Pear of Anguish
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The Pear of Anguish is a torture instrument shaped like a pear, which was inserted in the victim's mouth, rectum or vagina. Upon insertion, the handle was turned, causing the leaves to slowly separate causing extreme pain and mutilation to the victimTemplate:Fact.
The insertion of the pear was dependent on the crime the victim was accused of; while slanderers and blasphemers would have their mouths mutilated, homosexuals would suffer the same fate on their anuses. It would also be used on the vaginas of women who had induced a miscarriage, or been accused of witchcraft or adulteryTemplate:Fact.