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Castle defenders pouring hot sand through a murder-hole to injure the attackers below (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"Oh yeah that, no, it's just a bit of a funny ironic name. We don't actually murder people in the murder hole. We just burn them horribly with sand that gets everywhere. And then maybe sometimes we do a little murder, as a treat."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

See, if you murder them, that happens all the time. But causing horrible full body burns regardless of armor,.now THAT is a lesson they'll take back to the siege camp