*Spoilers* The Torture Victims

[superluser]

Let me again remind you that it's a FICTIONAL story It was made up and written by 1 guy and it probably shouldn't be analyzed to such depths and extents, since you certainly won't find any 100% officially consistent things inside.

Well, that's fair enough. My original point was that regardless of whether it's realistic, the sheer number of victims make it difficult to actually take in the horror of any of them. Fewer victims would actually make it much more shocking, I think, because you could develop the story of who they were and what each one went through in detail.