Black Plague

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In GE2, the Red Rain is a pandemic that spreads an incurable disease called the Black Plague. When one makes contact with the red rain or afflicted patients, he/she will be inflicted with the plague. The Black Plague spreads throughout an infected body by indication of black-reddish marks being left visible on skin. Once the plague marking has reached a certain point, the infected will die. Other symptoms include chronic coughing and possible coughing of blood. Several urban inhabitants of Anagura are infected wtih the Black Plague. There has been no cure for this plague and death is 100% guranteed for infected patients. Aragami do not seem to be affected by the Red Rain.

History
The Red Rain and Black Plague are actually part of a system to find/make a new Singularity after the prievious one (Shio) had left to the moon. Infected patients are victims of this search/creation for the new singularity and are fated for death if the plague progresses enough. Two of the qualifiable candidates of the new Singularity are Julius Visconti and Yuno Ashihara. The Person Who Opens the World is the transformed Singularity state of Julius when infected. Coincidently, the markings found on Shio's body and on plague-infected patients seem similar in design.

Additional Information
The Red Rain and Black Plague first make their appearance in the prologue manga, God Eater: the 2nd break which crosses into the GE2 plot and also depicts events that occured before the game.