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Chapter 6

"Burn her!" was shouted by the mob of simple villagers as the woman cowered
before them, cornered like a beast during a nobleman's hunt. Surely death has
come for her, she thought, for one as cursed as she must truly be hated by
the Gods. What had she done to deserve this? Beaten and violated in the dark
while on a mushroom hunting trip to the forest and begotten with child was bad
enough. Now she was assaulted by her own people for it. Fortunately for her,
a man astride a proud stallion rode in to see what the commotion was about.
He demanded of the villagers, "What is this then?" To which the village elder
responded, "Sir Inquisitor, this woman is accursed with an abomination! See
the child she has cradled to her breast? It is black of skin and tainted with
the cursed blood of the drow!" The Inquisitor looked over to see that the
elder spoke true. However, not being ignorant as the villagers, the
Inquisitor saw only gain in the exotic goods to be had. A female drow slave,
whatever the lineage and purity of parentage, could bring a good price or
even a better favor from those above him. The Inquisitor turned to the elder
and said, "Give her unto me and I will see to her demise properly." The
villagers could only grumble as their sport was taken from them north upon
the Imperial Road towards the city itself. Unfortunately for the woman, her
previous fate may have been kinder. While her child was given to the one of
the senior priests, she was kept for the personal joy of the Inquisitor who
"saved" her.