He actually went from being a candidate for son-in-law (he is an Epeirote, but somehow his dad gave him a Hellenized version of a Roman name - Publius - maybe he fought with a Roman mercenary in Southern Italy who saved his dad's life
) to become my faction heir too, and probably the leader soon as Ptolemaios Aiakides is 51 now. He's only 28 now, but the girl he married (to get into the family) was a motivation for other great things. He has some problems, and hasn't led a lot of battles, but he's got influence out the wazoo actually. He's great to lead attacks in enemy territory though, since he has good management techniques and a quartermaster (so the men don't get as upset from rationing and such). I will admit to getting rid of one ancillary though. This chap had picked up a really ugly hetaira somewhere along the way, and he and Pyrrhos were stationed in a city together right as Pyrrhos was about to die, so I passed her on to the old man.
edit: It also shows how characters can evolve to be totally different from what their ethnicity might predict.
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