The Roma and Her Demon, Part 1: The Prophecy
The rising sun cast an orange glow above Paris to signify that the dawn was near, but no one was outside of their own leisure; all the citizens were mandated to gather in the square in front of Notre Dame by Judge Claude Frollo. The self-proclaimed Minister of Justice had ordered all citizens to this location in order for them to witness what he had dubbed his "Ultimate Justice". Meanwhile, on a raised platform in the center of the square, a young dark-haired, olive-skinned Romani woman stood, clad in nothing but a white formfitting strapless skirted corset, and bound by ropes at her arms and waist to a thick wooden pillar surrounded by firewood neatly stacked and piled high beneath her bare feet. She was Esmeralda, and during Frollo's attack on the Court of Miracles and subsequent raid, she was hand-chosen by the minister over the other Romas to serve as an example of what happened to those who, according to his very words, opposed the truth. "The prisoner Esmeral...
