But his words fell on deaf ears, for everyone else was in their own personal hell. Obscura Affectum had been a product of the Death Wand; each and every person in the room was plunged into pitch blackness, forced into their own misery, unable to grasp anything of reality other than the most horrific visions they could endure–the experience of watching their loved ones be tortured to death. If not ended, the curse would cause the affected to die a slow, excruciating death as the emotional suffering transitioned into unbearable physical pain.