The Art of Gilgamesh 4 (cont) - Zahir Escapes

As always, here at mitchmen, the Christmas day post is dedicated to anyone who is alone or who feels alone at this time of year. I hope you enjoy this offering and all the other goodies from years gone by posted here.

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Zahir's (somewhat grim) Adventure

Continues from Part 1

1

Zahir awakes to find himself lying in a pool of dirty water in a cell.

He has been stripped of his weapons and all his clothes too are gone.

2

 He gets up and tries to open the door, but it is securely locked.

Angrily he shakes it, tries to bend the bars and finally kicks it in frustration.

It's all in vain and despite the noise he has made, no one comes.

3

He gives up and lies down, wondering what his captors might do with him.  

He fears they will never set him free but keep him as a prisoner forever.

 

4

 

After a while, he manages to push these gloomy thoughts aside.

Looking around the cell, he notices a nail lying on the shelf.  

He picks it up, imagining it must have been used to do terrible things.

 

 

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But then he realises that the nail might help him escape.

He tries to use it to pick the door lock. 

But the lock is old and rusty, the workings are stiff.

6

 

 Zahir becomes more and more desperate.

But then suddenly he feels the lock give, 

after a struggle, he manages to get the door open. 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Once out of the cell, Zahir stops to listen, hearing only distant echoes and trickling water.

Nail in hand, he heads off through the tunnels, hoping to find his way out. 

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 He's escaped just in time, because seconds later the jailer, Nam, arrives.

He's carrying shackles, intending to restrain Zahir and begin his interrogation.

Seeing the cell door open and the prisoner gone, he roars with anger

and cursing him, he sets off in pursuit.

 

 

 

 

9

 

Ahead of him, Zahir has paused at a fork in the tunnels, already lost in the maze.

But hearing Nam's angry shouting behind him, he presses on, hastening his pace.

 

 

10

 

But as he passes the next fork in the labyrinth, he is spotted by another guard, Siraj.

Siraj shouts for him to stop. Zahir attacks him, though armed only with his rusty nail.

 

 

11

Siraj deflects the nail with his club, but is sent sprawling in the water by Zahir's kick.

The fight, though brief, has delayed Zahir long enough for Nam to catch up with him.

 

12

 

Unknown to Zahir, there is yet another Guard not far away.

 Essam is sadistically tormenting a mature, muscular prisoner in one of the cells.

The man is hung from the ceiling in shackles, his moans silenced by a metal gag. 

 

 

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Hearing the commotion outside, Essam interrupts his work to listen.

As the shouting continues, he reluctantly leaves his prisoner to investigate.

 

 

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 The prisoner watches Essam go, knowing it is only a temporary respite.

He feels pity for whoever it is that the guards are dealing with, out there.

*You might suppose that this is Jeff, whom Zahir has been seeking to rescue, 

but Gilgamesh doesn't actually say so in his text.

 

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Essam arrives to find Zahir just in front of him, defying Nam's instructions to give up.

Essam leaps on him from behind and knocks him to the ground. 

 

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Siraj comes to and sees to his astonishment that Essam has his head buried in Zahir's lap,

while Nam restrains him from behind.

 

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Nam hauls Zahir to his feet, pinning his arms firmly behind him.

His resistance has been drained by Essam's violent attack and distracting cocksucking,

But when he sees Siraj approaching, he realises his chance to escape has gone.

 

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Essam releases Zahir's cock from his mouth and forces his head down

bending him over, so that Siraj can put the manacles on his wrists. 

 

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As soon as Zahir is secured, Nam drags him away, back towards his cell.
He mocks him for his aroused cock and promises painful retribution.

Essam studies Zahir's departing backside, sniffing the musk on his hands.

 

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He calls after Zahir, promising to come and visit, once he's settled in.

Then they can finish what they started - in private.

Zahir curses him, but a seed of fear and anticipation has been planted

 

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Laughing at his joke, Essam heads back, eager to resume work on his own prisoner.

His imagination has been fired up by the brief, sexy encounter with Zahir.

