[Endoperez]

Spells should always have an accompanying message. These effects include Hurricane, plague, raining toads, etc.I think the only way to Horror Mark someone from distance would be Horror Seed, at high-level Blood, but you might also have equipped your pretender with some item that has strange side-effects.

The plague event, possibly from Thaum 7 spell Plague, could've caused disease. Some events can cause curse, but IME they mostly hit the units, and commanders are affected only once in a great while. I think my pretender was targeted the turn she awakened, once, but it's been a while.