Does it give me anything to capture the enemy king?

[tFighterPilot]

I captured the king of Macedonia. Is there anything better to do with him than to give him to the randsom broker?

 

[Pode]

In vanilla, eventually a messenger (splash screen) will come from his kingdom offering you, literally, a king's ransom for him.  Like 16K denars or so.  You can also get a quest from one of your lords asking you to capture one of the enemy's lords, and you could use him to fulfill that quest and claim a few hundred denar and some relationship with the quest giver.

 

[tFighterPilot]

Thanks, so I'll just keep him with me and wait.

 

[rider]

Actually.. Shouldn't it be a bit more logical? I mean, he is THE king... So, shouldn't he offer you a fief if you let him go or something?

 

[ultimaratioregum]

I don't see how that would work

"I am so grateful for you letting me go that I am going to give you, my sworn foe, a large portion of my territory and populace!"

Plus there's the issue of actually holding onto what was until very recently, enemy territory.. with a hostile populace and enemy garrisons. If your faction was hypothetically strong enough to do that, they're probably strong enough that they should just hold onto the king and finish off his faction..

 

[FantastikO]

Well I think you would change your mind if you were king. If I was 'king' of Australia, I would hapilly give away Tasmania or something for my life.

 

[rangerlove]

If I was 'king' of Australia, I would hapilly give away Tasmania or something for my life.

lol true tasmania dosent really do anything, it just sits there. who wouldnt give it up in exchange for their life.

 

[killeri]

I captured the king of Macedonia. Is there anything better to do with him than to give him to the randsom broker?

i captured a lord but if u get captured in his factions town u your captors will release u and pay much cash