Wow I also managed to vote you! Sorry Bris (ciao!) I liked the pauses and timing in the dialogue. I have a lot of questions, please don't be upset I'm dummy: so Martin is a cloak and a golem too? What's the cloak, can you please remind me? Being a Golem makes him artificial, like in the alchemic tradition? So basically Donja trapped his daughter to bribe him? Thank you and I?m really happy that you kept writing this. If you will go on writing, which I hope, I suggest you a microsummary. Everyone write stories in episodes, no one does a summary and people often cannot go back and read all the episodes but still it's nice and engaging to have an idea of what happened.. just an idea ;-) Brava!
Grazie for the vote and the comment and compliments my new favorite fellow in yellow! Why are you apologizing? The backstory for this part is months old and you've a good idea for me to pop in a summary going forward. 😎
To answer your questions (shut up, you're NOT a dummy and you know it):
Martin is a Cloak (who are specialized guards that strictly work for the village council and protect the Gatehouse). Yes, his body is artificial, like his fellow Cloaks, and as such has abilities that others don't possess.
Donja did worse than trap his daughter. He dug up the dead little girl's bones (the photo had been buried with Martin's daughter) and hid them along with Martins. Whoever controls the bones controls the golem. You've the right idea that his intent was to have Martin under his thumb.
Ohh very cool... so now Donja can make a golem of the daughter too if she wants? So basically Martin is a soul in a golem's body right? A bit like Alphonse Elric in Full Metal Alchemist? This is super cool.
All this stuff that you told me is beautiful, and a waste to not have ..say.. a curie vote at least. I mean it not to just please you but because you know that I love >>> real content <<<<. You have a story here. Definitely. One with a hell of a plot. And I can't wait to see what, first or after, will come out from the pit.
Grazie again for your kind words and for following my story!🤗 Yes, a bit like Alphonse, I'll be getting to that in more detail soon. I have to think more on the workings of the golems and eventually take this story down into the Pit (or unleash what is within)! 😉