CH640 Bandits of the Wildlands
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Elsewhere, beyond the outskirts of BloodIron…
Within a native barbarian settlement situated tens of kilometres away, a group of men tore through the village like a violent storm, setting fire to the crude homes of its inhabitants.
The bandits slaughtered all who resisted, cutting them down without hesitation before gathering the remaining survivors together. However, their cruelty did not end there.
They separated the disabled and the elderly from the able-bodied… and killed them outright, deeming them worthless and not even worth the effort to sell.
Those who remained were divided into three groups: children, able-bodied or military-aged men, and women.
The children would be taken to specialised camps, where they would be raised and conditioned into obedient slaves—trained from a young age, perhaps even taught specific skills to increase their eventual market value.
