Bronoda's eyes were wide open. His heart thundered hard in his chest.
Just a few meters away from him were two of his fellow adjudicators.
Only, they were far more than that. Both men had become a breath of fresh air in the stillness that was the Murkroot Hollow.
He, Danne, and Kesim had been close ever since he was transferred to the Murkroot Hollow.
His days here were either boring or far too dangerous, and his drunken nights along with his friends were what kept his mind in one piece in this accursed city.
Only now, they both laid on the ground in front of him, utterly battered. Clothes torn to shreds, figures drenched in crimson blood.
Their faces were indistinguishable, countless blows had disfigured them. Bronoda could see their limbs bent in unnatural angles, in ways that shouldn't be.