I've just thought of a problem with my own story idea, Your thoughts?
The 7 Slave Snatchers/Thieves, clearly all have a slightly higher then normal INT, which would mean A INT of either 12 or 13, so why didn't they realize theirs something wrong with this?
I mean the birthmark proves that his mothers a escaped slave, which makes him a slave, but they know nothing about his father
Saying that though they should have realized that his father must be A Noble whose title must be at least Very Senior Earl, after all who else would assign 12 or more, their isn't more but they don't know that, Fighters of they guess at least 7th level to guards a 4 year old
So why didn't they just approach the kid and his guards, explain the situation with the kid and his mum, in which case the guards would quickly get access to A Cleric they trust that will cast Detect Lie to show their telling the truth, then help sort it out and they'd each get a large reward without unknowingly kidnapping a future king