I want to unstrike TinCow's initial reply:

Quote Originally Posted by TinCow View Post
I think you've misunderstood the rule. The "player whose avatar leads an army that is involved in a battle" IS the player that the game chooses as the leader. There is no IC/OOC split in that rule, the person who shows up as the leader when the battle appears in-game is always the person that fights the battle. That's how it worked in LotR, and KotF 1(c) is a direct copy of the same rule in LotR, marked there as 1.3.
OK, thanks - I think I did misunderstand the rule - so 1(c) should be interpreted such that the person leading the army is the player the game chooses as the leader? I'd assumed that since one player owned a stack, he would also be the one to fight the battle. But if we are going with the computer's pick, then there is no issue of one avatar getting traits or chivalry/dread for another player's actions. If there is a resistance to using the console - and I understand that - Dukes will have to use reinforcements as AG says.