I am fighting with a stye for two weeks now. It’s some kind of bacteria infection of the eyelids’ glands. It’s really annoying: itching, burning, red swollen eye… the first ointment didn’t help much, so I had to revisit the doctor yesterday. Now I got a salve with cortisone and antibiotics, which should help more. At least I hope so. Otherwise I have to visit a specialist next week.
In German we simply say “Gerstenkorn” or “Hagelkorn”: barleycorn or hailstone. BTW, another word for stye in English is hordeolum.
Not that I play WoW anymore but this somehow reminds me of: For the Horde! 
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