The world is a wonderfully weird place,

Consensual reality is significantly flawed,

No Institution can be trusted, 

 Certainty is a mirage,

SECURITY IS A DELUSION,  

And the tyranny of the dull mind ever threatens,

BUT OUR LIVES ARE NOT LIMITED AS WE THINK THEY ARE,

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE,

LAUGHTER IS HOLIER THAN PIETY,

FREEDOM IS SWEETER THAN FAME,

AND IN THE END IT IS LOVE AND LOVE ALONE THAT REALLY MATTERS.

First of all there was the fundamental awe and fear of the 'grotesque', a phenomenon unusual and unaccountable. The very mystery of the odd growth caused other men to look at the baneful being with wonder and reverence. IT MADE THEM TREAT HUNCHBACKS WITH SYMPATHY, AND DEFERENTIAL RESPECT.

Just as man is attracted by beauty, ugliness repels and horrifies him. [The man presumed] that the twisted figure of a HUNCHBACK thus would act as a most powerful force AGAINST DEMONIC BEINGS. Hence to have a HUNCHBACK or his replica nearby would serve as a sure means to keep DEMONS FAR AWAY.

HUNCHBACKS were bogies of a unique kind. They were like a divine gift. That is the reason for their presence in the royal courts then. They were living human mascots, employed to protect His Royal Highness and those near and dear to him.