Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160322224717/@comment-24510587-20160324221843

~17th of Morning Star

A crowd had gathered at the bottom of the bridge leading to Castle Anvil. On the top of the arch, Faustus and his courtiers stood, along with a number of guards and a chained Servius Luctis. House Luctis' head of the family had been positioned at the side of the bridge, next to the guardrail.

The crowd was murmuring, but as the Chancellor, Flavius, stepped up onto a small scaffold, they quieted down. Flavius cleared his throat, and began to speak. "Before you today stands Servius of House Luctis. He has been arrested on the grounds of rebelling against the Monarch of the Golden Coast-" from the crowd, some "yeah"s and "traitor"s were shouted "-high treason against the Imperium-" a couple of people booed, and one was so brave as to throw a tomato at Servius, but the woman who did it was quickly subdued by two guards "-and betraying the people of Anvil. For these crimes, he will be sentenced to death." The crowd cheered and roared in agreement. Two guards turned Servius to face towards the sea while they put a noose, which had been fastened to the bridge, around his neck, and then forced him to climb up onto the balustrade. When Faustus gave the signal, they pushed him off. The gurgling sounds of strangulation could be heard below the bridge for a few moments before it became silent. A few fishermen, who had been observing from their boat, were the only one who could properly see the late head of House Luctis dangle under the bridge.