takeing over a village

[ninja_yodeler]

so a while ago i came upon a village. and there i met 2 fellows with the same goal as me. take what we can and destroy what we cant. the fools left there brick wall open and there pally closed. but none of us being pally bashers it stumped us. we tried summoning one of them (they had scents) but he was to far away for his poorish marksman. so we had just about given up when they realised they had no auth as they destroyed a X road without crim acts. so i thought take over the idol and port us in.

but why couldnt we take the idol. it was in plain site. and the person trying had left his village. had lawspeaking and right clicking the idol but the menu wouldnt come up.

i thought if a vill had no auth then anyone could take it?? am i wrong (obviously) so where has my thought gone wrong?

[Duregar]

if i'm correct ls must be dead too

edit:
http://www.havenandhearth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19497&hilit=village+auth&start=10#p229639

[bmjclark]

There either has to be no one left in the village or the LS has to be dead.

[ninja_yodeler]

damn... it looked good to...oh well time to get a bally pasher