Et Imperialis

Order. The frost imps on the outer circle kept the flame elemental surrounded. They observed it in turns ensuring a constant petrification gaze was on it. How had these frosts imps acquired an earth ability of the gorgon's I wondered. It turns out they earned it by rising up in a meritocracy. Each point costing gajillions of hours spent torturing their prisoner. Their prisoner was the savior of their race, the ancestor of these frost imps. He served gracefully, giving these imps an opportunity to practice torturing a higher being. He in turn learned more about his descendants resulting in his growth as a military commander.They loved him and he loved them. It wasn't true hurt and they knew it. So did he.