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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sezarious" data-source="post: 6811537" data-attributes="member: 6792106">Tro'Leera takes a deep breath, shifting to a more comfortable position he addresses everyone with equal gaze, using his hands to assist him in his explanation at key intervals.  "As you should be aware now, I am not just a poisoner, but a Doctor.  My field of expertise focuses on the study of substances, chemicals and the such and their interaction with humanoid bodies, whether the effects are beneficial or detrimental".  Poisons are normally more complex, the deadlier they are, but at the same time there are some very potent substances one can extract from these poisons in their pure form.  This is where people have made their assumption about me.  I have been able to use substances derived from poisons to cure diseases that ordinary herbalists would give up on.That is the first thing you must understand, secondly, you should know that for several years I have turned my attention to a particular disease."  He pauses and nods at Daedarai. "Which you can all guess is the red death.  I was requested by one of the noble households, Silverfrost to come up with a means of neutralising the negative effects of the disease as well as seperately come up with a cure.  At this stage, no-one knew about the red death, for you see it was contained very conveniently in the Silverfrost vaults.  What the red death is, is a failed attempt to modify the Wererat strain of the Lycanthropy disease.  More contagious and characterised seperately by the red rash you are all aware of.Before I had been aware that this disease in fact belonged to the Silverfrosts, they had told me that this sample was something they had stolen from another group of nobles, the Bloodrows.  This seemed to fit, what with the Bloodrow reputation and all, Necromancy running in their family you see."  He shrugs momentarily as he says this."The Silverfrosts informed me that the Bloodrows intended to plan a takeover of the city using this virus and so it would be very noble if I could help stop its spread.  I needed more information, which I requested from them, the original data for the modifications, but they informed me that this would take time, stating that instead they would allow me to first tinker with curing the original strain, providing volunteers who hoped to assist in a cure, then I could 'Bridge the gap between strains with my natural talents for concocting cures'.  Well, I took that that ego boost and bought their bluff foolishly and made significant progress with Lycanthropy in general.  I found that both silver and wolfsbane seem to have properties that cause the cells changed by the virus to become inert, then they sort of get chewed up by the bodies immune system.  Based on that, all i had to do was go a step further with curing the disease after the dreaded 3 day incubation period, using this principle"He paused again, pointing at the images he was conjuring in his mind he smiled slightly, "I originally was infecting clean blood in vials and observing the changes that cures had, but eventually moved onto volunteers, then finally, I had developed something I could use that appeared to bypass the permanent effects of Lycanthropy, believing I had cured my subjects".  His smile faded. "It worked... For them, they had no other... Mitigating factors.  At this point, I even tested it on myself with total success!  It worked and I was also living proof and would carry the antibodies and such, the cure itself in my own blood!  I went to the Silverfrosts and insisted it was time to gain the original data on the Red Death modifications.  Surprisingly, they complied immediately, providing me with... copies of the original data sheets.  I didn't think about it at the time, assuming they just stole copies to prevent the Bloodrows from realising something was up."  His movements were somewhat awkward at this point, his body language riddled with embarrassment at his being duped.  After a moment, Tro'Leera shook himself to and continued."Anyway, within just 4 months I had managed to bridge the gap between the original and the 'Red Death' strains and as such, created the cure for the red death, though test subjects still retained the enhanced speed, perceptiveness, eyesight and sense of smell that comes with being a Wererat!  this was even better as I had completed two objectives in one.  Further I tested the cure on myself, too cocky to see any issue with doing so.  It worked perfectly.  Then two months later, I transformed into a werewolf!  The orginal strain had returned to a degree, on a moonlit night.  The next day I awoke on a rooftop just before dawn had broken.  The rooftop of house Silverfrost.  I fled back home and took some serum again, finding that what it does for me NOW is merely suppress the lycanthropy and its negative effects.  The subjects I had cured of the original strain had not experienced such a transformation, so there had to be another factor.  The cure I had developed for the red death I created is also near as I can tell, a cure.  I believe however, that it is the combination of strains that had rendered me currently beyond a cure at present.  I need to take my serum about every month or so now and can retain my original Demeanor as a result, but being struck or seeing a full moon places me in an animal state.  I can regulate those events however with another concoction, that which you administered to me about an hour ago."Tro'Leera fades off again and looks up at the ceiling.  "A day later, I was approached by the Silverfrosts son, who demanded the cure from me as the apperrent epidemic was about to spread.  Four days passed and news had spread that the Silverfrost family except for the son had all but been wiped out and that the Bloodrow family had just- Vanished. This didn't make sense.  Maybe they were assassinated, or maybe, something darker was afoot.  So I went to pay the household a little visit.  Asked the guardsman to send word through, just a couple of questions about whether their disappearance was illness related... An illness causing family members to become more reclusive?  Scratch the walls maybe?  The fact that they ushered me in immediately confirmed my suspicions, I spoke with the only remaining Bloodrow there.  Their 15 year old daughter, who was most upset at all that had happened.  I left some vials of cure with them in exchange for a favour.  I needed more information on this disease.  She had NO knowledge of it whatsoever apparrently and there were no records of it in their families archives.  HOWEVER, she confirmed this to me when she granted me access to the inner city restricted archives.  Digging up the old records, we found information pointing to funding for a research project that was to be spearheaded by a Silverthawne wizard of old.  Sure enough, my suspicions were confirmed.  It was a disease that THEY had manufactured to try and extract the beneficial aspects of it and I had unwittingly assisted them centuries later in completing it.  A cure that strips away the negative effects, leaving all of the good stuff behind."  Tro'Leera shook his head in shame."Well, this girl, Dalia ran away and disappeared within 24 hours, because authorities bashed down her door the next day and were going to charge her with the murder of her parents.... I knew that this Silverthawne boy must have been involved in that and that logically, I was next as he would find out that I had visited and was probably the reason Dalia fled, so I wrote to the thieves guild for help, explaining the situation.  They sent me instructions that i should play the insanity card and admit to a series of crimes, which they needed someone to take the wrap for".  I went one better and drank one last potion derived from purple worm venom, burning away all other unnatural substances in my body, then I injected a series of silver ball bearings under different parts of my skin to help prevent transformation.  This put me in a state of constant delerium, an insanity i did not have to bluff.  I was arrested, charged and sent to the mines, then I pretty much waited for you guys to show up?" He stops at last and looks up with a tired smile."Any Questions?"[sblock=OOC]Sorry I've slowed down a little everyone.  I should speed up again after about two weeks.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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