Of course I want to continue this RP! When he realizes there is zero chance of him escaping or withstanding the torture until he dies rather than taking the potion, that's going to be his next option though. I don't want him to die, but I can't change the fact that he will want to. He will have to attempt something and (preferably) be unsuccessful. That's why I asked what methods would be used to stop him. 

Hmm, they have to have recovered quickly then, because I placed the war with the magicals around the Renaissance period, and I already had the Industrial Revolution happening around the same time. I also put this with a roughly modern level of technology. Joseph has mentioned email and used online shopping several times now. But that all still works.

Alright, well, that kind of makes people like Frederick Douglass not exist, since American slavery was in the 1700s-1800s, which is supposedly post-war. But I can use it and attribute it to a magical then. It is supposed to be an alternate reality after all.