So way back, when I first joined CDO, I posted a link to this ancient torture device on Wikipedia for the benefit of people looking for ideas on sacrificial altars or Anvil of Doom stand-ins.
Lo and behold, tonight I see a new show on Discovery Channel called “Machines of Malice”, detailing some of history’s torture devices and there it is.
They don’t have the last part, showing the conduction of heat by bronze and the part where the ruler who commissioned it’s construction threw the creator in to test it out, but it might light some creative fires anyway.
Very Chaos Dwarf - if I were to model one, I’d probably add a grille into one side, so that Chaos Dwarf Sorcerer-Priests and Despots could watch the captives burn.
thats different !! but the smell of burnt cook flesh steam out of the bull!!
i think you can here the screams of the people thow
Kera foehunter
Actually, that was one of the cool design aspects to it. Because of a system of tubes and stops within the bull, the screams of the victim would exit the front sounding much like a bull. The smell was also converted into a spicy incense smell so that it wouldn't ruin the tyrant's feasts.
I think the whole story of the creation of the Brazen Bull is very Chaos Dwarfy as well.
Well even without the screaming, the heated air could be part of the design so that as the air was heated, raised to the top, and exited… it could be used to make noise.
It would be a nice way to keep the Hobgoblin population in check.
