The Execution Games

Four convicted killers, all sentenced to death, await their fate in the horrific confines of the northern dungeons. Life is brutal and hope all but extinguished when they are summoned before the governor. Expecting their death sentences to be carried out, they instead find the governor struggling with a moral dilemma. Who has the right to take the life of another? The governor, under intense pressure from the magistrates and his own daughter, decides on a most unconventional solution. He determines that fate will decide who lives and who dies.

The Northern territory's annual festival is underway, and this year it coincides with the Festival of the Arrow, the archery championship of the entire kingdom. The festivities and competition will draw huge crowds from around the kingdom. Parties, celebrations, and festivities abound. All in stark contrast to the gloom and torture of the prisoners.

The convicted men, if they choose, will ride in a wagon used for the long-range archery competition. The contestants must fire their arrows across a great distance at the slow-moving wagon, gaining points for any arrow that strikes the wagon. The prisoners, standing in the wagon, will find themselves in harm’s way.  If they survive the two-day ordeal, they will earn their freedom. They each reflect on how they got here, what awaits them should they gain their freedom, and how they are to deal with the onslaught of dozens of potentially lethal arrows showering down upon them.

Emotions are raw, the fear tangible, the stakes are life and death, and fate can be cruel. How will each of the men cope, and who, if anyone, will fate allow to survive, the execution games?




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