[ He thinks about it, and then starts to tick things off on his fingers. ]
When I was seven years old, I fought another seven year old and killed him in order to join a gang. When I was sixteen I joined an assassin's guild. I was very good at that, couldn't tell you how many people I killed. Enough that I was in line for a promotion. When I got out of prison, I assassinated a whole swath of nobles who had been involved in sending me to prison in the first place, in ways that were public and disturbing enough that a whole city was scared of me. I've tortured countless people for information.
[ That's four. He keeps going. ]
I tortured a man to death by cutting his fingers off one by one, and then ripped his tongue out and nailed it to his chest -- oh, twice, actually. The first time was a public display, the second time was years later and with someone entirely different. More torture, more blackmail, few counts of kidnapping, treason, and arson...
cw: description of gore, torture, murder, child death
When I was seven years old, I fought another seven year old and killed him in order to join a gang. When I was sixteen I joined an assassin's guild. I was very good at that, couldn't tell you how many people I killed. Enough that I was in line for a promotion. When I got out of prison, I assassinated a whole swath of nobles who had been involved in sending me to prison in the first place, in ways that were public and disturbing enough that a whole city was scared of me. I've tortured countless people for information.
[ That's four. He keeps going. ]
I tortured a man to death by cutting his fingers off one by one, and then ripped his tongue out and nailed it to his chest -- oh, twice, actually. The first time was a public display, the second time was years later and with someone entirely different. More torture, more blackmail, few counts of kidnapping, treason, and arson...