Memory Plague

Symptoms
Anyone struck by this illness experiences a fever and weakness until they slowly begin to lose the memories that make them whole: first childhood, then further on. After a while, the afflicted can’t remember their names or take care of themselves. While many sources seem to describe the Plague as a death sentence (or as good as one), several people from Hommlin seem to have recovered from the Memory Plague and even relearned skills lost to the diesase. The disease seemed to have a magical source and cannot be treated by typical means, although especially powerful clerics are able to cure it. However, most sources recommend a swift death as treatment. The method of transmission is unknown.

History
The last known major outbreak of the Memory Plague happened many years before the first meeting of the Pog Champions, and most of the party was unaware of its existence before Grinlief Dartson mentioned it to Kilwin. The party learned from Natasha Vizini that it wiped out half of a village on the other side of the continent from Vila's Watch, which was identified as Hommlin in a book found in Falas's library. Jorah, who was not present during these conversations, has since mentioned having some personal experience with the Memory Plague, but was reluctant to talk about it in more detail at the time. Isolated cases still occur, but the tomes in Falas's library on the Memory Plague are all at least fifteen years old and are infrequently consulted.