What else can I do with a prisoner, except sell him

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So I've captured these three lords from the Kingdom of Vaegirs who keep looting my only fief – a situation I'm getting rather frustrated with.

Is there anything I can do with them, except sell them? I'd like them to rot in some prison somewhere. I believe this will also weaken the enemies' army.

Best Answer

There are several reasons why you'd want to keep the prisoners.

  1. Some lords may give you a quest to bring them a noble of a certain faction. Usually for prisoner exchange. If you have a handy stash of them on hand its much easier.
  2. Like you said, keeping the lords on hand means they can't raid your stuff.
  3. If you manage to capture the marshall of the opposing faction, then it'll be much harder for them to mount a serious assault on something until their king appoints a new marshall, which leads to...
  4. If you capture their king and hold on to him, you can prevent their side from declaring peace if you want a long, drawn out war.
  5. Every once in a while you'll get a ransom offer from the faction to get their lord back, its free gold at that point.
  6. Also, every once in a while when you talk to a lord in your faction, your marshall, or your king they'll offer to buy the prisoner from you for some gold.
  7. As dbemerlin mentioned in his answer, building a jail in your castle/town and putting a prisoner in there drastically lowers their chance to escape. (I believe the default chance is a 50% escape rate every 72 hours for a prisoner in your party, but only 10 or 20% if they're in jail).
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