The Torment is a Flaxen punishment drug that stimulates pain receptors throughout the body while nearly paralyzing the victim. It is used to discipline soldiers whose offenses do not warrant execution.
Names, outcomes, and discoveries from later histories are concealed in spoiler-light mode.
Also recorded as: Torment
Purpose and use
The Flaxens used the drug against soldiers whose offenses did not warrant execution, combining discipline with preservation of military manpower. Claudius ordered it used on Brookes after his failure at Cylli. Brookes endured approximately twenty-four hours before he could stand again, with residual pain continuing.[1]
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Sources
Simon Evans, The Flaxen Tyranny, first edition (2023). Page numbers refer to the printed pagination of the source edition.
- Chapter 24 · pp. 194