Ivi is like a history teacher in training. She never tires of reading up on history. Her fascination seems to be with human diseases and wars, most often because Gummies typically don't wage war or get seriously sick. However, her true fascination is with plagues and sicknesses, mainly in a search for answers. Her clan died of an illness and she never tires of trying to figure out which one. Here, she shares some of her knowledge.  

TRIA'S FEVER

Created by Ulisa

Affects: Barbic Gummies and Barbic Gummi Hybrids Only

Symptoms:

Extremely high fever, hot and cold flashes, sweating, night sweats, nightmares, hallucinations, fever chills, increased need of water and other liquids, blood in mucus, nausea, muscle aches, always feeling like the blood is boiling, migraines, seizures, lack of balance, itchy and watery eyes, dry throat, loss of voice. Tria's Fever is considered one of the worst illnesses a gummi can catch and is also one of the rarest. It pops up every so often and when it does, it is devastating. It is also very contagious and considered a killer for the young. It can take up to a month to recover from completely.

Mortality Rate: 60%-85%

IVY FEVER

Created by Ulisa

Affects: All Gummi Clans, most common among Barbic Clans

Symptoms:

Sudden extremely high fever, usually in the 105+ range, green coloring in the tongue and pupils, small green spots on the skin, greenish tint to the fur, cold sweat, fever chills, convulsions, itching rash on the belly, ears, and lower region, nightmares and night terrors, night sweats, Enuresis, extreme nausea, loss of appetite, dehydration. Ivy Fever is extremely rare but strikes children most often. It is considered very serious and a possible fatal illness and any sufferers are immediately admitted to the Healer's Hut. If treated right away, mortality rate is lowered and children recover swifter and easier than adults. Recovery usually takes three to six weeks and it leaves lingering effects such as scars and enuresis for up to three or four years.

Mortality Rate: 70%-80%

FIRE PLAGUE

Created by Ulisa

Affects: Only Royal and Glen Clans

Symptoms:

Extremely high fever, nausea, loss of appetite, rash of red all over the entire body, cold sweats, loss of physical strength, hallucinations, fever chills, constantly feeling cold, shivers, difficulty breathing. This illness is regarded as the killer of children. It is not a natural sickness but is magically created. It was designed specially to kill enemies. It attacks quickly and can kill within hours. The body's defenses are brought down by the attack of a various symptoms and finally the fever kills the lungs, resulting in death by suffocation. The sickness is extremely rare but devastating when it hits. There has only been one survivor.

Mortality Rate: 99%-100%

BARBIC FEVER

Weakness, Sickness, Hallucination and "The Fever"  Strands

Created by Ulisa

Affects: Only Barbic Clans

Symptoms:

Weakness Strand

High to moderate fever, increased appetite, lack of energy and physical strength, hot and cold flashes, fevered dreams, increased need for sleep, inability to feel some of the limbs at hour to three hour intervals, prickly feeling in the feet and hands, loss of voice. The older the victim, the worse the case. In many cases of much older Barbics, it _can_ kill because the body's diaphragm is so deprived of strength it will stop working. But all in all, the sickness will not kill but will last about a week or two. It is considered the worst of the strands because of the Barbic belief in being strong and while one has this illness, they have to be dependent on their clan members for everything: being fed, help to the bathroom, being bathed and all the like. It is mainly a cut to pride for older Barbics and an annoyance of pain to children but it does have a much a higher mortality rate than the other strands and is considered the most dangerous..

Mortality Rate: 15%--45%

Sickness Stand

High and sudden fever, no appetite, dizzy spells that come and go, nausea, increased need of liquids, night sweats, a rash of dark red on the palms and soles of the feet, no dreams, sore throat, raspy voice, stomach pains, swollen tonsils. The sickness strand is considered the easiest strand to survive and it is the most common. It is more an annoyance than anything else but it lasts the longest, sometimes a month. Nausea is the most frequent symptom and the easiest to recognize. Nausea hits up to fifteen to thirty times a day so sleep is rare and water is constantly given. It hits children the hardest, mainly because it disrupts the sleep pattern.

Mortality Rate: 0%--5%

Hallucination Strand

Low to moderate fever, no appetite, swollen eyes and face, migraines, constant dizzy spells, increased sleep, fevered dreams, hallucinations, fever chills, dry throat, dry eyes, night terrors, sinus pain. The hallucination strand is the rarest but is often the scariest to watch. It strikes children up to fifteen easiest and can be horrifying for parents to watch. Many times, they have to watch their children cry out for help or fight against invisible enemies. It lasts the shortest about of time, four days at the most although the average length is about two days.

Mortality Rate: 3%--5%

"The Fever" Strand

A mix of all strands' symptoms: moderate fever, dizziness, loss of appetite, disturbed sleep, dry eyes, loss of balance, increased need of water, fever chills, swollen feet and hands, rash of purple and red all over the body, desire to just sleep due to lack of deep sleep, hallucinations, loss of bodily function control and blurred vision. The rarest and deadliest of the strands, The Fever is the most deadly of any Barbic sickness.

Mortality Rate: 90%-98%

CUBS' FEVER

Created by Jade Griffin

Affects: Only Royal and Glen Clans

Symptoms:

Cold sweat, high fever, no appetite, hard to keep liquids down, chill, body ache, hallucinations. The worst of it is the fever. It rises so quickly that that alone often is the killer. The sickness is called Cubs' Fever because very often it hits the cubs. It is often thought of as best to let it pass its course when the cub is young because it gets more deadly as age increases. Cubs Fever is hardly ever fatal with children but as age increases, so does its danger. For a middle-aged creatures, it is a fifty-fifty chance of death and with elders, it is almost always fatal.

Mortality Rate: 25%--75%