Maidhc O Casain
Na Bith Mo Riocht Tá!
You reach your place atop the monastery walls, and Houwlou's words are quickly proven as two scenes unfold before you. In the town itself, a group of six gnolls has taken a human prisoner to the open square west of the battle market. By the time you begin your 'viewing,' they've staked the poor man to the ground and begun pulling out his intestines and inner organs with red-hot iron tongs. His screams are loud enough that you can hear their faint echoes all the way across the pesh fields.
A second group of gnolls must have left the town some time before; they're leading another captive into the pesh fields close by the monastery. As you watch, the gnolls lead their bound prisoner to a large cleared area in the middle of the pesh cactus fields, where they force him to his knees and lash the rope securing his wrists to a stake in the ground. Thereafter, the gnolls begin beating the ground with over sized staves, setting up a rhythmic drumming. After about 30 seconds of this pounding, they tuck their staves under their arms and begin walking quickly back toward Kelmarane. Their prisoner remains bound to the stake, plainly too beaten and worn to even attempt to do anything about his situation.
A second group of gnolls must have left the town some time before; they're leading another captive into the pesh fields close by the monastery. As you watch, the gnolls lead their bound prisoner to a large cleared area in the middle of the pesh cactus fields, where they force him to his knees and lash the rope securing his wrists to a stake in the ground. Thereafter, the gnolls begin beating the ground with over sized staves, setting up a rhythmic drumming. After about 30 seconds of this pounding, they tuck their staves under their arms and begin walking quickly back toward Kelmarane. Their prisoner remains bound to the stake, plainly too beaten and worn to even attempt to do anything about his situation.
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