Charlie said her friend died from being drawn and quartered, but her friend had his arms and legs pulled off. Drawing and quartering was actually a very lengthy, complex method of execution and was reserved for people who commit the worst of crimes, namely high treason. When a man was drawn and quartered he had a rope tied around his ankles (sometimes the prisoner was tied to a wooden panel) and was dragged by a horse to the execution site. They were then hanged by the neck until they were nearly dead, then cut down after they passed out. Then by the time the prisoner wakes back up they find themselves tied to a table or slab where the executioner proceeded to emasculate, disembowel, behead and then quarter (an ax was used to cut the torso into four different pieces) them. Afterwords the prisoners remains are displayed in prominent areas around the kingdom to serve as a reminder to others what fate will befall them if they commit treason.