A person held by one party in a conflict as security that specified terms will be met by the opposing party.

In essence, any person who is taken and made a prisoner in order to force other people to do something the taker wants.

Related Tags

• death_threat
• execution - The act of killing someone as a penalty for an offense.
• kidnapping - The act of capturing a character against their will.

See Also

• arrested - Characters being taken into custody for a crime.