The Maimed Victims of Yazdegard

From D9.12, Bahram Goor Claims His Right to Rule. It illustrates D9.12.23–30:

D9.12.23
The chiefs then summoned men whose bodies boreThe wounds of Yazdegard’s harsh rule before.
D9.12.24
They gathered those whom Yazdegard had scarred,And brought them forward for the chiefs’ regard.
D9.12.25
One lived with hands and feet cut from his frame;His trunk remained; life lingered there the same.
D9.12.26
Another had lost ears and hands and tongue,And seemed a lifeless shape among them flung.
D9.12.27
Another had lost shoulders; Numan stared,Astonished at the wounds those men had shared.
D9.12.28
One man had nails gouge out his eyes; the sightMade Monzer’s anger flare and burn outright.
D9.12.29
Bahram grew grieved and cursed his father’s name,And to his dust addressed these words of blame:
D9.12.30
“You sewed joy’s eyes shut, wretch, and quenched desire;Why did you burn your soul in raging fire?”