The Other Prodigal Sons

The Other Prodiigal Sons is the twenty-third chapter of Tales of Sheol'gotha:  Shadow of the Abaddon.

Synopsis
Following Wiq'tin's capture, Valon takes to questioning him inside Flagstone while the gita packs are rummaged through. Resistant to answering any questions, Wiq'tin doesn't offer anything  even as the packs are pulled open and a demoness is revealed. It is suggested that she was intended for Surtur's harem, and he orders Imma to take her to the keep and look after her. He asks the soldiers whether they know of a healer and one suggests a sorcerer that Surtur used. Suspecting this sorcerer of being involved in the upkeep of the veil, Valon dispatches the soldier and Soltas to find it.

Returning his attention to Wiq'tin, the shifter admits that they knew about Shozir and threatens Valon with Abaddon's wrath. After insulting Valon's family once again, Valon is left with a terrible rage in his mind and no ability to quell it after the precedent of Shozir. He takes Palus' axe and takes away one of Wiq'tin's arms, then quickly cauterizes it with magical fire. Ignorant to his half-brother's pleas he repeats the action for the second arm, then scars the shifter's chests. He removes the tongue, gouges out the eyes, and scarifies the back with the Eurynome symbol, and the crowd watching on seems to offer little impact on his actions.

When he finishes at last, he throws the body over Soltas' gita, telling the scoutmaster to take it far from Flagstone, and telling Wiq'tin to find his family and hope for a merciful death. When Palus tries to speak to him, Valon snaps at him, and offers the same display to anyone else who does not get back to what they were doing.

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