Humakti taking prisoners

From: Andrew Solovay <asolovay_at_...>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:54:56 -0700

simon_hibbs2 <simon.hibbs_at_...> wrote:

>

> That's very well put, Humakti genraly do not take prisoners
> and for them slaughtering a defeated foe is the normal course
> of action.

Okay, help me a little with this. Humakti don't ambush, right? "Don't ambush" geas, "sense ambush" skill, all of that. I *assume* the reason they don't ambush is because it's not "honorable" to attack a defenseless foe. So... wouldn't that apply all the more to a prisoner?

I could see a Humakti fighting every battle to the death. But if he *did* take a prisoner, if he accepted an enemy's surrender, I'd think his honor would compel him to protect the prisoner, not kill him. If nothing else, I'd think accepting a prisoner's surrender is (implicitly) making a promise not to kill him--and Humakt doesn't much like oathbreakers.

(Or is there some other reason why Humakt doesn't ambush? I'm rusty on the mythos. Is there some relevant myth?)

--Andrew Solovay