

In Warband, however, they will pay different sums per prisoner, depending on the military rank of the purchase.

In the first Mount&Blade, they would buy prisoners from the player 50 denars for each prisoner. They remain in one location for only a few (randomly determined) days before reappearing elsewhere. Ransom Brokers are men found randomly in taverns all across Calradia who will exchange prisoners for ransoms.

But if I'm out on my errands of mercy, and I come across a fellow dragging around a captive or two, well, there's no harm in a little speculative investment, is there? And you look like the type who might have a prisoner to sell." - Ransom Broker's introduction. Normally I travel between the salt mines and the slave markets on the coast, on commission from those whose relatives have gone missing. "I broker ransoms for the poor wretches who are captured in these endless wars.
