Who captured them?

[marycatelli]

Not who captured whom, I'm sure of who the captives are, but it occurred to me that it was  more logical for another villain to capture them. 

Which means that of the very few plot threads I thought I had in hand, several are unmoored by that decision.

Hmm -- two villainous sides will have to work together more closely, however mistrustfully.  Thus the character who joined the group of villains will know about the captives even though they were captured by the other villain and his henchmen.