Wiped out the Timurids, but...

[econ21]

Wow - good discovery (and good feature, CA). Is this also true of the Mongols - ie has anyone wiped them out? Or rather, anyone taken their last settlement - I guess they still need a general in order to horde.

[FactionHeir]

In BI, playing as the huns, I took the sassanid settlement first, while he had all family members inside.
Well, I won the siege and killed all the members, but as his town fell he just turned into a horde and spawned a few new family members (including faction leader)
So I guess that's what would happen with mongols/timurids too.

You have to take out all family members without taking his last town to really wipe em out. Or just take his town and then deal with the horde...

[dismal]

In BI there was a limit on how many times a horde could re-spawn. I think you had to take them down 3 times to eliminate them, IIRC, but each successive re-horde would get smaller.

[Quillan]

Yes, the Mongols do this too. In my Byzantine campaign, they settled in Kiev and promptly left it with a small garrison. I had the Byzantine Assassination Division (tm) over there, so I promptly dropped a couple of spies into the settlement and sabotaged the barracks, church and tavern. The city revolted 2 turns later and I got the People in Flight message.