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Sanguisen

Genus Sanguisen

Sanguisen Strigori
Scientific Classification

Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked:) SAR
(unranked:) Alveolate
Phylum: Ciliate
Class: Phyllopharyngea
Order: Endogenida
Family: Trichophryidae
Genus: Sanguisen
Species

Sanguisen Strigoi
Sanguisen Vrykolakas
Sanguisen Draugr

Sanguisen


Sanguisen (/sɑn.'gwi.sɛn/) is a genus of parasitic protist native to Balugata, known for causing variations of Amiovoria syndrome upon its hosts.

Diagnosis and treatment



Spread
Members of the genus Sanguisen are rarely found outside of their home island of Lsaer, but tend to thrive in fungal-rich soils and arid environments. As such, one can become easily infected with the disease by eating unwashed fungi from these areas, by directly eating said soils, drinking untreated water from these areas, and eating animals from these areas without special precautions. Specimens who are also infected with the disease may spread it from the exchange of bodily fluids, such as biting.

Early symptoms and treatment
Once it enters the body, the pathogen may stay dormant inside its host for a period ranging from a day to a few weeks. The first noticeable symptoms of the disease generally include an increased appetite, changed metabolism, and a change in skin color. Medical attention is highly suggested if any of these symptoms occur, but some precautions can be taken during this phase by increasing one's intake of vitamins along with garlic, which has been used as an ingredient in many archaic treatments for the disease. Inside garlic is a chemical known as Allyl methyl sulfide (AMS) that is not digested in the gastrointestinal tract, and instead flows in the bloodstream where it is eventually secreted out of pores on the skin.

Advanced symptoms and treatment
The subsequent stages differ drastically from pathogen to pathogen, but they all generally result in increased violence in the hosts and an increased risk to others. The symptoms progressively get worse until they result in the death of the host, or more commonly others. The hosts will also develop more antisocial behavior, with one exception. Death can occur in many ways, the most common of which being having the pathogen completely decompose vital organs, liver failure from excessive iron in the blood, and getting shot by your neighbors during a midnight "snack". Those infected that have not already done so should seek medical attention immediately, as there are no easy remedies at this stage. However, many of those affected with the disease will refuse treatment and will become hostile at the mention of doing so.

Specimens



Sanguisen Strigoi
The most common and archetypical species of the genus, this pathogen is known for being lethal even in earlier stages; children and the elderly afflicted by the pathogen may die before progressing into the second stage, and the symptoms become noticeable much faster than the others. The hosts' skin becomes darkened in the first stage, gains a bloated countenance in the second, and begins to lose mental competence early on due to the denaturing of proteins in the nervous system. They also avoid sunlight, and can become easily dazed when encountering bright light.

Sanguisen Vrykolakas
This pathogen, although sharing many traits with its Strigoi counterparts, is less severe but also less common. The host's skin will darken in the first stages, although not as much as they would in the Strigoi, and will also experience increased hair and nail growth. Their bloodlust is lessened, with the pathogens instead subsisting on the body's lipids and adipose tissue. As such, those affected will become slimmer and may die of malnutrition more often than others afflicted. Hosts also become hydrophobic, and will avoid drinking water in favor of blood, alcohol, or really anything else.

Sanguisen Draugr
The rarest of the genus, this pathogen's symptoms differ greatly from its kin. Those afflicted with Draugr will have a pale and scrawny complexion with a lessened bloodlust than other hosts. This is because these pathogens prefer consuming proteins, such as those found in blood corpuscles and neurons, and hosts will consequently be easier to aggravate and be dimmer. In the later stage, the host will appear to "sparkle" in sunlight; this is due to the Draugr producing crystals as a waste product, and these crystals can clog pores in the skin and appear in sweat. The specimen, unlike its Lsaerian counterparts, is endemic to an undisclosed location in Kalaascovy (not enough data).

History



Evolution
he pathogen is believed to have evolved in modern-day Balugata five million years ago on the now barren island of Lsaer, containing iron-rich soil that allowed archaic Sanguisen to survive and prosper. The protist developed in isolation until the arrival of humans around 22,000 years ago, although the fossil record of certain specimens suggests that the pathogen may have migrated to mainland Balugata at an earlier period. The pathogens are believed to have developed a symbiotic relationship with fungi early on in their evolutionary histories, as similar protists have been found in Lsaer fungi.

Folkloric interpretations
The natives of Balugata have known of the diseases' effects since time immemorial, and various cultures have identified symptoms of the disease with a variety of conditions. The Pesiian entity of the Sesmia is believed by scholars to be an interpretation of the disease: they were spirits that, on possession of a host, exhibited a lust for blood, an insatiable appetite, and a dark complexion. Upon draining their host of life, the Sesmia leave the body and spread to their host's victims, imitating the spread of the disease. African immigrants identified a spirit known as the Adze, which existed in the wild as a firefly that, upon being captured, would turn into a saturnine hunchback that feasted on the blood and organs of children. These beings were also capable of possession, and would inflict pestilence on victims that survived their attacks. Many Slavic settlers in modern Slovjanska encountered the native myths and identified them as being vampires, and the land was colloquially referred to as the "kraina wampirów", or the "land of the vampires".

Modern times
Treatments exist for each disease, but because universal healthcare isn't a thing everyone dies from the stuff anyway.

The Archival Protectorate of Rohendia

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