On the night of 25 February, five-six royal guards first seize Caitlyn, then Emilia, dragging them furtively from wherever they're sleeping. Rope, old-timey chloroform or threats against innocents nearby may be used liberally — whatever is likelier to get your girls going. Their pendants are confiscated.
The two ladies are brought into the Gut's Bind, to the fourth glacier lake. The guards quarrel among themselves, while the ferocious creature guarding the waters seems to keep a respectful distance. It is, notably, alive and alert.
Seemingly unable to decide, they push both Caitlyn and Emilia in the lake, forcing them to walk up until the water reaches their knees. Then, farther on, until the water rises to their waistline. The absence of any reaction — the water is cold, but otherwise uneventful, and the creature does not seem prone to come near to the shoreline and attack — bemuses the soldiers, who keep the women there, submerged, for some time — 15 minutes for Caitlyn, 20 minutes for Emilia. Noticing no effect, they curse each other out, along with their dreadful luck, and make them swear to keep silent, before returning their pendants.
They retreat without further action, seemingly insisting among themselves that they're certain an anonymous 'he' gave the order about one of the women, and muttering about their feet. The guards do not bear any marks affiliating them with a specific royal (Thyvault/Vataz/Galatea/Deimar/Haiva).
EMILIA & CAITLYN
On the night of 25 February, five-six royal guards first seize Caitlyn, then Emilia, dragging them furtively from wherever they're sleeping. Rope, old-timey chloroform or threats against innocents nearby may be used liberally — whatever is likelier to get your girls going. Their pendants are confiscated.
The two ladies are brought into the Gut's Bind, to the fourth glacier lake. The guards quarrel among themselves, while the ferocious creature guarding the waters seems to keep a respectful distance. It is, notably, alive and alert.
Seemingly unable to decide, they push both Caitlyn and Emilia in the lake, forcing them to walk up until the water reaches their knees. Then, farther on, until the water rises to their waistline. The absence of any reaction — the water is cold, but otherwise uneventful, and the creature does not seem prone to come near to the shoreline and attack — bemuses the soldiers, who keep the women there, submerged, for some time — 15 minutes for Caitlyn, 20 minutes for Emilia. Noticing no effect, they curse each other out, along with their dreadful luck, and make them swear to keep silent, before returning their pendants.
They retreat without further action, seemingly insisting among themselves that they're certain an anonymous 'he' gave the order about one of the women, and muttering about their feet. The guards do not bear any marks affiliating them with a specific royal (Thyvault/Vataz/Galatea/Deimar/Haiva).