Cataract

A cataract was a clouding of the lens of the eye.

A cataract caused one's sight to become blurred or softened. For example, the elderly Elizabeth Clawthorn mistook lanterns as "golden hands", while not even seeing the wagons or people that carried them in the evenings. Extreme cases could leave the person partially or fully blinded. The affected eye was described as as veiled or clouded, or even appearing dead. It could appear in one   or both eyes.

It appeared most often in the aged,   but could also be caused by drinking poor grain alcohol.

Known People with Cataracts

 * Elizabeth Clawthorn, an elderly woman of Ghars, Cormyr
 * Hookus, a halfling drunkard of Loudwater
 * Kethin Zurn, an older Thayan mage of the Red Wizards
 * Lekard "Dead-Eye" Cadavrus, a bandit captain whose clouded right eye inspired his nickname
 * Nanny Pu'pu, a green hag of Mbala in Chult blinded by cararacts
 * Hooded Lantern, a venerable tabaxi hunter of Chult
 * Vhaspar Holmdreg, an over 70-year-old priest of Ilmater in Waterdeep
 * Mobar, a werebat in Undermountain with a clouded left eye in all his forms.
 * Lorga, a cook in Undermountain