 

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The prisoner sees Essam returning and is filled with dread,

 knowing that Essam will resume his 'examination' with renewed vigour.

It is he who will suffer because of the distraction.

 

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Siraj helps Nam to propel Zahir towards his own private hell

He caresses Zahir's hairy buttock, asking Nam what he will do with him.

 

"He's a strong stud..." Nam replies, smiling, 

"... so it's going to have to hurt". 

 

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This is a highly condensed and embroidered adaptation of Gilgamesh's story, which consists of no less than 222 frames depicting Zahir's muscular encounter with the castle guards.

Gilgamesh's own storyline can be read at pixiv where it is displayed alongside all the pictures in three parts:  -  

Vault Part 1 (Zahir Captured)

Vault Part 2.1 (Zahir Escapes)

Vault Part 2.2 (Zahir is recaptured)

 

The pictures at pixiv have been 'sanitised' and if you want to see the uncensored version you must head for 'X' where they are all posted (also with storyline) in 4 image episodes.

 

Vault Part 1 (post dated Apr 17th 2023)

Vault Part 2 (post dated Jun 4th 2023)

STOP PRESS! 

Gilgamesh has now begun to publish a third Part of this epic tale

Vault 2.3 at pixiv and at 'X' (Post dated 22nd Dec 2024)

 

The Art of Gilgamesh 4 - Zahir Captured 1

You can also start reading about Gilgamesh from Part 1 of this mitchmen series
click on pictures to enlarge

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Zahir is looking for his friend, Jeff, who has been captured and taken to the castle.
Under cover of darkness he enters the place to investigate Jeff's whereabouts.

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Seeing that the entrance is guarded by two warriors, he decides to look for another way to enter.

He finds a sewer that takes him to a vault which seems to be deserted.

42

He decides to explore the tunnels. They seem to be very big and complex.
Suddenly he hears footsteps in the distance. He decides to stop and stealthily observe.
He doesn't realise he has been seen and is being stalked himself as he wanders the vault.

50

Zahir sees there is a huge, muscular guard patrolling and decides to wait for him to pass.

But his own stalker is creeping ever closer, waiting for the right moment to attack.

58

He hits Zahir with a huge cudgel, knocking him out.

70

Hearing the commotion, the other guard comes to see what is happening

72

They gloat over Zahir's fallen body and decide to strip him of his clothes.

85

They lift Zahir between them and drag him away.

Zahir is now naked and without a weapon.

86

It needs two of them to support the mighty Zahir on his shaky legs,

So they have to wade through the central drainage channel, splashing through the murky water .

90

They drag him to a cell where the Guard unlocks and opens the door.

91

They push Zahir inside and he collapses onto the floor in a pool of water
One captor scratches his head wondering why any man would be so foolish as to enter the vault.

99

The lock the door, leaving Zahir lying in the dirty water.

Then they go and report his capture to their master.

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Has Zahir's rescue attempt ended in ignominious failure?

More of Zahir next time, read the full story of  Zahir, (all 99 images) at pixiv

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Gilgamesh Gallery Links (updated Jul 2024)

Gilgamesh on Pixiv

Pixiv has a comprehensive and well organised collection of his work with helpful narratives that add colour and background to the stories he tells. It's the most accessible gallery but recent releases (2024) have censored cocks, the explicit versions are posted on 'X' aka Twitter

Gilgamesh on Deviantart

There's a limited selection on DeviantArt including some older images which are not in the pixiv collection. They have escaped being censored somehow but tend to lack explanatory titles or narrative information, however, this site does provide an easily scannable overview of it's contents.

Gilgamesh on 'X'

The X, ex-Twitter gallery appears to mirror the pixiv one but has explicit versions of recent images which are censored on pixiv. There's no overview, just sequential postings with the stories spread across them, broken up into four images per post. Gilgamesh has gone to the trouble of making sure they come out in the right order. There are slightly different comments, I haven't explored the site in great depth so it's possible there are works there that don't appear anywhere else.

