Dreadful screams could be heard from the cave below the castle. This cave had been there before Eldermere was even formed. It was used as a dungeon to punish members of the town who defile the elders. The cave had three sections, the first used to hold and torture regular town citizens and hold down criminals. The second was made into a special dungeon by coating the walls with magic,it was used for the elite soldiers alone. This prevented the use of their abilities, only that of the elders was strong enough to overcome the magic cast in the cave. The third dungeon was created by Vashti herself, it holds abominable creatures she had created using her magic, no one had ever dared to venture into that part except for Simon and Michael of course. The entire cave was coated further with magic to prevent the large amount of power emitting from the creatures to draw enemies into the town. Missy or now called her true name Martha was bound to the walls of the cave with strong magical chains, this prevented her from using her abilities. Martha had the ability of time, she could journey to any place in time but her powers weren't strong enough to change anything, she was only an observer. The screams subsided a bit then Elara approached her every step carrying grace and honor. Despite being from such a misogynistic era she was able to rise above men and subdued many towns as well. she walked to Martha raising her bloody face to see it.
One of her eyes was swollen and already turning purple with liquid oozing out of it, her left arm and torso were scorched badly and a part of her face, the corner surrounding the bruised eye was covered in tight purplish ice crystals which had fused to her skin, this prevented any of her wounds from healing and the crystals induced their own pain on her face slowly eating through her face. These was the work of each Elder Reiner and Frost . Elara ran her finger over the swollen eye, her face held no sadness or remorse for the girl being tortured before her, she was a leader of Eldermere and her duty comes first " Martha for your sake and that of the girl you are so willing to die to protect I advise you keep talking, Ileus is a cunning man and he always gets what he wants, with Simon in this state of hopelessness I'm sure he would manipulate him to do terrible things to you. Please,I have tried to see your faith but it seems you have blocked your path from my view,as my best student I don't expect less". Elara Slivermist had the ability of sight she could see a spectrum of possibilities of the future and she had the ability to steer people's hearts towards her proposed future. By touching a part of their body she could see and even change one's future if she feels it would favour more people. With people with her blood in their vains she had the ability to see their past memories." You were a promising student Martha, one I was sure to join me in the council soon please just tell them, they would still find out I have seen it" Elara said sweetly, her beautiful face held no emotion and her long beautiful hair swayed behind her effortlessly, she looked like a goddess. Martha laughed, her mouth barely able to move " that's not true, you can't see anything that concerns her Elara, if you could you would have found me and her parents for quite some time now" Martha said, her lips swollen making it difficult for her to be understood but Elara understood her very well.
It was true nothing she had tried to do to find the girl was a success even now she tried accessing Martha's memories about her time with the girl and her future after being tortured to protect her, a strange green mist prevented it. Elara hissed turning away from Martha she said " be prepared for what you have brought upon yourself for you are yet to experience torture". " Thorne it's your turn" she said tapping on his shoulder slightly. Thorne moved his large body slowly towards Martha, no one presently had ever seen his face, some people believe not even the elders have. The Ironforges family as there name implies were gifted with the skill of crafts, the equally mutated into larger humans and all hid their faces behind strange mask each unique to the person wearing it. They delt justice to offenders of the law which earned them the title Hunters. Thorne didn't have any special ability but in his fangs was poison glands which secret toxic venom capable of bringing even Ileus to a state of nervous and physical chaos. This was the councils last resort to make Martha talk or she would have to face Ileus torture which even they were afraid of. Thorne looked at her from the mask, his eyes telling her his sorry for what he was about to do. He held her neck and sank his fangs deep into her skin which made her scream but the torture was yet to begin. As he retracted his fangs the venom quickly travelled through her body nerves, she suddenly felt weak with a ringing noise in her ears. Martha let out a chilling scream as thin red vains creeped up her face from the wounds of the bite towards her eyes. She trashed and twisted her arms and legs trying to break free but to no avail. " Please make it stop, make it stop, please I beg you!!" Martha screamed as the poison circulated through her body, her eyes began to change rapidly from their regular hazel color to bright red and back. Her canines equally became more prominent and blood dripped down the side of her eyes, truly the worst thing she was made to endure. The screams got louder with each passing minute then Elder Reiner yelled " Are you ready to speak Martha of the Sevenshells or are you ready to experience true torture for Simon is on his way and he won't show any mercy".