A newly afflicted human male, left arm mutated in its basic stages. Credits to Jayto (DeviantArt)   “Alchemy is not for those who dare not trod in the unknown, the uncertain.”   -     Few accounts of these ‘Afflicted’ have surfaced throughout the ages, the few recovered scraps and documents based on the subject have been heavily encoded as if to keep prying eyes from learning of their secrets contained within, or perhaps to protect those who wish to