Think RoboCop meets Judge Dredd meets Perry Mason meets The Punisher
Is there any players that find that the executioner is nothing more than a cancer card? Ever since they changed him he has become too strong in damage and wave clear capability. 90% of my matches in 5900+ have an executioner...
I was just listening to a fascinating podcast on the death penalty and was surprised to hear that there’s an abundance of people volunteering for Utah’s firing squads, which is the method of execution there. Then a proponent of the death penalty made a great point that they don’t go far enough in that 1 of the 5 shooters in a firing squad have a blank and not a real bullet. He said it’s symptomatic of our aversion to taking responsibility, and that people who call the firing squad barbaric or regressive are kidding themselves that methods like lethal injection are civilized and clean.
What sort of person becomes a public executioner? Did the role attract psychopaths? Did it make psychopaths?
Apologies for the ugly grammar.
For example actors were among the lowest class in Rome, but were respected in Ancient Greece. In Feudal Japan, merchants were lower than farmers. What are other jobs that changed in status?
Executioners in Europe didn't have hoods, I'm going to start out with that.
"wow great hook" said none of you.
Anyway, most of the time (tiny disclaimer, this is a huge generalization, but whatever) they didn't even try to hide their identities. In fact, often they were branded so everyone will know they're executioners.
People didn't like executioners. Not "I'm going to hit you with my radishes" type of "not like," more "sir, please leave my radish shop." They were seen as unclean and unfit for some areas of society, so basically segregation.
This is partly because most executioners back then were criminals who were offered an alternative, or kids of said criminals.
Oh yeah, if an executioner had kids, they were also generally outcasts and might take up the family business.
Said business wasn't just "big axe," they also did other things no one wanted to do, like cleaning refuse or torturing prisoners.
Speaking of torture, some executioners could have been bribed to slip a condemned man some alcohol so their death with be less painful. Or if they just liked the guy.
So people didn't think executioners were bad, they just didn't like them being near everyone else.
Religious views of executioners varied. In some places, a priest would forgive executioners after each kill, in others, they didn't bother cause they thought they were just going to hell anyway.
But as I said, they weren't usually seen as bad, just unfortunate, so it was perfectly possible for an executioner to rise up in the eyes of high society, if they were a nice guy and good at their job.
But often times they just lived in shacks outside of the city or town. Not even a place in the slum, just a shack in the woods. You know, you start to feel bad for them.
Anyway, that's an overgeneralized view of executioners in a specific time and history thst yoy probably knew all about already, have a nice day.
Writer's note: Had to reupload because I jacked up the title. And yes. This is a lot of foreshadowing. How did you know?
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James looked at the books with great interest. He recognized a few of them from his college classes, and was incredibly envious of the copy of Grey's Anatomy, even if it was a touch out of date. He also blushed a bit when he saw the flowers, champagne, and card.
Or at least he did until he read the card. The card's message was nice. But he was smart enough to read the subtext in it. The long and short of the message was; Congratulations on fucking up successfully. Still, it was a nice enough gesture.
Naturally Kela and Amina had accompanied him to the Summoning Room when they'd gotten word of a package arriving. It had arrived in a similar padded box to last time. Sure enough, when James had pulled apart some of the foam he'd found more ammo. He resolved to let the other side know that the spy-craft wasn't necessary with that anymore. But he could do that later.
Amina loved the flowers. Especially the white lilies, which apparently didn't exist in this world. James made a note to take one to one of the druids, if he could, and see if they could germinate some of them. Then he actually touched them and realized that they were fake. Very well made, and likely expensive. But still fake.
Probably safer that way. He thought. Who knows what our plants would do to this world's ecosystem. Then he had a disturbing thought. Wait. Are those bugged? Fuck I don't even know how I would find that out without destroying them. Whatever.
He explained to Amina and Kela that the flowers and the bottle of champagne were gifts for their engagement. He left out what the books were for. He wanted them to be a surprise. Instead he told them that he wanted the books to help him with some magic he wanted to try. This wasn't entirely a lie, but he wouldn't be the one trying the magic. At least not any time soon.
By the time he'd finished explaining that, Veliry had arrived. She'd been notified of the package's arrival and had been on her way. But James had also sent one of the servants to bring her quickly, that he had things she might be able to use to help him with his magic.
When she got there he pulled her aside and told
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