Black torc
Names: Black torcblack-torc syndromeblack-torc businessmaladaptation
First appears in Book 2: The Golden Torc, chapter 21 (8)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 21Black torc is a fatal syndrome in Tanu children under puberty: neural linkages degenerate, causing agony and death within about three weeks; removing the torc worsens it.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 10A maladaptation to the tore afflicting babies, causing fever, blisters and pain; most affected children die within two or three weeks.