Has this happened to you?

[Andytheplatypus]

I captured the king of denmark. Decided to ransom him back for 13000 gold. Well I clicked ransom and got all of the money, but the king was killed at the same time.

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

It has happened in my campaigns now and again. See the ransomed knight is weighlayed by highwaymen after he is set free. Good riddance
to bad rubbish I say...

[Spoon]

Yeah happend to me as well couple of times. I advice you to see it as an fortunate turn of events

[Andytheplatypus]

Oh saw definetly a good thing, just never saw it before.

[Ichon]

Not sure if its a good thing but its not that bad either. Funniest thing I've seen is when fought a battle and let the King be ransomed only to have him run right next to another army that promptly captured him 2nd time. =D

[SirRobin]

Perhaps because there was no room on the strategy map for him to run home.

[Andytheplatypus]

Thats possible. His back was to a forest and the only way out was through the army that captured him.

[SirRobin]

Thats possible. His back was to a forest and the only way out was through the army that captured him.

That should explain it. The same happens to merchants that are completely surrounded by enemy troops and then have to move a square because their space is occupied. It's a known exploit.

[Smash15]

You can just pretend that your people freed him, and then he had some... accident on his way back.

[Andytheplatypus]

Yea like Barbarossa on his way to the crusades?

[chris7ian]

Yea like Barbarossa on his way to the crusades?

In the Empire the dead hero was long mourned and for many years the peasants believed that Frederick was not really dead, but was asleep in a cave in the mountains of Germany, with his gallant knights around him. He was supposed to be sitting in his chair of state, with the crown upon his head, his eyes half-closed in slumber, his beard as white as snow and so long that it reached the ground. "When the ravens cease to fly round the mountain," said the legend, "Barbarossa shall awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness."

[SirRobin]

believed that Frederick was not really dead, but was asleep (...) shall awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness."

Interestingly, we have almost the same legend in Danmark: Holger the Dane, a knight mentioned in the Song of Roland, sleeps beneath Kronborg Castle and will awaken when we need saving from danger.

Possibly those events could be correlated, but it seems he hit the snooze button last time we had trouble with the germans.

[Andytheplatypus]

Possibly those events could be correlating, but it seems he hit the snooze button last time we had trouble with the germans.

Hey stayed up the night before drinking.

[Spoon]

Interestingly, we have almost the same legend in Danmark: Holger the Dane, a knight mentioned in the Song of Roland, sleeps beneath Kronborg Castle and will awaken when we need saving from danger.

Possibly those events could be correlated, but it seems he hit the snooze button last time we had trouble with the germans.

Now this funny. I'm studying for half a year in Sweden at the moment. I'm taking a subject about European Leagal history and the teacher told us the same tale about both Barbarossa and Holger today. I didn't know both tales before today and now I heard it twice on the same day

[preachercheeze]

Now this funny. I'm studying for half a year in Sweden at the moment. I'm taking a subject about European Leagal history and the teacher told us the same tale about both Barbarossa and Holger today. I didn't know both tales before today and now I heard it twice on the same day

isn't there a giant or someother in Lund (under the church or university) that is holding it up with his bare hands?

[Andytheplatypus]

Question Answered. Good work sir.

[SirRobin]

Interestingly, it seems there are lots of those old heroes waiting to rise again:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_in_the_mountain