Hogfarb's Resplendent Immolation

Hogfarb's Resplendent Immolation is a disease. Apparently one that involves making like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911. Resplendently. Its initial symptoms include sweating, fever, and delusions, as well as a number of fun happy color changes, perhaps making it somewhat mistakable for Vericus Pantelix's (which sounds worse than it is, really, not at all like Hogfarb's). Apparently, when one contracts Hogfarb's, one spends some time turning, which is not good and sets it apart from other diseases involving technicolor dream skin. Hogfarb's is also.

Besides the initial stage one symptoms, little is known about Hogfarb's, other than that there is a slight chance that the victim might melt instead of bursting into flames once. The disease is perhaps triggered by chroma igniters invading a person's immune system, since their removal would apparently prevent the whole immolating thing. It is possible to be to some degree, but this vaccine doesn't seem to be widely available to, or perhaps even widely desired by, the general public. Under ideal conditions, treatment may require the use of Hypatia's Clove (the red kind).

Additionally, Hogfarb's does not seem to receive equal coverage in all medical classes, as Agatha had apparently never heard of it (or Chromatic Death) before. Professor Fauve, of the University of Paris, however, did see fit to include it in his curriculum.

Hogfarb's Resplendent Immolation and You
In the process of storming Castle Heterodyne, Tarvek Sturmvoraus seems to have contracted a case of Hogfarb's. What a pity. Due to a lack of proper medical supplies and equiptment, Agatha and Gil are currently attempting to save Tarvek's life with a modified procedure. It is (September 2009).

We first see Tarvek differently colored. The following is a list of Tarvek's color changes. Perhaps they can help us understand this magnificent disease better. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.