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As he navigates through the crowded and often smelly streets filled with refuse and human waste, our protagonist must also contend with the threat of disease. The ever-present risk of plagues looms large—particularly the Plague of Cyprian—which devastated many during this period. Described with unsettling symptoms that bewilder modern scholars, this plague represents just one of the many mortal hazards threatening the populous amidst such societal collapse.