Weeks passed. Elara’s skin, once pale and soft, became chapped and dirty. Her hands blistered from the manual labor they forced upon her—scrubbing blood from floors, hauling water from the frozen stream. They didn't lock her in chains initially; they didn't need to. The mountains themselves were the prison.
: Watching powerful characters lose their status and agency is a recurring theme in tragic or dark narratives. buta no gotoki sanzoku ni torawarete top