By Royal Command

A Ballet Troupe has been performing at the Palace

'The Nutcracker', of course

The King is known for his intense interest in Ballet

But what the King is really thinking is.....

Of course he is much too well-bred to say so.

 

Reluctance feeds the fires of desire.

Looks like a hot end for one man

and a happy ending for the other.

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 The splendid, original AI image was generated by muscleandboots

captions by mitchmen blog

click on mitchmods below for more captions

Vintage Targeting

Irwin Horwitz captured by Eddie Williams (WPG)

 An unusually daring bondage image from WPG. The subject of abduction itself is controversial in any age and this image is realistically modelled compared with contemporary imagery with the wrist restraint looking snug and the ropes held by the abductor stretched tight. All this with both models completely naked.

Irwin Horwitz fights Eddie Williams (WPG)

This image, possibly from the same series, shows Irwin holding his own against Eddie, an older man with superior size and muscle development. It's not obvious that it's the same location, but Eddie, at least, is still pouched here. Irwin seems to have a vicious hammerlock on his left arm. 

Irwin Horwitz (WPG)

Irwin's somewhat boyish appearance in the duals with Eddie, detract from their appeal for me, but this studio image portrays him in a much more desirable light, with decent, light musculature and a sexy smattering of body hair, especially in the lower regions. 

Perhaps Irwin was trained and buffed up after being captured and this is him on his big day at the saleroom. He presents well.

And if you're wondering whether Eddie managed to fulfil his capture quota that day, up in the hills, 

the image below may give you the answer.

Eddie Williams in chains (WPG)

Eddie appeared in the same auction catalogue as Irwin, as Lot 112.

He protested to the end and this image captured the moment when he had to be whipped

to make him go onto the stage and mount the rostrum.

That sort of behaviour is counter-productive, it attracts the worst kind of bidders, the harsh disciplinarians and men who don't want the slave as a worker at all, just as a target for their venom.

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I have added this post to the 'Vintage Bondage' and 'Targeted' series.

Click on the labels below for related posts (mitchmods for more captions)

Vintage Bondage - Leonard Chambers chained, roped and nude

 Leonard Chambers was the subject of the very first Vintage Bondage post at mitchmen blog, back in 2015. Those images were chosen because they had more of a sense of a restraint about them than was usual in the 1950's. I added some more images from the same shoot to it not so long ago so you might like to check them out using the link just above.

Leonard Chambers in chains 1 (AMG)

The original post featured rope bondage on a bench. These images feature chains and upright poses but they also capture the special qualities of this popular model. His canted head in the image above conveys a sense of thoughtfulness and sadness, as though he's a man contemplating his choices and the punishment for them. There's a better sense of his luxurious physique than in the first set, nicely oiled. The position of his hands obscures enough of his pouch to give a good sense of nakedness (with scope for lewder interpretations of what's going on out of sight). 

Leonard Chambers in chains 2 (AMG)

This picture obliquely suggests that the punishment might be a visit to the whipping post. Chambers strikes a proud, or you might say arrogant, defiant pose while facing the prospect of a barrage of pain. His raised arms give another a great view of  his torso. The often maligned, posing pouch is fully visible but has the virtue of looking as if there is something inside it, neatly packaged. It's a puzzle to me why photographers didn't opt for a loin cloth design for images like this, when it was a common enough sight in the 'Sword and Sandals' movies of the time.

These images seem much influenced by traditional, medieval notions of martyrdom. That association may help to make them look more convincing but you have to give a lot of credit to the model here for creating a dramatic moment, when it is apparent on closer inspection that he is not secured to the post at all but holding it up and the supposed 'marble pillar' looks suspiciously like a roll of floor covering. 

Leonard Chambers in chains 3 (AMG)

He adopts the same look for this pose, but arguably looks more annoyed than defiant, perhaps because the level of restraint here is barely rudimentary. The chains don't look as if they'd withstand much force and even if convincingly secured it would be more symbolic than real. Just like the prison bars at the back, to be fair. Despite such quibbles, it's still a great image of a captive muscle hunk. The loop of chain brushing the front of his pouch adds an erotic frisson.

