"The servants seem indifferent", Marc answers. "One of them explains that they have work to do elsewhere, and should bring the vegetables they have been asked for before the soup boils. The other, however, leads you close to the castle's door, and points you the right way to get to the temple of Mitra. In front of it, as the sign informs you, is chained 'Sir Padrin Lydin, Chief Huntsman of Westtower: Accused of negligence leading to the death of a noble. Awaiting further punishment'. The man looks at you prudently, but it sure seems that the past couple of days with his feet bound have taken their toll on him. And the rotten vegetables he's been pelted with probably didn't help, either.".<br/>"You m-m-mean they really haven't fed him?", Josh asks, almost incredulously. "Is...is that lawful?"<br/>"They didn't believe in wasting good food on prisoners, back then", Paco notes.<br/>"The stocks are both a public humiliation and a punishment by exposure", Marc explains patiently.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Examples of stocks, 1900<br/>(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocks#/media/File:Men_in_Bramhall_stocks_1900.jpg)</div></div>