Quote Originally Posted by rios
Apparently adoption characters aren't as good as the man of the hour guys, at least in my cases. It would appear the adoptions were triggered by deeds of existing generals. On the other hand, I've never had man of the hour after a battle faught with generals.
I did once. The general was killed early on in the battle. I then won the fight. (Not Heroically, but just regular) Got a Man of the Hour out of it. He was better than the general he replaced.