Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-12599067-20140629231702/@comment-11457306-20140702024019

(I can't see a way out, either, Kenyon, unless your companion saves you in some way.  Billy, you gonna kill him off?  Seems rather excessive.)

"The common folk just want to get on with raising their children and their crops.  I understand that.  There's not a lot they can do, either.  The Empire sucks up everything it touches, controls it--brands it and sells it.  Look, here." Tegan turned slightly and pulled down one side of her tunic to reveal the top of one breast, just enough so he could see. "This happened early on in the war--I was captured briefly and rescued then, fortunately."

Displayed on her soft skin was a brand, an Imperial sigil, the traditional Dragon inside a Diamond which one could see displayed on a red background on their banners--but there was no red background here, only the pale white of her skin. "They branded me like a horse.  Did other things to me to.  I'll leave you to guess the details."