I'm no forensic expert,,, How will I describe this?

Question

I'm writing a fantasy novel where the villain emits flame. The problem is I don't know how I will describe his victims when they burn, I don't want to look at the pictures of burn victims.

So I'll just ask some forensic experts on how can I describe them literally. I also need some small knowledges about burns but please I don't need pictures. I don't want to see it. I just need descriptions.

Answer 1

Since it's a FANTASY novel, you DON'T HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE RULES OF ORDINARY REALITY. If you don't want to look at burn victims in order to create a realistic description of ordinary burned flesh, then don't start there. START WITH THE FLAME--it can be something extroardinary that creates ANY KIND OF EFFECT on flesh you want it to. For example, it could instantly vaporize anything it touches, or it could turn it into green diamond dust, or ashes with a peculiar odor, or a liquid that floats in the air.

It's your fantasy, so you make the rules, but once you decide on the rule, you have to be consistent.

Answer 2

Well first off there are a few ways burn some hotdogs on grill or take weed burner and go buy a live pig for roosting and burn it with the weed burner and when your done your
know how to desribe it and the a burning person mit sould sound being burnert alive

Answer 3

I read a story not long ago about a funeral home which partially caught on fire because they were trying to incinerate the body of a man who was morbidly obese and the fat ran out onto the floor, as any fat will when you cook something. My point is that you can gain an understanding of what your villain would inflict by letting food burn say on a BBQ grill. Good luck!