Sweating Sickness

The Sweating Sickness is a Tortallan epidemic. There seem to be occurrences other than the one in which Duke Roger of Conte sent a disease to harm the royal family. In the epidemic that Duke Roger sent, both Queen Lianne of Naxen and her son, Jonathan of Conte fell prey. Jonathan was eventually healed by Alanna of Trebond. Several other pages and squires became ill, including Alanna's friend Raoul of Goldenlake and another friend Francis of Nond, who eventually died. When Roger sent the disease, it is thought that he made it so that it would drain Healers. It is not known if that happened with each epidemic.