The Hangsman's Plague was an affliction that surfaced around the year 129 of the Fifth Age, and was rampant among sailors and fishermen in the Southern Sea. It is spoken of in Postbag from the Hedge issue 43, in the journal of Duke Horacio's father, which recounts an expedition to Crandor, which was, at the time, a wealthy island-city of accomplished mages and adventurers, with a large market which attracted people from all over Gielinor, including Gnomes, Fremenniks and even Jogres.