I had totally forgotten about the historical heroes. I don't usually get much help from them, since at least when I'm playing, they almost instantly start to find those extra toes or prefer beer as a refreshment over water. Poor Birger Jarl dropped from a five-star expert attacker to a one or two star general in a mattr of years, and with the Turks, the historical heroes have nearly all faced a simular destiny. (Oh, expept that one who charged into the rear of a unit of cataphractoi who were surrounded from three directions with spears and camels and heroicly died the same second when his ghazi-unit hit the enemy rear.. Well, you should never underestimate the power of a heavily armored horse-rear, I guess. )