Sulamata

It is believed that the Sulamata is passed onto its victims from the water, most commonly occurring in areas where the water is shallow and the primary source of drinking water. Many believe that the illness is a punishment for the over-use of resources and fauna from the water, brought upon them by the wrath of Autas. However, those of a scholarly repute have determined the source of the disease is tainted water shallow enough to be penetrated by the light of day, where dead organisms rot on the waterbeds and from their bodies are borne the affliction.

It is beyond doubt that the cause of the Sulamata is from the consumption of tainted water. Particularly water where the presence of dead creatures is of note, it having been observed that the incident rate of the disease sparks sharply when notable battles occur near such water sources and bodies are thereafter disposed of.

The symptoms of the Sulamata is that the afflicted will be cursed with stomach pains of debilitating magnitude, they pass liquid faeces tinged with yellow pus and mucus. As a result, the afflicted will often become shrivelled in stature, the skin clinging to the bones and shedding and tearing at an abnormal rate. While these symptoms are sometimes observed in lesser illnesses of similar ilk, it will become obvious whether or not the Sulamata has ensnared a victim after a few days of the onset of symptoms once a great fever and delirium overtakes them.

It has often been observed that there is little to be done for those who contract the Sulamata other than to let fate run its course and pray to the gods for the best. The treatments that have often been offered vary greatly, the more superstitious taking inspiration from the source of the disease, being death, and stipulating that the disease may be quelled by the ingestion of new life, leading to a common remedy of newborn hair. However, in the greater courts of the land where scholarly knowledge of the human condition is greater known, the continued ingestion of purified water with assorted minerals comes highly recommended and has often led to a great deal of success. Though, it should be added, regardless of treatment the contraction of the Sulamata is often a death sentence.