Thread:SpiritedDreaming/@comment-31658041-20170403022506/@comment-26397825-20170404144734

But then, how do prisoners get escprted to the prison? You need to have space for at least 4 people on the airship; the pilot, the prisoner and 2 guards. That's 3 prisoners who can share a ride out of the place.

And when I said top, I meant the desert surrounding Furnace. Rather than getting the pilot to drop them off somewhere in the desert, just keep going until they're near a town. Boom. 3 prisoners are loose to cause havoc. Rinse and repeat. In fact, when 3 escape and more airships are sent in to secure the place, all the other prisoners can rise up and take over the extra airships that would be coming in and escape all at once.

And those escaped prisoners aren't going to keep quiet about the hellhole that is Furnace. Also, Huntsmen go everywhere; you really expect them not to stumble across it at some stage and report it or share it with their mates? One thing leads to another and eventually you have a civil war on your hands as the general public gets up in arms about humane treatment of people.

Speaking of humane treatment of people, there's corrupt officials and then there's blaming children for the sins of the father. Even the most corrupt official isn't going to demand a child go take the place of the dad because he died, and they most certainly wouldn't accept an 8 year old. That's ridiculous and unbelievable, and is just edge for the sake of wanting a "tough, rough character" and makes it a Mary Sue. It doesn't work. At all.