Desert Rot

Very similar to What the priests know as Mummy Rot, Desert Rot rater then completely disintegrate the victims leaves their skeletal remains behind and will raise if not treated with holy water within 24hours and then those very remains proceed to head into the desert of Byjap to wander in the desert compelled by powerful magics of unknown origin.
Contracting Desert rot Does not happen from the touch of a mummy but rather the sands themselves, long ago a curse befell the sands of Byjap and now sometimes just wandering that god forsaken barren desert can afflict those who travel it with Desert Rot.
Affliction appears to be more common because of dust storms, or dust devils on the vast dunes. Those so unfortunately plagued will first notice their hair and finger nails begin peeling off, then patches of skin will begin to flake off of the body, and the final phase is death within the next few days the rest of the flesh will literally peel itself of the victims own bones leaving a grotesque pool a flesh and a disturbingly clean set skeletal remains.
The cure first involves the ill removing the magical curse placed upon them by the dark magic over the sands. If the magic can be removed by someone who can work the weave sufficiently enough. Local witch doctors and healers have discovered a mixture that can stop this dreadful disease from killing the ill by encasing the body completely in a special oil treated clay from the north western flooded fields if they maintain this clay coating for three days they will recover. Many a person so afflicted who did not wait the entire duration out or did not keep the clay coating sufficiently moist did meet grizzly ends.

Type

Magical