The king raising authority when defeated!

[Handel]

My new King of England was very stupid - just 1 authority. His nickname was "The Mean" and if I left him as a governor somewhere the happiness dropped greatly.
So I decided to suicide him in the battle and sent him alone vs strong rebels. But was lazy to play the battle myself so pressed "autocalculate". The king was "clearly defeated" and escaped in a nearby city. The next turn I selected him to throw it in the battle again and... suprise! He gained 2 points of authority. After one more battle he become "The scarfaced" or such and I decided to let him live without more suicide missions. Now he is with 8 points of authority and has the nickname "The cunning".

BTW - does someone knows is there a penalty if the king is not in the capital?

[Aenlic]

Perhaps he gained authority for having the willpower to admit defeat and talking his enraged troops into withdrawing to fight again another day? So the troops see him as being concerned with their welfare and not going off half-cocked in the heat of battle and being suicidal; therefore, his word arries more weight when he actually does go into battl. His troops trust him more because he doesn't ask them to commit suicide. Beats me. Makes an odd sort of sense, though.

[Handel]

CA created several such "oddities" in the game. Maybe the reason for this is the proberb "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger"... errr... wiser?

[Trithemius]

CA created several such "oddities" in the game. Maybe the reason for this is the proberb "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger"... errr... wiser?

"I will never do that again!" ?

[metatron]

His scars of battle are indicative of his tenacious ferocity in combat, so despite the losses, people fear and obey him.

[Spartiate]

His scars of battle are indicative of his tenacious ferocity in combat, so despite the losses, people fear and obey him.

Absolutely.Who is going to argue with a guy who charges an enemy army with just his royal bodyguard..............and survives?Not me.That's who