One finger taken for each day Hythlodaeus had been in their custody (7 total) - each stump cauterised so the victim would not bleed to death before the ordeal was over. Each bone of the remaining fingers has been broken from the individual phalanges to the metacarpal bone, from the ulna and radius to the humerus, and then repeated in similarly painstaking fashion for the feet, ankles, and legs. Skin discolouration from bruising plus other pertinent signs on the corpse point to this being done BEFORE death.
This body hangs from an archway by several wires laced at the wrists, elbows, and shoulders. Hence its name, 'the puppet'. It has been hanging just long enough that its weight means the wires have begun to cut into the flesh. The marks on the corpse associated with the wires indicate they occurred AFTER death.
Certain people will recognise this fae as being the one who initially threatened Emet-Selch at his shop.
EXTRA: The wire is unusually devoid of any of the usual manufacturing marks more modern characters may associate with steel production, but maybe this isn't so unusual in a place where alchemists can make almost anything out of natural materials.
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1) THE PUPPET
This body hangs from an archway by several wires laced at the wrists, elbows, and shoulders. Hence its name, 'the puppet'. It has been hanging just long enough that its weight means the wires have begun to cut into the flesh. The marks on the corpse associated with the wires indicate they occurred AFTER death.
Certain people will recognise this fae as being the one who initially threatened Emet-Selch at his shop.
EXTRA: The wire is unusually devoid of any of the usual manufacturing marks more modern characters may associate with steel production, but maybe this isn't so unusual in a place where alchemists can make almost anything out of natural materials.