![]() Grenade launchers? Fully-automatic shotgun? Claymore mines? Yes, yes, and yes. Consequently, in order to still present a threat, the monsters are much more powerful than in most B-movies, and the Hunters respond in kind. Correia's stated goal was to combine B-Movie monster tropes, but have the characters not be complete idiots. During the proceedings, judges forced the Samuels to demand that the devil release the girls from their spell by stating, “As I am a witch…so I charge the devil to let Mistress Throckmorton come out of her fit at this present.” When the possessed girls immediately recovered, the Samuels were found guilty and hanged as witches.Monster Hunter International is a contemporary Urban Fantasy/ Action Horror/ Gun Porn novel written by Larry Correia about a group of professional monster hunters. Charges were famously used in the 16th century witch trial of Alice Samuel and her husband and daughter, who were accused of bewitching five girls from the wealthy Throckmorton family. Other people would also utter the words to act as a “control,” and judges would then gauge whether the statements had any effect on the victim’s condition. IncantationsĪlso known as “charging,” this test involved forcing the accused witch to verbally order the devil to let the possessed victim come out of their fit or trance. If their symptoms improved after clawing at the accused’s skin, it was seen as partial evidence of guilt. This test was based on the notion that possessed people found relief by scratching the person responsible with their fingernails until they drew blood. In England and Scotland, the torture was eventually performed by well-paid professional “prickers,” many of whom were actually con men who used dulled needlepoints to identify fake witch’s marks.Īlong with pricking, the unfortunate suspect might also be subjected to “scratching” by their supposed victims. Witch-hunting books and instructional pamphlets noted that the marks were insensitive to pain and couldn’t bleed, so examiners used specially designed needles to repeatedly stab and prick at the accused person’s flesh until they discovered a spot that produced the desired results. If witch-hunters struggled to find obvious evidence of “witch’s marks” on a suspect’s body, they might resort to the ghastly practice of “pricking” as a means of sussing it out. In the midst of witch hunts, desperate villagers would sometimes even burn or cut off any offending marks on their bodies, only to have their wounds labeled as proof of a covenant with the devil. Moles, scars, birthmarks, sores, supernumerary nipples and tattoos could all qualify, so examiners rarely came up empty-handed. In both cases, it was easy for even the most minor physical imperfections to be labeled as the work of the devil himself. ![]() Prosecutors might also search for the “witches’ teat,” an extra nipple allegedly used to suckle the witch’s helper animals. ![]() This “Devil’s Mark” could supposedly change shape and color, and was believed to be numb and insensitive to pain. Witch-hunters often had their suspects stripped and publically examined for signs of an unsightly blemish that witches were said to receive upon making their pact with Satan. ![]()
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