During a battle you can capture members of the opposition... you can either kill them "then and there" (thereby enhancing your own dread rating [i think it may also affect enemy morale - not sure on that]) or keep them until the battle's end when you can ransom them.

Yeah you tend to capture far more when they are either running or routing - Knights tend to like capturing other knights also (although that may have been my imagination)

[This message has been edited by Darkmoor_Dragon (edited 06-21-2002).]