Shaking fever was a well-known disease in Faerûn, and was one of the so-called Five Fevers.[1][2]
Shaking fever was not the same thing as the Shaking Plague.[1]
Acquisition[]
The disease was transmissible through contact with an infected individual. Symptoms manifested after 2 days.[1]
Effects[]
Sufferers of shaking fever experienced fever[1][2] and a steady loss of their mobility and reflexes.[1] While a healthy individual could fight off the disease in a matter of days,[1][3] shaking fever could also lead to a long period of debilitating illness and ultimately could be fatal.[4]
Treatment[]
According to Engelvaer's Poison and Sickness Remedies, a largely discredited book of alchemical and traditional remedies, shaking fever could be relived with a concoction made of prickly salath leaves soaked in blood.[5]
History[]
In the mid–1350s DR, shaking fever took the life of Maera Emmerdin, wife of Lord Eskevelt Eskeller Emmerdin of Ravens Bluff, which affected him greatly. During Maera's long illness, some of her elven friends took care of her, which led to Lord Eskevelt feeling forever indebted to elves.[4]
In the Year of the Harp, 1355 DR, shaking fever also took the life of Ammura Wynkle, mother of Jaranthra Wynkle, aka the "Coinkind", who used her inheritance to stealthily leave gifts of money to those in need across the North and Cormyr.[6]
In the Year of the Sword, 1365 DR, shaking fever took the life of Armagus Zool, an Amnian merchant who had bankrolled Waterdeep Wazoo, a Waterdhavian broadsheet.[7]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (March 2006). Power of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 94. ISBN 0-7869-3910-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ed Greenwood (October 2012). Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 14. ISBN 0786960345.
- ↑ Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 292. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ed Greenwood (October 1998). The City of Ravens Bluff. Edited by John D. Rateliff. (TSR, Inc.), p. 51. ISBN 0-7869-1195-6.
- ↑ Template:Cite web/Realmslore/Small Presses of Waterdeep (Part Two)
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2005-08-17). The Coinkind (Part Two). Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2003-10-01). Broadcryers of Waterdeep III: Know Thy Sources, Part One. Realmslore. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-05-15.