Flames die as Sarns turn on die Master
The Sarn laser weapon serves as the instrument of violent orthodoxy in the Hall of Fire, its pale blue discharge a seam of death cutting through Malkon’s protest. Held with mechanical precision by a guard clad in ceremonial attire, the weapon is discharged without hesitation upon Timanov’s decree, its lethal purpose unquestioned in this sacred chamber. It leaves a corpse in its wake but fulfills the cult’s demand for immediate, unquestioning obedience to ritual authority.
Before:
Possessed by a Sarn guard, fully operational and charged with lethal purpose, carried in ceremonial readiness.
After:
Discharged once in this moment, its power revealed and its role in the cult’s obedience confirmed. Physically unaltered but narratively significant as the agent of Malkon’s execution.