The Plague

"PEOPLE WITH PLAGUE NOT THINK WELL. ALL THEY THINK IS SERVING HOODED MAN."

- Narrull talking about the Plague

The Plague is a mysterious essence that Plague Doctor possesses. According to Alice, it's a weird mixture of the Black Death and radiation. It gives its original carrier immortality.

Information
It is currently unknown how the Plague looks like, as it is never seen. Beliefs are that something about it is green, since it contains radiation.

Plague Doctor is able to transfer the Plague to anyone upon simply touching their forehead. Doing so causes his victim to be brainwashed by it. Plagued individuals forget everything about everyone they had met thus far, except for Plague Doctor himself, and also begin to obey him without questions, as well as become friendly towards him.

Appearance of affected
The appearance of people with the Plague is very recognizable:


 * Their body color (skin and clothes) are faded.
 * Their eyes are blank, devoid of irises and pupils.

The faded color might represent the individual's loyalty to Plague Doctor, while the blank eyes might represent the person forgetting about everyone else. This theory is further strengthened by the fact that, during the final battle of Plagued Fear against a Plagued Cheatso, his eyes return to normal and he proceeds to remember his friends, but still maintains the faded color as he continues to obey Plague Doctor.

Death
The Plague itself cannot be killed or destroyed. However, those who are killed while Plagued are permanently dead and cannot be brought back through any means, even if magical.

However, there is an exception. If the Plague is wiped from their body while they are dead, they will be brought back to life.

Cure
There are currently two ways to cure the Plague from those who have been affected by it.


 * An antidote created by Roopin.
 * Knocking Plague Doctor unconscious.

While the second option is obviously more dangerous due to how Plagued individuals are set on defending Plague Doctor, it is also the most effective, as it will wipe out every instance of the Plague once he is knocked out. Until there is a surefire way to achieve this objective, it may be wiser to play it safe and use Roopin's antidote to steadily cure those who have been affected. Note that neither of these methods will remove the original Plague that is inside of Plague Doctor's body.

Trivia

 * In the original concept of the Plague, Alice had planned to make the affected also bleed from their mouths. However, this was scrapped during the making of Plagued Fear.
 * Taking into consideration that Plague Doctor is reluctant to follow through with his objective, while the Plague maintains Plagued individuals under their control until the very end, it can be assumed that the Plague is the true villain of Plagued Fear, instead of Plague Doctor.