Hi,

I'll give 'em a shot....

1. I believe he has to be in the province to get the steward virtue, but not the builder virtue. I may be wrong here, though.

2. Not really, but certain buildings can give you a title you can give to one of your govs. Also, certain buildings like churches will improve the moral of all units built in that province. Some VnV's are random - assigned by the computer at the end of your turn - others are triggered by an event.

3. I believe that those virtues get dropped on whomever is the commanding general in the stack, so if your heir is the top of a stack with a gov in it, the heir will pick up the virtues/vices meant for that gov.

4. I believe that for the specialist attacker/defender you have to win battles where you have less than half the troops of the other side.

5. Kings with more stars have heirs with more stars. Also, marrying princesses from other factions will supposedly help prevent your heirs from getting the different incest vices (too many toes, etc.), but that's been the subject of debate at times.

6. Well, if you really want to get rid of him you could just send him off with few troops on some bloody battle some place - probably the most sure way. (Sometimes he'll keep winning anyways - next thing you know you have a retarded uber-general.)

HTH some, looking forward to other players comments.

P.