Editing Illarion (section)

====The Picota (Pillory)====

A common punishment in Illarion is the use of the pillory, placed in a prominent place as a warning to others.

These are often made of two or more individual ones combined, raised on a stand. Unusually they are low, forcing the offender to stand, bent over at a painful ninety degrees. If the offender is sentenced to a long period, a support is often placed beneath their body (after a certain time) to prevent them collapsing and breaking the neck.

It can also be used as a method of execution where the victim is left there until they die of starvation, thirst, cold, etc. The body is then left hanging for some time. The person is usually placed naked in the pillory to increase the suffering and avoid wasting clothing.

[[File:picota.jpg|thumb|center|400px|''A three-person picota'']]