User blog:GunjiBunny/Giles Cory's Shoe Buckle

WIP

Origin
Giles Corey (1611 - 1692) was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem Witch Trials. Since he was a well liked man of the community Corey refused to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. In an attempt to force him to plead, he was subjected to pressing. His execution by pressing was the only documented example of the torture in American history. It required the executioner to place several heavy stones on top of Corey in effort for a confession. Corey refused to speak and instead died after two days of torture. His perchance to not allow his accusers to get him to say anything transferred into one of his belt buckles. At first it allowed the weight to lift off him however after enough weight was applied the buckle reversed its effect allowing Corey mercy and he perished.

Effects
When placed on someone laying down the weight of buckle increases until victim is crushed