In Grent's Fall, this is how a bodyguard shows off Reginald Halifax's death, shattering his army's morale. Superman/Supergirl: Maelstrom: The titular villain is convinced that she will become Darkseid's s bride if she beheads Superman and brings Darkseid his head on a platter. Conan does the same thing with the head of King Bajujah, as promised... sort of, in " The Vale of Lost Women". Unfortunately, Livia, the captive who he was going to rescue, has already bolted in terror from the general slaughter. Basically, a scene where, after killing someone, the victim's beheaded and their head is held up to demonstrate it.

From a purely strategic standpoint, the Highwaymen’s deaths may be the greatest, or at least among the greatest, losses. They were protecting the roads to and from the Kingdom. With two of their own dead, especially their leader, Ozzy, their future ties to that community may be up in the air. Samurai had a custom of presenting to their Daimyo the heads of their enemies after each battle. Because of this, they would perfume their heads just to make sure any enemy that killed them got a good trophy.A pike is a long thrusting spear formerly used in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages [1] and most of the early modern period, and were wielded by foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largely replaced by bayonet-equipped muskets. The pike was particularly well known as the primary weapon of Swiss mercenary and German Landsknecht units. A similar weapon, the sarissa, had been used in antiquity by Alexander the Great's Macedonian phalanx infantry. Pushed up a notch by Leo Bonhart in Tower of the Swallow, who forces Ciri to watch as he saws off her True Companions' (whom he previously slaughtered) heads off, leaving her First Love ( a girl, to boot) for last, and then presents them proudly to her. Ciri doesn't take it very well, to say the least.

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Mandeville, intending to kill Soren, wants the kid's head to display when the Lord Executioner, Kyril, loses him. This also doesn't come to pass due to Hugh's Big Damn Heroes moment. The heads on pikes, a scene right out of the comics, in 'The Walking Dead' Season 9, Episode 15. AMC One attempt to resurrect the pike as a primary infantry weapon occurred dur