Strongbow Fitzgilbert

**Lars Jorgensun** · 12-04-2005, 01:44

Has anyone else gotten this guy when you play as the English? Every campaign I play he comes up, usually about halfway through the Early period, he's always between a 5-7 star general and he's always leading a unit of FMAA. PLus he never appears when I'm traing troops on the British Isles, only when I train on the mainland.

**Weebeast** · 12-04-2005, 02:15

I think I had that guy before. His birthyear is 1115. I don't know when he does appear though. He can appear in any England-owned provinces as he is set to appear anywhere in the defaultheroes.txt file.

Try to train just one unit in Wessex during his "appear-year" (since you seem to know).

**miho** · 12-04-2005, 11:30

Why is he called Strongbow Fitzgilbert when he leads FMAA? The name suggests he would be leading longbowmen.

**Ciaran** · 12-04-2005, 12:41

I suppose the name is fixed, but the unit he´s assigned to is random.
Is there somewhere more info about the historic personalities you can get? Like, when and where can they appear, and perhaps some background infos?

**Mr White** · 12-04-2005, 13:51

I've had him 2 times. Once leading a unit of feudal spears ( made in mercia or Northumbria, the one with the +1 for billmen) and the other time he was leading FMAA from Normandy.

It could be that MAA are more likly to be a general than spears (Like pesants aren't usualy generals) but I could be wrong.

**Ludens** · 12-04-2005, 15:17

Originally Posted by Ciaran

I suppose the name is fixed, but the unit he´s assigned to is random.
Is there somewhere more info about the historic personalities you can get? Like, when and where can they appear, and perhaps some background infos?

Indeed. Strongbow FitzGilbert is one of the many historical heroes M:TW includes. They appear at a set date (16 years after their birth date) when you construct a unit. I know of two heroes listings: Ky Kiske's heroes list (M:TW only) and Nefarious' M:TW info pack (contains the heroes, provinces and GA of M:TW & VI, but does not tell you what the heroes stats are). You can find Nefarious e-mail adress in Froggy's M:TW beginner's guide, AFAIK it cannot be found anywhere on the internet. For background info you might try wikipedia.

Originally Posted by Mr White

It could be that MAA are more likly to be a general than spears (Like pesants aren't usualy generals) but I could be wrong.

You are right, but the general appears in whatever unit is finished on the turn of his appearance. If multiple units are build, he pick the unit that is "preffered" for generals by the unit files.

**Ciaran** · 12-04-2005, 18:06

I know about Nefarious´ info pack, the problem is, it´s kind of quite a while ago that he was active. So I was unsure whether to contact him, I thought that info was uploaded in some place or another. But it looks like I´ve got to give it a try and e-mail.