I have a couple of questions about ransoms in Glorantha
1. In previous editions, players would bank their ransoms with their temples. In RQG the implication is their families or cult will pay their ransom without having to bank it beforehand. Do I read that right?
2. Who pays a ransom? The steading, clan, or cult? If the two eldest and most fit males [say, steadholder and adult son] in a given steading are taken and ransomed, that could quickly bankrupt the farm, reducing a family of carls to cottar or stick-picker status. And good luck getting you clan to answer the call to war in that case.
3. What about the gear of the prisoner? Is that kept by the victor in addition to the cash ransom, or is the prisoner released with his arms and armor?