin leaving a blackened hole in the affected area leaving the bone underneath exposed often with little connective tissue still attached. Can casue maddness if the brain is an affected area or quick death if the affected area is a vital organ such as the heart of lungs.