User Guide

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trigger a succession war, although the chances
of this happening are still fairly low.
Assuming that your ruler survives any com-
bats he leads, you may wish to return him to
your leader “pool” by assigning a different gen-
eral to lead his army as soon as possible. You
cannot remove him from the pool, but he is not
at risk as long as he is not currently command-
ing an army. When your ruler dies of natural
causes, he will also be removed from your lead-
er pool.
Leader Listing
The lower half of the Leader page of the Do-
mestic Interface displays a scrollable list of all
of your leaders. If the leader is currently as-
signed to an army or fleet, the name of that
force will be listed below his attributes. If there
is no fleet or army indicated below his name,
the leader is currently in your country’s leader
pool and may be assigned as desired.
Each newly recruited leader will be given a
random name that is appropriate for his coun-
try. A ruler is not given a random name when
he is converted into a general. He retains his
own name. To the left of each leader’s name
is a symbol that indicates whether he is a gen-
eral (a glove), an admiral (a blue “Nelson” hat),
a conquistador (a silver Spanish helm), or an
explorer (a spyglass). To the right of his name
is a graphic representation of his leadership at-
tributes. You can also hover your mouse over
his name to see a tool tip with the numerical
values for each attribute.