Difference between revisions of "Sheler"

Sheler later moved to the border to fight the [[Herdaz]]ians, and he learned their language over time. Using the invasion of his homeland by [[singer]]s as an excuse, he robbed and murdered Herdazian civilians and abused their women. When he was taken captive by the Herdazian general [[Dieno]] enne Calah]], he demanded the "right of ransom", but Dieno told him that he had forfeited that right by committing war crimes. Instead, Sheler was given three options for punishment: beheading by the women that he abused, being tortured with a hammer and hung from a cliff with no protection from the [[highstorm]], or wrestling "the hog". He chose to fight the hog, assuming it was a pig, and began to formulate plans to seek vengeance on the Herdazians for humiliating him. He was doused in a foul-smelling oil and left shackled on the beach as the Herdazians used a horn to summon the hog, which was actually a huge sea creature with enormous claws. Sheler saw the creature break the surface of the ocean while the Herdazians placed wagers on how long he would survive; his ultimate fate is unknown.{{book ref|sa3|i|10}}