Kosh

Kosh is the Rüreg ritual of public execution by burning alive.

Victims are stripped naked and all their body hair is shaved. An iron mask is placed on their face, and they are led through the streets, where townsfolk traditionally throw matches or other small flaming objects at them.

They are placed on a large dais made of iron in the town square. Their feet and arms are locked in place with iron chains.

Then, after the convict's crime is read aloud, they are given one last chance to defend themselves with words. This is purely for show, and once they are finished their speech, the execution begins.

A soldier wielding a flamethrower begins to roast them, the iron around their bodies increasing the severity of the pain and burning. The mask they wear is specifically designed to amplify screams, audible to all.

As they burn, a fire priest reads out a declaration that "fire is the great purifier, the arbiter of all that is right and wrong".

Once the victim is dead, their body is buried. Cremation is the typical form of burial in Rüreg culture, but criminals are buried unceremoniously in unmarked graves.

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