stackyFACTSBeing an executioner wasn't just a grim state job; it came with an incredibly lucrative side hustle in the mystical black market.
Being an executioner wasn't just a grim state job; it came with an incredibly lucrative side hustle in the mystical black market. Blood, fat, and bone from executed criminals were believed to hold immense alchemical power, especially if the person died violently. Executioners would literally bottle the blood of the condemned and sell it to eager crowds of apothecaries and mystics waiting right by the scaffold. Capitalism at its absolute darkest.
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