The Madness

Little is known of this colloquially referenced ailment known as The Madness. It is however incredibly prominent in The Age of Madness, granting the era its namesake due to it's increasingly prevalent effects. Though exactly what the ailment entails is unknown, as well as its source, place of origin, or even a form of treatment, a handful of things are indeed certain however. Whatever it may be, it's effects worsened when the twilight of The Material Plane blanketed its skies, with many believing it to be a symptom of this worsening, unnatural poison of the realm. Another truth is that it hinders restoration magic, making deaths permanent and resurrections cannot take place, in addition, it is most well known for bringing forth creatures known as Vilebloods. These creatures ravaged the lands of The Material Plane, having been the growing horrors that Vrellez struggled and eventually failed to push back throughout the years of The Twilight War. These Vilebloods now being common place in The Material Plane, and ever increasingly more dangerous. Finally, The Madness twists the minds of The Material Plane's peoples, and even carries the capability of twisting their still living bodies into Vilebloods. Whatever it is, this supernatural scourge eats at Aio like a festering wound, and slowly digs itself throughout it's interwoven multiverse.   It is the effects of The Madness that are also attributed to the lack of godly intervention across The Material Plane since the blanket of twilight fell over the skies. Though it is unclear what horror dims the Pantheon's light, all that is certain is that it's peoples are on their own, seemingly destined to suffer, by the whim of whatever creatures peers their head from the endless beyond. That being said, few gods, those of death and undeath, those of madness and strife, they strive in the climate, with few even bearing influence still, though the inconsistancy of the affected domains point toward a different connection, one that's yet to be uncovered.