Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post
By inserting the general's bodyguard into the recruitment line by modding, you'll be able to recruit an actual general with a bodyguard which replenishes when damaged. He will not, however, enter the family tree as a family member, but will instead be a named character labelled as a "general."
I've done this and I have yet to see general's bodyguard on the recruitment pool.