How does Appia die?

In the story, the prince Appia was murdered in a most brutal manner. In chapter 5, we are told that his corpse is discovered hanging from the largest bough of a guava tree. 

From the text, we can conclude that Appia died from his neck wounds. His eyes had also been gouged out, and his arms and legs had been mutilated. The only part of the prince's body that was left untouched was the trunk....

In the story, the prince Appia was murdered in a most brutal manner. In chapter 5, we are told that his corpse is discovered hanging from the largest bough of a guava tree. 

From the text, we can conclude that Appia died from his neck wounds. His eyes had also been gouged out, and his arms and legs had been mutilated. The only part of the prince's body that was left untouched was the trunk. So, although Appia suffered extreme torture before his death (his eyes were torn from their sockets with an extremely sharp instrument), he likely died from blood loss through his terrible neck wounds.

The text also tells us that Appia's arms and legs were likely mutilated after his death. Two slivers of flesh had been removed from each upper arm. Similarly, two pieces of flesh had also been cut out from the calf muscle behind each leg.