The oppressive rule of the Lords' regime over the peasants and villagers, enforced through brutal Selection rituals and institutionalized suffering

The Lords' enforcer Habris arrives to conduct the annual Selection, a ritual of oppression where peasants are seized for forced labor. Ivo, a villager tasked with choosing victims, nearly fails …

Habris reports to the ruling Lords that the Doctor and Romana have vanished from their village. Camilla demands why Habris did not seize them sooner, while Habris nervously claims they …