Warriors of Haunden

[Alden Loveshade]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

I at this point am not sure will be anything left for Cassandra to do this adventure and it may be all Anoras ftom here out

I thought of that too, and don't want to leave Cassandra out. So I'm bypassing the long-term ideas I had earlier to move to something quick. (And Cassandra now has something to do!)

Originally Posted by ericthered

The adventure is very close to done. I think at this point its the fate of the prisoners and then we roll the epilogue.

Understood. I'll move Anoras' Code of Honor/Stubbornness to getting all the Haunden and our prisoners out of here! (While leaving ShadowMask and others to wonder....)

[Alden Loveshade]

I honestly knew nothing about this until a few minutes ago (saw it in my news feed). Bird flu infecting humans is not just something Anoras made up. It's real.

"At least 18 people were infected, six of whom died."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/b...explained.html

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade

I honestly knew nothing about this until a few minutes ago (saw it in my news feed). Bird flu infecting humans is not just something Anoras made up. It's real.

"At least 18 people were infected, six of whom died."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/b...explained.html

That's Bird Flu, not bird pox.



The flu is a crazy complex of viruses that have a bunch of different animal and human reservoirs, and it jumps between species regularly. Dangerous variants cross between species every few years, and it often makes the news. Its actually one of the reasons Covid had that weird limbo stage in 2019, because we'd had a few decades where every few years a new Bird Flu or Swine Flu or SARS (which is not a flu) would make the news, and then people would mostly ignore it.

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) has been particularly active for a few years now, devastating chicken-houses and causing egg shortages (and accompanying price increases). Its quite economically destructive, even without crossing to humans.

Cross-species infections are an interesting area of study though. It happens, and a lot of our new diseases come from that.

[Alden Loveshade]

Originally Posted by ericthered

That's Bird Flu, not bird pox.

I do see your point. Bird flu and bird pox are clinically diagnosed as different things in our TL8/TL9 world.

But as you might recall, you approved my making up the word "birdpaux" as a name for a disease in the Warriors of Haunden TL2 world. I thought the timing as Anoras just brought it up again was an interesting coincidence.

[Alden Loveshade]

Things having to do with Warriors of Haunden are referenced in my comment here:

https://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=201310

[Alden Loveshade]

Breaking News! Just saw this headline:

"Holidor to begin bulk milk testing to find birdpaux amid dairy herd outbreaks".

OK, so maybe I changed a word or two.