Quote Originally Posted by leader_of_men

unably to create the character general ( is gender correct ? )

You get that message if haven't coded the general's properties correctly.

Your entry will look like below:
character Gaius , leader, named character, age 20, , x 141, y 74

Change it to:
character Gaius , named character, leader, age 20, , x 141, y 74

It should work then.