Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150828165808/@comment-25418438-20151002102420

Tiberius stared at the gallows tree of Shornhelm. Three people hung there by the neck, the first was the captured Blade Silas Secundas, although his face had been mutilated beyond recognition, the second, a petty thief caught robbing the King's damaged manor, and finally the Dunmer Vampiress Aleri Indoril, staked in the chest with a sword for good measure. Tiberius reached for his flask but the dead bodies in his sight put him off the idea of quenching his thirst.

Before long, King Emeric approached Tiberius with a bemused smirk on his face. "You know you've been out here since these bastards were hung at dawn, I know because I heard the vampire bitch screaming about the sunlight for over an hour before someone drove a sword through her chest."

"I can't help it" Tiberius uttered  "The wolfman's bride and the Blade were unnecessarily killed, we could've still used both of them"

"The only use that the vampire had was leverage against Wolfida, but since he has failed to assassinate King Roberto means he is either dead or working against us, as such I bear no regret for fufilling a promise I made."

"What of the Blade?"

"The damage you did torturing the poor bugger meant he was only fit for being a hostage or a corpse, and since the Emperor is hardly going to abdicate his throne for him, I saw no point in him breathing any longer."

Tiberius shrugged.

"Come my friend i'll take you back to the city, the men look to you for guidance."

"What of the bodies, if they are identified by.....?"

"Nevermind the bodies, i'll have them burnt to ash then use it as fertilizer, no one need know that an agent of the Emperor died here today."

Tiberius gave up, he still felt ashamed of his part in the execution of a man who had stayed loyal to Augurius in the war but decided to return to the castle with his liege.