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Apelpisia, The Thousand Tears United in Adamant

Symptoms:Apelpisia is many things.
Apelpisia is the eyes that must see things the way they were, before they broke
Apelpisia is those eyes as they turn to black-in-brass spheres.
Apelpisia is the skin that feels the wounds that the old ones suffered
Apelpisia is that skin as it bleeds the sweetest smelling bile.
Apelpisia is the throat that knows how the world works
Apelpisia is that throat as it speaks unimpeachable words of prophecy in a honeyed voice
Apelpisia is the ears that can hear what is meant to be
Apelpisia is those ears that tiny horrors crawl from
Apelpisia is the sorrow that will swallow the world
And Apelpisia's tears will bind until the world is swallowed.

This is the scripture of the disease that will appear burned into the back of any being who suffers from it. It is accurate; the victim will suffer a hallucinogenic madness of the world through a broken primordial's eyes, and his own eyes will visibly transform to brass and obsidian, his skin will tear to drip a substance with the same stats as heroin, but which is addictive just to be in the presence of, they will speak as an unbidden oracle constantly, a constant stream of spiders and insects will fall from their ears, they will gain the whispers background at a rating of 5. Their tears will harden into shards of smoky black Adamant as they dry - as long as the victim is moving, they will constantly flake off, but if he remains still for a time, they will gradually form a shell around him as he constantly weeps, encasing him in indestructible glass.
The abyssals are immune to this terrible disease inherently, as is every creature of the underworld. This disease is the taint left by the death of all of the component souls of one of the Neverborn.

Vector:There are many sufferings, many torments, that meet any who brush against the presence of the greatest and oldest of things. It makes simple sense that the very presence of one such as a Neverborn could infect lesser beings with contagious aspects of their will. This disease is contracted from contact with objects deeply touched by one of those that was once a primordial; artifacts that struck them down, homes or bones, among other things.

Treatment:There is no known treatment, although it is likely possible to find one with great difficulty. One could always become an abyssal to cure it, of course. Dying would also do the trick.