Negroes were responsible for much of the plunder and pillage. The troops of the besieging force proceeded to loot and pillage the city. They pillage cities and countryside alike before bringing their loot back to Cimmeria. His armies would sack, pillage, and destroy entire cities that resisted his army. Going north, Taira armies pillage local villages. The game offers several multiplayer modes, Slaughter, Survival, and Pillage. Reprisals took many forms, including pillage, arson and assassination. The raiders probably intended to pillage the nearby Lewes priory. Galeran could not pay his troops who started to pillage the peasants' homes. This led to numerous incidents of violence and pillage directed at colonists. The invaders continued to pillage for eight months until the commencement of winter. Some lived only for war and pillage and disdained Roman ways. The enemy attempted to pillage the cottage, apparently unaware Valens was inside. I will pillage your lands and dwellings. Cornelisz was one of a few men who stayed on "Batavia" to pillage and steal.