W-WHATS HAPPENING TO ME?!

Idk what to tag and also inspo by [u/Inner\_Health](u/Inner_Health)

The strange affliction began at the very center of **Truthless’s** identity, the star-shaped brand etched into his forehead. What started as a dull, localized throb quickly intensified into a fierce, burning heat, as if the mark itself were being re-forged by an unseen flame. Within hours, the flesh around the star puckered and turned a bruised, obsidian black, webbed with fine, violet veins that pulsed out toward his temples like tiny, trapped lightning bolts. It was an **unknown disease** that defied any apothecary’s text, draining his strength so rapidly that even keeping his eyes open became a monumental effort. As the unnatural fever took hold, Truthless could feel the sickness creeping inward, whispering a cold, parasitic rot into his mind that made him wonder if his own body was punishing him for a past he could no longer outrun.