The Nature of Hahnman

Hahn = The German word for rooster.

Man = a person; human.

Hahnman = A hybrid rooster-man, more terrifying than any werewolf, dogman, or other human/animal transmogrification.

Nonfiction Research

Bavarian Coat of Arms

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The Butcher of Breslingen

Character Quotes

On Vengeance

Only by remembering the wrongs suffered unto us can we ever hope to avenge ourselves.

-- Josef, General commanding the invading army, Chptr 1

On the Black Plague

The nature of its randomness lent credence to the idea that there was a spirit driving it, for the way in which it afflicted only one town at a time certainly showed its behavior to be as that of a sword, axe, or reaper being wielded by a single phantom who could travel the world at his leisure.

-- The Narrator, Chptr 3

A bleak story

All those who are weak of mind and soft of stomach, I warn you to leave now, for the rest of the story is terrifying in its nature and bleak in its foretelling.

-- Captain Hirsch, Captain of the Guard of the beseiged City, Chptr 3

On rats and crows

I guess it matters little to them what becomes of the townsfolks - being scavengers, they’ll always come out fine. If life is good for us humans, then there’s plenty of slough for them to live off. On the other hand, if we go to war and kill each other, then the battlefield will be their royal hall as they feast like kings on the bodies of the slain. I don’t know whether to despise or admire them for this.

-- The Narrator, Chptr 4

An unusual request

We are in want of your dead.

-- Josef, General commanding the invading army, Chptr 5

On eating the tainted stew

Now, as far as the morally reprehensible act of knowingly consuming human flesh, to the extent that eating this defiled meal would allow my true agenda to remain undetected, I was willing to commit this irreverent deed. Indeed, I had no qualms at setting my conscience aside. The stew I relished!

-- The Narrator, Chptr 6

A deserving title

The Butcher does seem deserving of his title, as the fruits of his labor were gruesome enough.

-- The Archer, Chptr 7

Planned sacrilege

I cross myself. I would have done this anyway to blend in, but in this particular instance, I feel compelled to show respect in deference to the sacrilege I’m about to commit.

-- The Narrator, Chptr 8

At the behest of the Almighty

No one ever said life on earth was just. It’s not, and more than anything, that proves the existence of God. If there was no God, where would this plague come from? From the wind? From the soil? From anywhere in nature? No, not possible. Plagues sweeping across the land can only do so at the behest of the Almighty.

-- Josef, Chptr 8

A wretched business

It’s a wretched business and a damned way to make a living, I’ll warrant.

-- The Urchin, Chptr 9

The devil’s share

For now, I can pay him his devil’s share out of my earnings, but that wouldn’t be sustainable in the long term.

-- The Narrator, Chptr 10

What an imbecile!

The Urchin opens his eyes at the interruption and looks about him, but seeing nothing amiss, he resumes his ultra-relaxed position. What an imbecile! He doesn’t even have enough sense to know when someone’s trying to murder him.

-- The Narrator, Chptr 12

Death, raw and ferocious

I saw death in his eyes, raw and ferocious. I saw viciousness the likes of which I only thought possible in the basest of God’s creatures.

-- The Narrator, on Hermann, Chptr 13

A thief, a fighter, and a demon

That’s a bonus lesson for you - when the situation calls for a thief, then be a thief; when it calls for a fighter, then be a fighter; and when it calls for a demon, then be a demon.

-- Hermann, the Assassin, Chptr 13

Bodies piling up

When the bodies start piling up, will they continue to be resolute in their kindness?

-- The Narrator, Chptr 16

Blood everywhere

What do I even mention first? What horror do I begin with? In this living nightmare, what ugly detail do I start with? Is it the blood that I see everywhere? Blood smeared across the walls. Blood-soaked sheets upon the two beds. Blood pooled into reservoirs upon the floor. It is like a slaughterhouse.

-- The Narrator, Chptr 21

A prodigious killer

I think the truth was that he was such a prodigious killer that I suspect he was effectively decimating their entire population.

-- The Narrator, Chptr 26