Teth walked into the Senate, carrying the head of the man who had order her execution. Covered in blood, teeth bared, she threw the severed head onto the floor and dared any man take it, promising her own if they could wrest it from her.

None dared. The Senators ordered their nomistic soldiers to kill her but, tired of murdering innocents to fill their masters’ coffers, silence was the only reply.

This permeated the chamber until a hysterical aristocrat screamed at the closest guard to, “Do something!” The soldier’s only response was to draw his sword and throw it at the Senator’s feet. The message was clear.

Do it yourself.

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