Page 4 of A Realm of Fire and Ash

The first page is a data sheet with inmate information.

CLASSIFIED

01 MAR 2023

NAME: Noah Tackwater

ALIAS: No-No

ORDER: Hydra

SEX: Male

INMATE NO: 00626

AGE: 2,072

HOMETOWN: Gala, Convectus

MATE: Cora Drashor [DECEASED 01 JAN 1704]

SENTENCE:Vitadamnationem [12 JUN 1704]

CLASS:Extremely dangerous

CELL BLOCK:H

CELL NO:16WL

CONVICTION: 42 counts, 1st degree murder; 3 counts, attempted murder; 16 counts, assault; tampering with evidence, 19 counts; resisting arrest, 1 count; torture, 316 counts; kidnapping, 45 counts; false imprisonment, 45 counts; rape, 1 count

CELLMATE: None

PREVIOUS CELLMATES: Priscilla Musgrove [DECEASED FEMALE 28 FEB 2023]

EYES: Hazel

HAIR: Brown, shoulder length

HEIGHT: 6'9"

WEIGHT: 290 lbs.

TATTOOS: Star on right cheekbone

BACKGROUND: Inmate escaped holding cell while in beast form, no known accomplices, sixteen guards killed, 302 inmates injured

My breathing stalls, and it takes everything in me to remain standing. Three-hundred-and-two injured? Gods, let him be okay.

I flip the page, reading our assignment.

MISSION: Contain or exterminate

Attached is a mugshot of him, a picture of him in his fae form, and a photo of him as a hydra. He's one of the realm's most prolific serial killers and is said to be a master at manipulating his body. There's a grainy screen capture from a video of him ripping off the head of an inmate, his hydra form replacing his arms and neck.

"What can he do?" I glance at the General before returning to pages detailing the guards he killed.

Small mercies none of the inmates are dead.

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