Leonard Chambers - Sheath 1

This extraordinarily atmospheric image is not an example of bondage exactly but the model has swapped his posing pouch for a 'sheath' that encloses his sex organ in fashion that seems to anticipate the chastity devices of recent years - symbolically again but still rather sexy. Notice that the background has become a classical ancient building, conjuring up fantasies of enslavement. It's the best image yet of Leonard's physique, when it's his turn to stand on the rostrum, he should fetch a good price!

Leonard Chambers - Sheath 2

In this open-legged frontal pose, Leonard looks more youthful, waiting with barely controlled agitation. His abs are tensed, clenched even, producing a startling effect of connectivity running down and disappearing into the sheath, which you can now see has a simple, draw-string hem, like a purse of olden days. It's a matter of taste whether this clever effect turns you on but it brings out something more widely appreciated - that the model's lower torso is shaved completely smooth for as far as the eye can see. The sheath may provide a cloak of modesty, but it draws attention to this nakedness. He is now seated before a Moorish arch raising the spectre of a different style of enslavement. No wonder he looks worried.

Leonard Chambers - Nude 1

After the tantalising sheath, a genuine, frontal, fully nude shot posed before a classical column.

We are fortunate that quite a lot of AMG images of Leonard like this have survived.

He looks relaxed and confident here having comfortably passed the male nudity size test.

Leonard Chambers - Nude 2

This image posed with a curtain pole brings out the full extent of Leonards shoulder development and upper body bulk. Model's training techniques in those days seemed to produce physiques with a natural, most attractive 'plushness'. Once again there's a vague connection with the bondage theme of this post, 

the pole keeps the model's hands out of the way behind him and leaves his treasure trove unprotected. You only have to image his wrists being tied to the pole.

Leonard Chambers - Nude 3

This image creates a dramatically different torso effect. With Leonard's arm raised we see the intensely detailed muscles and stand-out veins of a body-builder training for competition by shedding fat. Presumably this is the same shoot as Nude 1, but the effect couldn't be more different. 

Again there's a hint at bondage restraint, tied to the column.

Leonard Chambers - Rope 1

There's a strange affinity between naked men and thick rope. I suppose it hints at masculine labours. Leonard here looks back fearfully as if expecting a whiplash any minute to make him pull harder. 

Rope also has a phallic quality for those inclined to see it (especially when it's dangling just in front of the model's pouch). It alludes to bondage fetish too although this one is really too thick for that purpose.

Leonard Chambers - Sailor with Rope 

Ropes like this are also inextricably linked with with sailing ships and sailors and few gay models escaped from beefcake posing sessions without having had to don the US Navy's distinctive sailor cap. This image was probably inspired by the many War movies of the era which showed bare chested, hunky sailors sweating under the pacific sun. Leonard looks as if he's trying to diligently perform a routine task in the nude (acting on perverse orders) but without losing his modesty. It makes a charming image, suggesting a man of sensitivity, needing protection and whom anyone might fall for. 

Leonard Chambers - Nude 4

This was the barely legal nude in the 50's. It can be seen as a prissy, slightly feminine pose but Leonard gives it a great deal of dignity, preserving his modesty with a slightly anxious expression that suggests he's waiting for the call which will may oblige him to reveal all. Maybe an instruction to mount the rostrum he's standing on. His oily skin lends his lean physique a harder look here. The absence of hair on his flat, lower abdomen again creates a subtly erotic accent of total nudity. 

Leonard Chambers - Pouch

This version of the sitting pose is rather less dignified, positively coquettish, but it's interesting to see a very typical 50's glamour pose for ladies performed by a male. The angling of the lower body modestly obscures a woman's 'sensitive' areas but makes a man look uncharacteristically coy without hiding anything. The pouch too is less much elegant than a bikini but looks sexily loaded. If you've fallen in love with him, this image won't change your mind!

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