They already seemed to be losing their grip. If they didn't control whatever that substance is that they all need to survive, they'd have a hard time staying in power.

[ And... he's going to be careful about highlighting the last time they encountered the Beastmaster, but it is the only thing he has to go off of. It's fine. ]

I heard that. We can probably assume that if the village didn't provide whatever they agreed to, he'd do the same thing here that he did to Taravast.