Blight

Blight is a magical phenomenon, man-made and typically employed in war.

History
There are not many historical records on various blights. One historical blight was at Lintora Crest in Visaunra, but very few records exist of that occurrence.

Effect
Blight causes the soil to become extremely infertile, making any blighted land uninhabitable.

Solutions
No real solution is known for blight. The only real solution is a 3:1 mix of fertile soil to blighted soil, as tested with plagads and worms (Chapter 61). A 2:1 mixture is simply not viable at all (Chapter 68). Using magic directly on the blight ends up harming the casting, so any solution used must be an indirect magical effect or something that can be applied to the land (Chapter 68).

In Chapter 71, Kara attempts a solution incorporating the green goop taken from the forest god. When applied directly to samples, the soil turned gray and ashy after one growing season, with mushrooms and ferns in the dead earth instead of plants fitting for the climate and region. Synthetic versions of this goop, while not causing mushrooms and ferns to sprout, still drain the soil of its vitality.