The Afflicted are cursed creatures that plague the land of Cantha. They are living creatures ‐ animals, humans, plants — that have gotten too close to the malevolent spirit of Shiro Tagachi. Despite rumors to the contrary, the disease is not contagious, and only spreads through contact with Shiro.

Afflicted look like a grotesque misshapen pile of human organs (and body parts of other creatures) shambling about. Some are more human-shaped than others. Most of them appear to have large, swollen tumors on their bodies. They retain the combat strengths of their former selves, but their powers are altered and augmented in terrible ways by the Affliction. Upon death they explode in a putrid manner causing high damage in an effect called Afflicted Soul Explosion.

The Afflicted can be found throughout Cantha, on Shing Jea Island, in the narrow alleys of Kaineng City and even making assaults in the Echovald Forest and the Jade Sea. In any area they are found, they will be hostile to all other creatures except Shiro'ken and (usually) the Am Fah.

Contents 1 Known subtypes 2 See also 3 Notes 4 Trivia

Known subtypes Edit

Humanoid Afflicted
Name	Low-level	Mid-level	High-level
Afflicted Warrior	14	20	24
Afflicted Ranger	14	20	24
Afflicted Monk	14	20	24
Afflicted Necromancer	14	20	24
Afflicted Mesmer	10	20	24
Afflicted Elementalist	10	20	24
Afflicted Assassin	14	20	24
Afflicted Ritualist	12	20	24
Collectable Drop	Augmented Flesh	Putrid Cyst	Pulsating Growth

Animal Afflicted
11 Afflicted Ravager	13 Afflicted Bull

See also Edit

• Sickened, a related condition/group.
• Category:Afflicted, which shows all Afflicted (including Bosses and quest-specific Afflicted)

Notes Edit

• Afflicted are generally friendly with the Am Fah, however a few are not (the reasons for either reaction are not explained in the game).
• The Luxons and the Kurzicks seem to think Affliction is a disease:
  • The dialogue in the Gyala Hatchery mission suggests the Luxons misunderstand the source.
  • After defeating the incoming hordes in The Eternal Grove, both groups burn the corpses of the fallen, as if Affliction spread like plague.
• Afflicted bosses do not drop green items, as do most other Canthan bosses.
• There are no vegetative Afflicted, even though the Guild Wars Factions manuscript mentions that plants, too, can suffer from Shiro's presence.

Trivia Edit

• A few Afflicted bosses appear to be former students of Shing Jea Monastery. There are also a large number of Afflicted bosses with the same names as Shing Jea students, but different professions.
• The Afflicted resemble the Flood in the Halo video game series.