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# Poison the oceans, rivers, and lakes; make the waters barren of life. Let the Forgotten's nets bring up nothing but stone and their traps yield nothing but mud. The sea will give forth my bounty no more.
# Eradicate that unnatural fabrication known as plastic. Let it no longer pollute the oceans, streams, and land.
# Lay waste to the soil of the earth. Cause the orchards to bloom no longer and the fields to reap nothing but dust. There shall be no more harvests.
# Destroy the copper that runs across the Forgotten's cities. Let their homes go dark; let them once again fear the night.
# Bring down a terrible blight upon the livestock of the Forgotten. Let the Forgotten's sheep, cattle, pigs, and chickens grow ill and die. I rescind the Forgotten's dominion over the beasts of the earth.
# Afflict all Forgotten Sons with a host of terrible boils. Let all mankind be scarred by the mark of my disappointment until they wither and die.
# Corrode the earth's iron and steel. Let the Forgotten Sons' buildings crumble and their bridges collapse. Let these monuments to the Forgotten's hubris fall.
# Consume the Forgotten's fuels. Let their homes grow cold, their automobiles sit forever in place, and their ships stay forever moored.
# Bring forth a lasting darkness to cloud the earth. Noon shall look as twilight, and midnight as black as an abyss. Let all days be winter. The Forgotten will no longer feel the sun's warmth.
# Take the children of the Forgotten Sons. Bring forth a terrible sickness to which my Chosen Sons are immune. Let the Forgotten die in their cribs; only my Chosen Sons shall grow to be of age.
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The Plagues were a series of ten bacteria and virus designed and propagated by the terrorist Different [[Cabot]]. The purpose of these creations was to devastate and cripple the human race. The individual Plagues varied in effectiveness but they cumulative effect was devastating. They are credited with creating conditions that killed over 75% of the worlds population and 50% of the American population, from 1980-1995.

In January of 1980, according to travel records, Chester [[Cabot]] traveled from New York to Israel. It is there, in Israel, that [[Cabot]] is believed to have released The Plagues. Although never confirmed, it is widely accepted that [[Cabot]] was a [[Bacteria Producer]] who's body generated the bacteria and viruses that made up The Plagues. Unlike other [[Bacteria Producer]]s he was unique in that he was somehow able to control the design of the organisms his body created. [[Cabot]] was able to manipulate what material his creations would consume, the shape of their cellular structure, their reproduction methods, and their longevity. Using these tools, Cabot was able to create the unique bacteria and viruses, he needed for his Plagues.

The Plagues were released in January of 1980 and the first reports of damage to infrastructure and crops that were consistent with Plagues started appearing in June of 1980 in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon. In December of 1980, there were reports in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. The Plagues quickly spread through Eastern Europe, Asia, and Australia. The first U.S. reports of damage consistent with the Plagues was in Portland Oregon in October of 1981. The Plagues quickly spread thought the United States, affecting the entire nation by February 1982, when a state of emergency was declared. The Plagues then spread into South America, Europe, and Africa. The entire globe was impacted by the end of 1982.

From 1982-1989, The Plagues wreaked havoc on U.S. property, infrastructure, fuel production, mining, and crop yields. In 1989. a private public partnership was formed with Ultracorps. Unique antibiotics and anti-bacterial substances were developed and deployed to halt the spread of The Plagues. Teams of Differents were also dispatched to combat outbreaks. [[Heater]]s would burn infected material that [[Speedster]] and [[Strong-Man]] Differents would gather up. By 1995, The Plagues were considered controls, although outbreaks can and do continue to occur on occasions. The U.S. government takes credit for the victory, although some experts argue that the repression of The Plagues was inevitable, as they had already consumed all of available material and died off naturally.

== The Individual Plagues ==

# A virus designed to spread throughout lifeforms that live in both salt and fresh water. This is conspired one of the least successful Plagues. The virus was devastating to fish and crustaceans populations, killing virtually every infected life form in a matter of hours. The extreme lethality of the virus ended up limiting its effects. Fish populations were decimated world-wide from 1981-1983, but the virus soon burnt itself out, killing all its host in populated areas before it could spread to more sparsely populated regions. The individuals who were sparred from the virus quickly propagated the newly emptied regions. In addition, the other Plagues caused a massive deceased in human fishing industry. This assisted in the recovery of fish populations. Populations had recovered to Pre-Plague levels by 1988, and quickly surpassed that. 

# A bacteria designed to consume plastic. This Plague was highly successfully. The bacteria Cabot