Surviving the Rot: A Guide

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COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE 

TO  WARDING OFF 

ODOLAUSTELTZEA

 

Penned by The Reverend Mother Anna

Alongside Her Excellency the Lady Treasurer, Aloisia Helvets

 

 

The Rot, otherwise known as Bloodrot, is an illness newly materialised among the populace of Vienne, rumoured to have originated from a failure to expunge the rancid residual musk of Almaris’s second Bloodrain. The stench is parallel to the odour of burned corpses, relating to the flame of Owyn’s sabre and warning us that his will assumes no idols in quotidian men, for all fall equally before fire and blood. The following guide will seek to attack the falsities spewed by natural science in attempting to explain divine punishment, and offer answers to the why of this phenomenon.

 

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Lack of Worship;

Attendance to the pew has been limited in this age of novelty sewn by the King’s acclaim. The allure of revelry has converted the greatest holy man into but a carouser, dining on wines in the Savoyard’s Smirk and letting slip their attention to the path of sober humility. God himself bears witness, and casts a breeze that wafts the malaise into the olfactory senses and begins to consume. Those that rejoice together are more prone to the ailment, as this obliges them into isolation to lay their knees before God’s altar in forgiveness. Even the best of men will be put to trial at the hands of God's plague.

 

Meeting the Eyes of Sinners;

Furthermore, those that have been gripped with the rot are being condemned for their sin, and thus ogling uncensoriously at the sinner is to be complacent. Unfiltered eye contact will transmit the illness the same as would committing actions of immoral faults.

 

PREVENTION

 

 

In order to prevent contracting the Rot, the most knowledgeable medics and holy men of Almaris have gathered to put together a list of methods that are said and proven to prevent people from catching the sickness:

 

Prayers and Confession;
GOD has punished us for our sins by sending us this sickness. The wickedness of humanity is evil and must be cast out. If you see someone that has been infected, it means that GOD tests them and their commitment to him. The sinners, he wants to punish them; the good men, he gives them a trial of life, forcing them to prove their love before him. Cast these men out of your home, out of your city in order to protect yourselves and your loved ones. When they have healed, God has declared their purity, and they may return.

Daily prayers, confession of sins and donations to the lectorate are other proven methods that keep sickness at bay.

 

At home;

God's spirit of sickness and death enters through the front door during the night searching for sinners and persons to be tried, hence it is advised that one should start fumigation within their own homestead immediately. Take salt and draw a line with it on the swell of the front entrance. Take a male chicken (preferably one with black feathers) and pour its heart blood upon the door frame. This will make sickness think it has already affected the people of the house and will pass the household without injury.
Outside the door, a small fire should be lit at all times in order to squall the fumes of plague. Stringing up herbs on a rope and letting them dry is a good way to purify the air in a room. It is essential that one does not open the windows facing south - for it is a known fact that bad winds carry sickness into the lands. 

 

Outside;
When leaving the house, make sure to wear textures that will not absorb air or fragrance. Rot’s stench will deflect silk textures. In addition, it is advised to wear a full-face mask stuffed with dried herbs, so that the air breathed is purified.

Hygiene;
Before going to bed at night, make sure to stuff the nostrils with lard so that if everything else fails, sickness is refused entry into the body. That, as well as washing hands in the morning urine of goats, animals with hearty health.
One should also drink plenty of garlic and lemon elixir in order to cleanse the insides, should the sickness infiltrate. If coming into contact with someone that has caught the Rot, make sure to drink at least five gulps of this elixir to wash out the malady absolutely.
 

 

HEALING

 

Confession and Prayer;

If one happens to weaken with the Rot, they should understand that no ache is too great a burden for God’s merciful relief. Seeking repentance before him even on a bed of demise is the most important task for the afflicted person, and they should pledge themselves to frequent visits from priests and reverend mothers who may lead their prayer righteously. 

 

Lavender;

Lavender is a powerful scent, able to mask the infectious aroma that sweeps the rot into the nostrils. A regular layering of lavender over the bridge of the nose and affected areas is the surest way to ensure the rot does not ravage the body wholly. 

 

Boil of Faith;

The humours of the body are gravely beaten by rot, craving the cleansing of holy oils and incense. The afflicted should be helped into a soak of boiling water sautéed with hummus, lavender and frankincense, and have the skin balmed with butter of olives while the air is lit with lavender incense that overwhelms the odour of death. All hair should be cut from the head to prevent beguiling insects that might want to peck on the dampness. The afflicted must wade in the boil for 30 minutes, then be cleaned with a bath of river water and be laid on a bed of silk sheets.

 

Earthly Consumption;

Spiritually, their humours must be re-aligned not only in prayer but in stomach. No more must they partake of indulgences such as liquor and sweets, feasting only on vegetables freshly plucked from God’s earth, particularly cauliflowers and broccoli, artichokes, okra and hot peppers that will lift intense fumes to the throat.

 

 

Blessings to the people of Vienne.

 

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Thank you to @Fiefor helping write this post!!

 

[MRCHENN 3663]

"This is the answer. Not masks!" The Baron declares.

[Fie 2519]

Luisa holds up her thumb.

[Reckless Banzai Screamer 11530]

Oijin makes plans to kidnap some infected bastard and test Saint Amyas Draught on them.

 

"It's a cure, I s-swear," He'd say after black bagging a rotted looking individual for the quarantine facility.

[Trinn 2093]

Maxima began to collect Garlic and Lemon elixirs within her room, adding them into her diet -- as well as into the diet of her pet pug, Max.

[Werew0lf 12005]

A man garbed in a black cloak runs around the orenian houses, pretending to be the spirit of sickness and death in order to scare them. He takes many orenians through farfetched adventures with the hopes of curing them of their disease, whilst acting as a false agent of death if they do not. As the orenians complete their trials, the 'spirit of death and sickness' vanishes, and returns home to remove his cloak.

MALIK considers his next plans for a new role of employment. "I live such a terrible, hard life." 

[Cheeseycereal 27]

Hirwen would take a smoke of her cigar as she read the missive, letting the cloud of smoke evaporate, skimming through the paper quickly before a quick blegh

"we all gonna die, cause people can't use common sense and wear their masks, stop believing everything you see now."

she'd give a grunt before walking off the scene 

[satinkira 5799]

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What a based post. I misjudged Vienne.