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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8769904" data-attributes="member: 4348">Absolutely.  That's a declaration of War. That was my first thought.NOW...if these "slave catchers" were actually not sanctioned to kidnap the prince (or even if they were, the nation they are in does NOT want a war and disavows them) it is possible that upon finding this out they outlaw the slave catchers and send people to kill them and get the prince back...that I think would be believable.Instead of the King wanting this, I think it would more plausible that the rulers of the nation don't WANT this incident and try to quietly get it better as quickly as possible.  If lucky, they can get a small group to not make a lot of noise, kill the slavers, and rescue the kid and THEN tell the king of the BIG mistake and how they rescued the prince and killed those "illegal" slavers that did such a thing with no authority.Edit: To make it easier to understand, though not 4 years old, imagine some other nation kidnapped the Vice-President of the United States to make her/him a slave.  Think about how well that would go down.Or imagine that some other nation kidnapped the Crown Prince's son to make a slave out of him...Quickly realizing a mistake and handing the leader back is one thing...but keeping that leader and forcing them into slavery...yeah...I don't see that going well with any nation on earth for the most part.  The more powerful nations the worse response most likely.That nation that did the kidnapping may get a large condemnation from other nations as well.NOW...it IS possible if that prince was a warrior prince and they weren't being held as a slave...but for ransom...there may be a different reaction as long as it follows the rules of chivalry/noble bargaining.  But straight up keeping them a slave when there has been no hostilities even declared yet...Closest I think that happened was William and Harold...and he eventually let Harold go but the results still eventually led to War.</blockquote>

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