Mediums and Messages

Glaugust 25 - d6666 Upcoming Executions

William Denton. Hell Broke Loose, or, The murder of Louis, vide, the Account of that Unfortunate Monarch's Execution. 1793.

Challenge 2:

Random Encounter Table: Dangerous Badass About To Be Executed (think Zoro's introduction in One Piece)

The prisoner to be executed is...

  1. Ser Elora Bluestrake, the Queen's Champion and the Ribbon Knight.
  2. Caiaphas Berlow, Captain of the brigandine Brazen Maiden.
  3. Barsa, a cantankerous but well-known theologian, philosopher, and author.
  4. Asik Wood, cat burglar, contortionist, and local heart-throb.
  5. Fegard the Cyan, unlicensed wizard and rumored diabolist.
  6. "Big Lucia," a colossal silver church bell.

They have been sentenced to death for the crime(s) of...

  1. their liege and lord. Someone has to go to the gallows to avoid royal embarrassment.
  2. piracy, smuggling, and the attempted bribery of officials of the court.
  3. impiety, indecency, and corrupting the youth.
  4. trespassing, grand larceny, and flagrant adultery.
  5. performing forbidden magics that risk the stability of the Mundane World.
  6. falling from a great height onto the Bishop during their recent visit, instantly crushing him.

The method of execution will be...

  1. decapitation by the royal headsman.
  2. hanging by the neck followed by public display as a warning to others.
  3. poison, either drunk straight from the flask or injected into a symbolically appropriate food item.
  4. a rigged duel versus the aggrieved party (or their champion).
  5. determined soon. Their captors don't know what to do with them just yet.
  6. being melted down in a great crucible.

They seem unconcerned because...

  1. while they are innocent, they are oath-bound to accept their punishment without flinching.
  2. they anticipate their followers arriving to spring them any moment now.
  3. they have already put the terrible truth they know into circulation and they would rather die than recant.
  4. they have already slipped their bonds and are just waiting for the right moment to make a break for it.
  5. they are warded against physical harm and their captors know it.
  6. they are composed of solid metal and thus incapable of showing concern.

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