Prince Appia is killed by the scheming Ababio. Ababio is power hungry and realizes that he won't be able to control the new Prince who is following the ways of the Healers. As such, Ababio has the Prince Appia brutally tortured and murdered. Appia has his limbs severed and is hung from a tree. Appia dies from this hanging. His death being so brutal is representative of the power Ababio has and his vindictiveness. Ababio is not accustomed to being thwarted and makes sure that Appia and his mother pay dearly for not coming under his control. Appia's brutal death also serves as a warning to the next in line for the throne on the consequences of not following Ababio.
In the story, the prince Appia was murdered in a most brutal manner. In chapter 5, we are told that his corpse is discovered hanging from the largest bough of a guava tree.
From the text, we can conclude that Appia died from his neck wounds. His eyes had also been gouged out, and his arms and legs had been mutilated. The only part of the prince's body that was left untouched was the trunk. So, although Appia suffered extreme torture before his death (his eyes were torn from their sockets with an extremely sharp instrument), he likely died from blood loss through his terrible neck wounds.
The text also tells us that Appia's arms and legs were likely mutilated after his death. Two slivers of flesh had been removed from each upper arm. Similarly, two pieces of flesh had also been cut out from the calf muscle behind each leg.
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