>>What do Orlanthi normally do with such? Take them as
>>thralls? Ransom them back? Keep them as hostages? Just
>>kill them? Let them go? And once we've figured out
>>what "normality" is, we can get into all the
>>variations that would apply here.
> Any and all of the above I would think.
> Of course we aren't dealing with Orlanthi/Orlanthi here, we are
> dealing with Orlanthi/Lunar - and multiple cultures within the
> latter. I can't imagine a Lunar warlord being particularly
> interested in prisoner exchanges for many of his soldiers. Well
> connected officers quite likely and maybe rankers from elite
> units but not the average soldier. So you've got an Orlanthi clan
> who've captured these prisoners expecting to get a ransom, nobody's
> interested in paying and they're taking up space and food within
> the city.
About what I thought, too. Add a few officers who choose to remain with their troops, some whose families are too stingy or too poor to pay, or some whose ransom is hindered by political rivals, and you might get an interesting heroband in chains, obliged to a number of minor Orlanthi leaders more or less able to feed and in case of anger defend their prisoners. Sufficient stuff for a few sidetracking scenarios, I'd expect.
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