Profane

It is said by the Elders of the Eolo tribes that when a person is heavy with despair and regret, their spirit is unable to ascend to join the Mother and the deities within the stars.

Profane are creatures born of despair and impurity that typically occurs after death. It can be a creature that wasn't quite ready to die yet, a person who committed suicide, or someone who had contracted the impurity themselves through a dire wound.

If one is infected by a Profane, they may experience but are not limited to:
 * A black thick substance on tonsils
 * Dulling colors of the eyes
 * Black substance filling the whites of one's eyes (Completely when change is near completion.)
 * Night terrors
 * Heightened appetite
 * Easily enraged
 * Gaining traits of the profane that attacked
 * Flesh turning pale and then is easily torn

Profane typically aren't extremely intelligent beings, most of the time, however they come in many different shapes and sizes. Almost any animal or person has the potential to become a Profane under the right circumstances, so keep your heart light and your mind clear.

So You've Been Corrupted...
If the corruption, impurity, and infection is allowed to take root then the victim will most certainly die if they do not seek out purification.

Despair, panic, and anguish can speed up the transformation (or in some extreme cases cause the corruption itself.) It is important that one stays calm before and after they are cleansed or the purification may not be successful.

A corrupted victim as a total of 3 days to be purified or they will pass and Fate will handle the profane form of said character.

Ways a victim can be purified:

* Sacred Water (Note: It is only effective if you dip the person into the spring itself. Due to the spring itself being sacred, orders and other organizations would never allow someone to carry it in a bottle.)

* Professional priest/priestess preforming a cleansing.

* High skill restoration -- Low Skill may stabilize and pause the transformation to give the victim an extra day or two.

Benefits from Profane?
There are no benefits from being attacked or bitten from a profane.

One may have lasting damage and carry some of the symptoms or large scars from where the infection had been inflicted.

However... There is a legend that once in a while, if a soul is strong enough to take in the corruption without losing their mind. The being created from it walks free.

(Not recommended to attempt to do this. It is Fate's decision/your roll that defines whether or not your character would live. Once you decide you want Fate to roll on whether or not you change, you commit to the results. You either die (95%) or you become something else (5% possibility.)