[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Merry Jolkar:
What determines the rate pop dies off under Soul Gate: simply being in Ermor's dominion (and if so, candle length?)? Province owned by Ermor?

Population death is a percentage based on the dominion strength in the province.

This depends on the pretender's level of death magic, right?

No, the auto-generated troops have nothing to do with the pretender's death magic, only the dominion strength in a given province, and whether there is a castle and/or a temple present in the province.