During the Crusades (and other medieval wars) it was usual to take your defeated oppponents as hostage instead of killing them. Ransom money was one of the major income sources for the crusader states. Will this be represented in the game?
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It should be, the ransoms for kings are enough to make a sizable difference. 150,000 marks were paid for Richard I's ransom.
There's also the question of taking female heiresses hostage and forcibly marrying them.
There's also the question of taking female heiresses hostage and forcibly marrying them.
And what would be gained by capturing ogadai?
100k angry mongols LOL, or maybe an agreement that leave your lands alone
or maybe some 1 milllion ducats..
100k angry mongols LOL, or maybe an agreement that leave your lands alone
or maybe some 1 milllion ducats..
Originally posted by The camel
And what would be gained by capturing ogadai?
100k angry mongols LOL, or maybe an agreement that leave your lands alone
or maybe some 1 milllion ducats..
I think 1 million angry mongols...
What an evil christians....
It is like...perhaps hold a city and demands money for peace
much similar to EU or?
If you get peace sometimes the soldiers from your enemy are left
behind and ..for exampel have a neutral country between and cant get home...you demand your former enemy for money and his soldier
gets a free ticket home or?
Re: Re: Hostages
I think there should be a large chance to capture some of the enemy leaders if you win a battle. For example, when Prince Bohemond of Antioch were captured, he was bought free for 100.000 bezants. As a comparison, the Templars bought Cyprus from Richard Lionheart for the same amount. And if you read the chronicles of the crusade, it looks like half the leaders on both sides spent some years in a dungeon while waiting to be ransomed...
I think there should be a large chance to capture some of the enemy leaders if you win a battle. For example, when Prince Bohemond of Antioch were captured, he was bought free for 100.000 bezants. As a comparison, the Templars bought Cyprus from Richard Lionheart for the same amount. And if you read the chronicles of the crusade, it looks like half the leaders on both sides spent some years in a dungeon while waiting to be ransomed...