#story_event #Frogdog Soon the darkness filled with waterlogged harmony. A survivor returns to the settlement, pale and soaked with fever sweat. Nominate a returning survivor, they are afflicted. A persistent tickle in the throat becomes a relentless cough. Angry red gashes open on the afflicted's neck, swollen viscera distending their jaw. Their hoarse cough, moist and trilling with pain and longing, echoes in the darkness. With a warbling cry of relief, the febrile haze lifts, but mutating manifestations urgently indicate the coming of change. The settlement innovates **Mere Omens** and nominates the afflicted to **Take up the mantle** of the Mere Navi (note this on the survivor and settlement record sheet). ### Take up the Mantle Roll 1d10. | Roll 1d10 | Roll Results Table | | :-------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | | 1 | Despite their insistent prophecies, the settlement cannot bear the incessant hacking. They pile stones over the afflicted survivor's wheezing body until only a startling cough sounds occasionally. They are dead<br><br>**Condition:**<br><br>If the settlement has selected **Graves** death principle and has a **Spindly Paw**, they may archive the resource to adorn the cairn. The delicate digit bones clatter whenever abrupt coughing issues from the ground. the site is powerful; innovate **Shrine** | | 2 - 4 | Mucus hardens into stone plugs inside your sinuses. Trapped in your congested head, the next powerful coughing fit explodes the delicate pressure in your eyes. Suffer the [[head\|blind]] severe head injury. | | 5 - 8 | Your immune system defends the host; the invading microbes petrify inside your leaky nose, turning it to stone and dropping off. The infection persists: flesh regrows, petrifies and sheds continuously. Gain the **Stone Noses** gear. You have no nose; record this. | | 9 - 10 | Over time, the alarming cough averts, occasionally rearing in times of stress. Gain the **[[Feral Shout]]** fighting art. |