User blog comment:ScholarOfTheScrolls/Ulfric Stormcloak is NOT a racist./@comment-1600847-20131231000740/@comment-17114085-20131231165134

Withholding food does work. It can backfire though, as it makes them hate you. But since they need food then they will have to work harder to earn said food or else they starve. Suvaris knows withholding food will make them weaker for a few days but in time it will discipline them.