User blog comment:Hyena42/The Warlord Guide, What and What NOT To Do For the Aspiring Conqueror/@comment-1884658-20100626204950

If a random creepy mouse with a big sword shows up in your dreams, you want to wake up and forget it. Never think about it, it was just a dream. ''That. Mouse. Is. Dead. He. Cannot. Hurt. You. Period.''

Also, hostage situations. Not only dibbuns, but if you have their Skipper, Log-a-log, Abbot/Abbess, Recorder, some random Redwaller, the main character's love, or Abbey Warrior prisoner, they will do anything to ensure their safety. Depending on the situation, threatening to kill them may not be enough, especially if the hostage tells them not to ransom him. But if you threaten to do something a little more messy right in their sight (out of arrow range, of course) they'd sell themselves before letting you hurt their friend.