In the end, he'd been forced to moderate himself, but he'd still taken everything they had that was worth taking, and he'd burned the rest. That includes the slaves that they'd initially sold through the Elder. There was none who could complain about that fact, not after what those merchants did.
For once, many of the villagers were on Vol's side for what he'd done. Even Blight – the elder's aged son – was speaking up on his behalf.
"They tried to steal our women, father!" The man cried. "They should have been burned alive for what they did. They were hours away from slavery. Karsam women, reduced to nothing more than the spoils of some foreign war. I won't have that."
"Yes, yes," the Elder said. "Justice needed to be carried out, but were we the ones to do it?"
