The rain splashed in the muddy puddle that had formed under the wooden saddle that had been installed in the center of the court yard. Atop it was a young women, whose pale flesh stood out against the dark red ground that surrounded her. Her arms and legs were bound by thick wet ropes tied tight against the rough wooden post the saddle sat on. She was naked, sparing a wooden plank hung around her neck that read “WHORE.” It hadn’t stopped raining since they put her there, and she didn’t even realize she was shivering, her body was so numb to the cold.