The Affliction is a worldwide disease that has killed the majority of the human population. It is without cure, and is believed to be 100% fatal. It is unknown how the disease is contracted, but it is assumed to be water and airborne. It has caused the collapse of civilization as we know it. Most of who remains is believed to have grown immune to it. The disease shows symptoms of a violent death. Protect your life partner to the best of your abilities.