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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 5228304" data-attributes="member: 807">Some rather disjointed thoughts that came to mind as I read your post ...Why kidnap instead of murder?*  Perhaps it has something to do with the suffering aspect of the portfolio.  the 'thing' they are trying to accomplish is powered by the energies/cries/screams of the suffering.* Perhaps they need to be fresh victims before the 'ritual' so killing them ahead of time would make their corpse too old if the 'event' isn't happening for another week or month or next full moon, etc.  they would be killed (freshly killed) at the ceremony.* Perhaps they are actually willing victims (aligned with the cult, if not part of the cult) but they are staging their disappearance for the sake of giving them a legitimate excuse to be gone.Why families instead of individualsThis will depend on the 'what is going on' but some possibilities include* (if using the suffering cries as the source of power) Having the rest of the family there increases the suffering of the mothers/fathers/etc* The rest of the family is just a convenience - they were there during the kidnapping of one person so why not take everyone since they need that many targets anyway.* (if using the willing victim idea) The family is all in one it and wants to go (or the father who is in on it wants to make his family come with him)* The families are all from a specific bloodline related to current and former enemies of the cult* The families are all descendants of one of the original cult leaders, and there is some sort of power within their blood that they wish to reunite* They are looking for one specific person (perhaps part of some prophecy to be able to naturally wield some great power over undead, etc) and they know this person is of some bloodline , so they are trying to find this person and convert him (and not kill the other people since they need that person alive and need to figure out who it is -- then they'll kill the rest of the victims during the ceremony of initiation for that found individual)* The cult is planning to release a disease (that being part of their portfolio after all), but for some reason they know that these people/families have a genetic resistance to the disease.  Thus, rounding them up to get them out of the way so that they can not help.   though that makes the 'why not kill right away' part a little tricky* (the reverse of the above) The cult wants to release a disease and for some reason these families are predisposed to be good carriers for it.  Thus, during a particular ceremony (maybe waiting for a full moon or what not) they'll get infected and then released back to their hometown as (unknown to them) plague carriers.anyway, just some rambles off the top of my head.</blockquote>

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