Yeah but killing them allow us to loot whatever they brought back from Valyria... Which is a nice bonus.
Well their loot is far more... well less tangible then normal.
Well, on one hand, it makes total sense to get a stong sex industry going, we are in one of the most strategic areas for nautical commerce in the world, and a lot of sailors would be willing to leave their pay there.
You got to use the resources that are available to you, and the position you are in.
On the other hand, it is a little sad that quite a few of those women who were rescued from sexual slavery would have to go for prostitution for a living... It is an improvement, but still...
Well lets consider that many of them do not have the skills to really join any other industry.
It's not like the Emperor wanted his harem to be highly skilled.
So the options they have are kind of limited here, they can try to escape with Valaar, try to escape into Yi Ti (and risk being caught and executed), stay and hope for the Emperor to have mercy (extremely unlikely), or stay and hope for the Emperor to die in the war and the heir to be reasonable (more likely than the previous one, but it hangs in a lot of ifs)
The Emperor is lacking an Heir right now.
If he dies, Yi-Ti will collapse into civil war, as the Generals and lords fight amongst themselves.
Many millions will die because of this Emperors stupidity.
But, seeing that this emperor was "reasonable enough" to believe that kidnapping a Targaryen princess married to an admiral of the Royal Fleet, whose sons are all Dragonriders and a rising power of Westeros, and who is also a close friend of the King of Westeros... Was a good idea.
The Emperor didn't think that that husband would drop everything, and travel across half the Planet to rescue his life.
Like, he truly thought, in his mind, that it was just a woman, he can remarry a new one, and no one would miss her.
Clearly, he did not expect the love one man had for his wife would destroy his Empire.
Well help destroy his empire, he didn't expect a dragon rider to join the not mongols.
If you mix that with his pursuit of immortality I think that option 1 is by far the most likely...
Considering he needed Valyrian blood for immortality, it's not surprising.
Considering that I think Magoose took some inspiration for the Emperor in Qin Shi Huang who was said to be rutheless, I believe the first is more likely too. (Althought Qin Shi Huang hated women due to events of his life and refused to take an Empress)
Correct.
Though this Emperor is entirely motivated by turning Yi-Ti into an empire that can surpass Valyria, and is now almost ready to do it, only to get fucked by Daemon and company.
