........It wasn't long before these infestations grew, carrying with them a pestilence which made one's chest burn with every breath, their skin becoming inflamed and covered in blistering boils and blood red pustules. This, we called, the Red Plague. In time, entire cities were lost to the plague, and it was said that once overran, a different breed of these rat things could sometimes be found there, walking upright like men, speaking in vaguely human tongues, but still bearing the form of their verminous origins.
