Ransom

A captive held bound can be ransomed. Their captor names the price with /ransom <captive> <amount>, and the captive and their faction hear of it. Anyone can pay with /ransom pay <captive>, or a faction's leader or treasurer can pay from its coffers with /ransom pay <captive> coffers. The town holds the coin until the captor frees the captive with /untie. Rescue them first, or let the captor keep them past the time, and the coin goes back to whoever paid. Demanding a ransom is extortion, a crime with a heavy bounty.