So I'm working on a medieval fantasy story which disease plays a large part of. I have a character who I've decided caught something when he was little that left a lot of little scars, and I was wondering what might do that. My original disease of choice was measles, but there's probably something that would leave more scars, which is what I'm looking for since it's one of the first thing people notice when they look at him.
He got sick when he was about seven, so I'd prefer something that would be pretty awful in a child that age but still give him a chance of survival with medieval treatments. He's a prince so he'd probably have the best treatment possible, but let's face it medieval treatments probably hurt more than they helped...
So any suggestions?
He got sick when he was about seven, so I'd prefer something that would be pretty awful in a child that age but still give him a chance of survival with medieval treatments. He's a prince so he'd probably have the best treatment possible, but let's face it medieval treatments probably hurt more than they helped...
So any suggestions?