They say the worst is the last mile before getting to the Dulla's gates, alongside the infamous Alley of the Damned, where the gutter of the city is sentenced to slow, agonizing impalations. Unredeemable rebellious sex slaves, pickpockets, lazy household slaves or runaways.
Empty promises of eternal sexual favors are made from some, alongside with pleas for a quick death from others. A trader would do best to ignore all this if he doesn't want to incur the anger of the guards that ensure the sentence is carried through.
The punishment is deceptively simple. The condemned is anally impaled in a blunt stakes while the lower wooden rest is adjusted so the stake enters the body very little when legs are fully extended, then the feet are nailed to the wooden piece on the bottom of the stake. In time, the legs start to give way, beginning a slow self-impalation, interrupted by sudden push upwards when some stamina is regained. This up and down can take up to two days for really strong women. The weaker ones die before sundown.
A common bet among the guards is who's going to the Gods first. They are measuring with expert eyes every newcomer to the Alley and heated bets follows. Someone will win big, it could be you!
Inspired by this drawing, don't know the author.
JD's bazaar
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Thatìs how cats sound everywhere. But the word "katzen" in italian sound rather like cocks. And not those who go cock-a-doodle-doo...
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Good narrative description, particularly the cruelty of the method of execution. As to download/file.php?id=89988&mode=view, what can I say? Admirable use of perspective, of the bodies in different stages of impalement. Then the details: the cart wheel ruts, the skeleton sans head (which I took as comic relief).doe.1971 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 26, 2026 2:13 pm They say the worst is the last mile before getting to the Dulla's gates, alongside the infamous Alley of the Damned, where the gutter of the city is sentenced to slow, agonizing impalations. Unredeemable rebellious sex slaves, pickpockets, lazy household slaves or runaways.
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