If the death penalty is as rare as stated in the settings then how is there enough work for the two executioners already in the game? Do they double as torturers? moonlight as butchers? The guy in the Bronze Doors is certainly a torturer but his comment about heads and axes suggest executioner as well. The guy in Hydlaa is definitely an executioner. Perhaps he is this levels designated axeman and travels to where he is needed. I think he is in the cities pay though and not the octarch's or is there ultimately only the one level of government? That would mean he is the civilian executioner and the other the military one.
Any thoughts?
