When a noble goes "feral" (i.e. their loyalty runs out)
the game clearly remembers who the previous owner of the
noble was. You can bribe them back into your faction
at no NP cost. If someone else bribes them into their
faction, you recieve the NP's for the loss. However, if
the noble is killed while still feral, and the body is
LR'd or dissolves then the NP's are *not* returned to the
original owner, rather, they are lost.
I guess it's time to re-post the bug list ..
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