Whether the plague on the Purelake has anything to do with the fact that the magic fish form symbiotic bonds with spren?
No. Worldhoppers brought a disease to Roshar that they didn’t have before. It’s the common cold. Rosharans’ investiture makes it so they’re usually a healthy bunch so something like the cold is kind of frightening. “Its a plague of the sniffles”.
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