Plague of Dragons

The Plague of Dragons was the name given to a disease that struck lands around the Inner Sea in the early 14 century DR.

Symptoms
It caused the infected individuals' skin to flake and their minds to plunge into madness.

History
In the, the disease ravaged the population of the Vilhon Reach, starting with the city of Alaghôn in Turmish. The affliction was named the Plague of Dragons in the Reach for the scale-like skin and madness it caused. Despite this, it had apparently been spread by a dragon known as the Wandering Wyrm as it journeyed around the Inner Sea, with the disease striking the northern coast of Chessenta, a different disease appearing in Aglarond, and a third in Impiltur, where knights sent to battle the wyrm returning as maggot-infested undead. Some attributed this to the machinations of the Red Wizards, others to the work of Talona, Mother of All Plagues.

However, rather than reacting with fear and shunning, authorities and priests in the Vilhon Reach responded with calm and rational research. Clerics of different faiths all banded together to cure the disease and stop its spread, with relatively few deaths. By 1323 DR, the Plague of Dragons was virtually eradicated from Vilhon.

Overall, the plague took the lives of many of the inhabitants of Chessenta and Unther, where it raged for one more year, until 1324 DR. The lands of Mulhorand remained mostly unaffected by the plague and Thay avoided being infected by leaving the Wizards' Reach.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Jewel of Turmish
 * The Jewel of Turmish