While I like the aesthetics of super-complex “Japanese” bondage, I don’t usually have a narrative that goes with it. Really simple bondage is easier for telling a story.
I think if the villagers actually had to sacrifice a maiden to the dragon, it would look a lot like this. No shackles bolted to pre-drilled holes in the rocks, or elaborate knotwork. Just a scared, skinny girl out in the field, with her wrists tied to a tree.
So this is the first of a couple themes that I want to move towards as we put dragons behind us: the more generic outdoor-sacrificial-bondage trope.
(Source: scentofslave)