Thanks all for the help. I do regularly station spies in my cities just for that reason. I thought the gate thing was a bug because the gates look "busted" open on the battlefield map and were that way after the battle in the settlement view (when you zoom in from the campaign map). I can't remember if I waited a turn or two to check it again, but it definitely sounds like I should. The trait thing just threw me for a loop as it seemed a guy could go from being Rambo to Phil Donahue in a matter of turns and I didn't see anything that would explain it. However, I don't always use my generals in battles and that probably set it off so thanks for the clarification.