Darius dies

"Wife" he said, "I cannot draw water, the ground here is too high, the rocks are impenetrable and it has been over a week's trying - I fear I fail."

A scorpion scuttled out from a crack in the ground towards Tyber. The little boy screamed. Darius picked up a stone and quickly crushed it.

"He asks for too much" he continued.

His sweetheart nodded. She genuinely loved her big husband and prayed daily to the Gods for his protection.

Quite suddenly his jaw pained, his chest ached, his left hand dropped the little sack of olives, and the bright light all around turned to dark.

With his wife and child holding him - in only just a handful of moments - his heart had stopped, and his body slumped back into their hold, unto death.

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series