Webrokshar

Webrokshar is a much-fearer punishment for treachery in Harthera, traditionally used for traitors against family, Church and State. It is so feared because according to Hartheranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr belief and the Church of Hartrah, it condemns the victim to eternal torment.

The rite of Webrokshar is based on an ancient Chelidt ritual, yebrogzar, revived in the 5th century to punish heretics against the reformation of the church.

During the ritual, the traitor, who may be either alive or dead, is securely bound and locked in a strong wooden casket, then buried in the ground, accompanied by a ritual chant of condemnation. Occasionally parts of the body are chained or nailed to the casket.

The Church of Hartrah has a taboo against burial, in the belief that it traps the soul. The traitor's soul is then said to be forever trapped in the earth, an eternity of suffering, rather than being released to eternal freedom in the sky and waters.

The ritual remains the ultimate penalty for treason in Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr, though nowadays is very rare. According to folkloreplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFolklore

Folklore

This is in a series of articles about oral traditions, tales, folk practices, and folklore.

topics cult1, the worst traitors are believed to be interred alive in the bowels of the Detatedn Palace in Vahltor, drip fed a meagre amount of water and nutrition to prolong their suffering sometimes for years.

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The Eloyoun people are an ethnic group found throughout eastern and northeastern Anásthias. They are the majority ethnicity in Kahtoyn and most of southern Harthera. Modern Hartheran language and culture is a blend of Eloyoun and Iskean.

The Eloyoun people claim descent from the ancient realm of lands in the south, soldiers and missionaries from the Church of Hartrah routinely dug up cemeteries and burned the bodies, in an attempt to “free” the spirits of ancestors, Cultural awareness of the ritual