#Iron Maiden Torture Device

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FORESHADOWING HER ON-SCREEN DEATH BY MEDIEVAL TORTURE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a portrait and the full shot of American actress/model/Tim Burton muse, Lisa Marie, photographed emerging from an iron maiden medieval torture device, c. 1994. 📸: Tim Burton.

Resolution at 1575x1871 & 736x975.

Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/398920479466414938 &

[ao3-crack]

(x)

[huntthemouse]

Iron Maiden Mickey

330/365 #hunt the device

hes been splatted with pink paint! no wonder he's so miserable.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

[lightboundhellhound]

i was struck with inspiration

forgive me as im not the most knowledgeable on torture devices, but i did do my research! i tried anyway lol

and there was a thought process behind most of these placements. i hope the taurus brazen bull doesn’t need explained lmao

[enjoymorestuff]

Lina Galore, Drag Race Italia

[postcard-from-the-past]

"Iron maiden" torture device in Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany

German vintage postcard

[kurohaai]

Reject fish 🙅‍♀️🦈 become clown 🙏🤡

My newest fantroll just dropped ayo Bonus my train of thought while making her below:

Also Sepida (the gf) belongs to @halloweensuittruffles!

[dumbassacademia]

This is the funniest thing I’ve read in months

(101 Most Horrible Tortures In History-Stephen Liddell)

(also if you’re confused the word “away” in reference to the prisoners is supposed to be “awake”)

[ndostairlyrium]

what would you even do with so many iron maidens???

[jadeprismm]

'How much more?' (2023)

This was the last painting I did for 2023.

I've always been drawn to the concept of an 'Iron Maiden' because it almost always seemed to symbolise how I felt in my daily life usually.

I thought I had recently escaped it but after recent events it's seems I'm back inside.

Please dm if you are interested in purchasing from me (UK/Ireland).

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A RECURRING MOVIE PROP IN THE WORLD OF TIM BURTON -- THE IRON MAIDEN TORTURE DEVICE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on American actress/model & Tim Burton's then girlfriend, Lisa Marie Smith, photographed emerging from an iron maiden medieval torture device, c. 1994. 📸: Tim Burton.

The torture device/movie prop was first featured in "Batman Returns" (1992) as a disguised entrance to the Batcave, and then again seven years later in the gothic supernatural horror film "Sleepy Hollow" (1999) as a means to execute Lisa Marie's character in said film.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/timburton/comments/xeqqkk.

[mayhamster]

I go and open my iron maiden and watch as thirty clowns fall out.

[obsessedwithstarwars]

Bruce: How was your class trip Damian?

Damian: It was quiet and productive Father.

Bruce: I’m glad to hear it. What was your favorite part?

Damian: I learned how to escape an Iron Maiden.

Bruce: …

Damian: …

Bruce: Explain please.

Damian: A boy Drake’s age taught me how to escape an Iron Maiden.

Bruce: How did he have that knowledge?

Damian: He claims his family has a dungeon full of medieval torture devices. I believe he may require further investigation.

[gutsandeverything]

gets so pissed off at everything in my life that i have to use a grounding technique and count all the medieval tortures i know. starts crying and banging my head against the wall when i get to the iron maiden because it's a faux torture device invented by the big museum #FAKE TORTURE FAN #STUPID #STUPID IDIOT

[lonestatus]

i need to chew on something god i feel like a baby like penny need a binky like duck me LOL put me in a torture device (iron maiden, the rack, &c.)

[blasphemousclaw]

RYKARD BROS ‼️

I found 2 abductor virgins behind the Fort of Reprimand!

Initial thoughts: the second one is missing a head, and behaves totally erratically, which it has in common with one abductor in the demihuman village on Mt. Gelmir, which I’ve always thought of as having been hijacked by the demihumans in order to protect their village. Why is this one missing a head??? That might imply that it was attacked and damaged, or maybe deliberately tampered with?

The second abductor also has the Ghiza’s Wheel arm extensions… which is almost certain proof that these two must come from Volcano Manor, because Ghiza’s Wheel is implied to be Ghiza’s invention (because of the name) and was “adapted for use on the iconic abductor virgins.” Which means that, since Ghiza was Rykard’s inquisitor, in order for this particular abductor to have Ghiza’s Wheels, it had to have come from Rykard’s inquisition:

“Great iron wheel lined with flesh-flaying blades. Device of torture used by Inquisitor Ghiza. As the wheel spins it causes severe pain and blood loss. The design was adopted for use as the iconic weapon wielded by Iron Virgins.”

After finding the abductors, I cleaned out the whole fort to try to get some context behind why they might be here…

The Messmer soldier ashes say that these soldiers were part of “the ignoble penal battalion,”meaning that the soldiers of this fort aren’t serving here out of choice, they’re serving here out of punishment. Which makes sense, because the fort is called “Reprimand,” and seems to be entirely designed around punishing people:

there’s cages and torture implements everywhere, you can see Messmer soldiers being hanged (perhaps because they were unwilling conscripts who rebelled), and there’s even a hole that leads to what looks like an incinerator filled with bodies.

Inside that hole, an Omenkiller drops this:

and you later get this reward in a chest:

The implication is that the priests of the Erdtree who forcibly spread their faith to the people of the shadow lands used the Fort of Reprimand to punish those nonbelievers who resisted.

So what does this all have to do with Rykard?? Rykard was Praetor, and worked on behalf of the Golden Order to interrogate and punish prisoners. It makes perfect sense for him to have had some connection with this same practice in the shadow lands… plus, his own aunt left for the shadow lands to become one of Messmer’s devotees. Perhaps the abductor virgins were devices of both war and punishment, and were used on behalf of the crusade as well as in Rykard’s own Manor? The abductors are clearly based on the iron maiden, which is a famous torture device:

Whether this means that Rykard was physically here in the lands of shadow or simply contributed to the cause (or if the abductors have an entirely separate explanation??) remains to be seen…