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The '''Great Plague''', also known as the '''Vilauristrean Scourge''', the '''Punthite Plague''' or the '''Audonian Plague''', was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in the Occidental world and Audonian world, peaking in Levantia from 1347 to 1351. The bacterium ''Yersinia pestis'', which results in several forms of plague (septicemic, pneumonic and, the most common, bubonic) is believed to have been the cause. The plague created a number of religious, social and economic upheavals, with profound effects on the course of history. The Great Plague is thought to have originated in the dry plains of south central | The '''Great Plague''', also known as the '''Vilauristrean Scourge''', the '''Punthite Plague''' or the '''Audonian Plague''', was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in the Occidental world and [[Audonia|Audonian]] world, peaking in [[Levantia]] from 1347 to 1351. The bacterium ''Yersinia pestis'', which results in several forms of plague (septicemic, pneumonic and, the most common, bubonic) is believed to have been the cause. The plague created a number of religious, social and economic upheavals, with profound effects on the course of history. The Great Plague is thought to have originated in the dry plains of south central [[Alshar]], where it travelled along the Silk Road, reaching Puhktunkwa by 1336. From there, it was most likely carried by fleas living on the black rats that traveled on all [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] merchant ships, spreading throughout the [[Sea of Istroya|Istroyan]], [[Sea of Canete|Caneten]], and [[Sea of Odoneru|Odoneri]] basins. From there is spread to the interiors of Levantia and Sarpedon. | ||
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| date = <!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{start and end dates|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->1347-1351 | |||
| location = Audonia, Sarpedon, Levantia | |||
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| also_known_as = *The Audonian Plague | |||
*Vilauristrean Scourge | |||
*Culloc's Bane | |||
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| cause = bacterium ''Yersinia pestis'' | |||
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| casualties1 = est. 75-200 million dead (approx. 10-40% of populations affected) | |||
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| burial = Mass graves, pyres | |||
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| convictions = * 13,654 sailors lynched or blockaded into starvation | |||
*18 doctors executed by various states | |||
*at least 4,000 witches lynched | |||
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== Origins == | == Origins == | ||
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==== Gassavelia ==== | ==== Gassavelia ==== | ||
The Great Plague is viewed as the pivotal event in the history of the Kingdom of Gassavelia, ending a century-and-a-half golden age which represented the height of power and prestige for the Kingdom. As a consequence of its proximity to Burgoignesc trade cities, Gassavelia was among the first places in Levantia for the plague to spread. With the first mass deaths being reported in 1347, by 1351 most modern historians estimate the Kingdom lost approximately | The Great Plague is viewed as the pivotal event in the history of the Kingdom of Gassavelia, ending a century-and-a-half golden age which represented the height of power and prestige for the Kingdom. As a consequence of its proximity to Burgoignesc trade cities, Gassavelia was among the first places in Levantia for the plague to spread. With the first mass deaths being reported in 1347, by 1351 most modern historians estimate the Kingdom lost approximately half of its total population. | ||
The island of Isti was so devastated that the Kingdom of Gassavelia revoked its claim there and the island fell into the sphere of the also flagging Vilauristre Conference. | The island of Isti was so devastated that the Kingdom of Gassavelia revoked its claim there and the island fell into the sphere of the also flagging Vilauristre Conference. | ||
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Historical evidence suggests that Urcea was not totally isolated from the effect of the Plague, with 21st century scholarship demonstrating a 5-10% loss of population. The Saint's War and casualties of the Great Interregnum have complicated the picture due to the significant loss of life as a result of those conflicts. | Historical evidence suggests that Urcea was not totally isolated from the effect of the Plague, with 21st century scholarship demonstrating a 5-10% loss of population. The Saint's War and casualties of the Great Interregnum have complicated the picture due to the significant loss of life as a result of those conflicts. | ||
====Fiannria==== | |||
===Gothica=== | |||
===Faneria=== | |||
Northern Faneria and Caergwynn were largely insulated by their cold climates, but the principalities of the Vandarch Basin suffered a secondary wave of plague during its later years which killed roughly ten to fifteen percent of Celts outside of the HLE. The plague directly lead to increased warfare between local Princes over control of peasant populations, which contributed to the formation of the Kingdom of the Fhainn fifty years later. | |||
===Kiravia=== | |||
Coscivian sailors learned to fear the plague, and it devastated trade between Coscivian and Levantine civilizations for nearly a century after the beginning of the plague's recognition by Coscivian cultures. However, the Plague has a slower and less deadly spread across Kiravia due to both the climate and incidental use of primitive flea-killing measures intended to mitigate the impact of lice. | |||
===Caphiria=== | |||
===Western Sarpedon=== | |||
[[Category:Events]] | [[Category:Events]] | ||