The Impish Kid of 600 Years Ago

News of the witch's execution by fire had spread throughout the city.

In the Dark Ages, people lived in mental slavery. While royalty and aristocrats could hunt, garden, and indulge in endless banquets to pass their time, the civilians were destitute. Under the double oppression of the church and the aristocrats, any emotional expression could be labeled as witchcraft. This extreme "purification of the mind" spawned a more radical and distorted emotional catharsis: the witch hunt.

The sky had been overcast since dawn. The lead-colored clouds hung low over the city like a hood in the horizon. The clouds had been blocking the sunlight, preventing its rays from reaching the land below. The only source of light was the faint glow occasionally leaking through the gaps in the clouds. The morning chill wind was humid, sweeping through the moldy alleys and across the muddy streets, which stank to the high heavens.