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Is there any way to manually release captured prisoners at your own will? (let them go free)

My specific situation is this:

I have captured lords of a given faction, and that faction has since been defeated. I suspect that I will not receive a ransom for these captured lords anymore, and wish to let them go to free. This will free up a few prisoner slots.

  • I know that one option is to just let them escape on their own while I hold them in captivity with my army or in a town.
  • A second option being to put them in one of my town prisons, freeing up my prisoner slots.
  • A third option that does not apply to lords is to sell prisoners to a Ransom Broker.
  • A fourth option that does not apply to lords is to release prisoners after winning a battle.

I want to let them go free. Is it possible?

I defeated Kingdom of Vaegirs. Kingdom of Vaegirs has been defeated!

I held some of their lords prisoner before they were defeated. I wish to let them go free. However, I see no way of doing this. Image showing captured lords.

These are the only remaining lords for this faction because I still have them! Image showing that no other lords with the same title exist.

Thanks for reading.

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Nope, you can't just place them in your prison... they can escape from there aswell. – Lyrion Jan 21 at 13:33
Yes, however I am not asking how to hold onto them, I am asking how to get rid of them. Them escaping is not a problem, it is a solution. Plus, I can leave an infinite number of them in a prison (as far as I know), so it also frees up my prisoner slots. – Lemmings19 Jan 21 at 17:02
Whoops I mistyped there, what I meant was you can just place them in your prison... there is no other way of getting rid of them other then letting them escape. – Lyrion Jan 21 at 17:59
You can talk to your faction's Marshall or king, they will often offer to buy prisoners from you. Not sure if they do so for a defeated faction though. – spartacus Jan 28 at 3:23
@spartacus I made it to my marshal (I am the King) but saw no option to get rid of any prisoners (of a faction that is still in tact). Available options: i.imgur.com/sBPXtQb.jpg – Lemmings19 Mar 30 at 22:36
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I don't have the lord of a faction in my party, but have you tried:

party menu> person you want to disband> clicking the "Talk" option> selecting option like:

Example 1 "We need to separate"

Then

Example 2 "That's right, we need to part ways"

Good luck, hope I helped!

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This will not work, as talking to captured Lords only yields the "Don't you run off!" talk. – FEichinger Jan 20 at 18:31
@FEichinger is correct. This doesn't work for prisoners. – Lemmings19 Jan 28 at 0:24
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After taking time to look for an answer, it would appear that aside from the options I suggested in my question, there isn't any way to manually free lords in order to open up prisoner slots at any given time. The best thing to do seems to be to let them escape on their own over time, or drop them off in a town's prison.

You can let non-lords go free when capturing new prisoners after a battle or hiring troops after a battle, but that's about as close as it gets!

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