Your Warleader

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When you get the Fire Children event, try to send the children away to study with another clan. If this fails, tell people to be patient with them in the follow-up event, and do not pursue the matter further if that fails--you can be railroaded into exiling them or taking away their powers. Don’t marry Ayvtu off; that results in her leaving the clan, permanently. You want those kids to stay right where they are.



If you keep them in the clan and don’t depower them, they’ll show up as nobles when they turn 17 (first Yatakan, then Ayvtu the next year). Both start off reasonably strong in Combat and are good candidates for Elmal Path Guardian due to him granting them fire magic (even if Yatakan grows up to worship Zarlen, he won' t suffer a penalty for worshipping the wrong god), so you can increase their skills relatively easily. They aren’t guaranteed to succeed, but there are two of them, so even if one fails…



Ayvtu can also do Gamari Horse Mother, and Yatakan can also do Dostal Elk Hunter, though it’s better if you send them on Elmal’s ritual first since it will be easier for them. Either of them can be a great warleader. If you have no good prospects early on, you can still turn things around if you hold out until your fire children are of age.

Your warleader is the member of your Clan Circle who takes charge during battles.Ideally you want Heroic Combat; Renowned is all right. High Leadership is good, but not as important as Combat.So, when you choose your Clan Circle, make sure that your best warrior is on it. For example, in the clan at left, Kimka is far and away the best warrior, so she gets to be on the circle.Sorting by combat is the easiest way to find a potential warleader. Some nobles also offer a campaign pitch such as "The best warrior belongs on the circle. I am the finest warrior this clan has.". Normally it's taken automatically by the best fighter on the circle (Kimka in this case), but I have occasionally had an Elmal worshipper usurp a better-skilled worshipper of a different god. If this happens, take the troublemaker off of the circle. (Or, I suppose, boost them with rituals until they actually are as good as they think they are.)If you don’t have a great warrior (or if all of your great warriors are old—ina sixty-year-old can still fight like a hero, but is vulnerable to dying of old age), you need to train someone up. Look at your noble pool, and try to find a youngster who’s fairly good at combat (Excellent, though Very Good might do in a pinch) and worships Elmal or Osara. For example, if Kimka in the example clan above dies, I could train up her cousin Balindrai to be her successor. Send them on theritual, then pick the option to strengthen them--this will boost their Leadership and Combat. For the best chance of success, put magic in War and Ritual at Sacred Time, get everyone you can to help, and sacrifice generously.can be used to boost the Combat and Leadership skills of female nobles (though unfortunately it seems to be one of the tougher ones to get through), andcan be used to boost male ones in Combat (unfortunately, it does nothing for Leadership). Although these rituals aren't quite as good for the purpose as Elmal Path Guardian, they can be useful as a supplement or emergency substitute.For how to get through those rituals, see the following links:(available to men, and to women who worship Osara; worshippers of Elmal and Osara get a boost)(available to women; worshippers of Gamari get a boost)(available to men; worshippers of Dostal get a boost)You can start knowing the details of “Elmal Guards the Sunpath” (the myth that Elmal Path Guardian reenacts) if, during clan creation, your ancestors were the best fighters when the First Clan split. Otherwise, you’ll need to sacrifice to Elmal to learn it. Since Elmal has four blessings and two myths, this may take a while.You do not always get a good warleader prospect early in the game. You will definitely get one eventually.