Relevant text:
If defeated with a combat check, shuffle the Burning Child into a random other open location.
If you defeat the Burning Child from the seige deck with a combat check, where does it go?
It wouldn't go back into the seige deck, would it? That would make winning a Defensive Stance scenario impossible.
I think it should go into a random open location other than the one your character is at when you encounter it. Is that correct?
It just seems weird somehow, moving a monster out of the seige deck and into a location, but I think that's right.
Thanks!
Note Defensive Stance's text:
"After the encounter, unless it is defeated or displayed, shuffle it back into siege deck."
It doesn't get shuffled into the siege deck, since it was defeated. It gets shuffled into a random open location as you said.
That's how I figured it. Thanks!