Marauder Migration.....

[Askold]

ON THE OTHER HAND...

Would those marauders think rationally

Ruling over a large group of people is hard work. Shooting up a farmhouse and possibly taking just a few slaves on the other hand is EXITING and cool and let's them rest there afterwards.

"Boss Billy-Bob did always find new victims for us before so I'm sure he'll do so in the future as well. So let's keep on following him. Even if he insist that we call him Gengis Khan now."

[Raellus]

This all reminds me of recent events in Mexico. Apparently, a wave of large scale vigilantism in Michoacan state directed against the Knights Templar drug cartel was the result of pent up frustration on the part of regional business owners and farmers who got fed up with being strong-armed into "selling" their goods to the narcos at below cost. According to some reports, these business people decided that it would be more cost effective to raise and arm a militia than it would be to keep giving away their products and/or make protection payments. At least, that's one version of the origin of these anti-cartel militias.