Out of all the fires that could placed upon someone, this might be the most agonizing, and also the most prolonged. After the
victim is bound to the stake, rather than surrounding them with timbers to be burned, there are piles of hot coals placed at their
feet. These are constantly replenished so as never to allow a break from the intense heat which they throw forth.
Instead of incinerating the whole of the body as a burning usually woruld, the hot coals cause a slow cooking of the flesh. As the
outer skin is seared away, the more sensitive tissues underneath are exposed to the heat, and they too are baked to the point of
ash. Eventually, all that remains is bone. Making this an even more enduring process is the fact that the pile of coals is only
gradually built. This results in the victim being alive as they witness their feet, then legs, and finally torso fall victim to the
embers.