[atul]

Look into your dominions directory. There should be a directory named savedgames and in it, directory newlords. If you create a pretender in the game with Game Tools -> Create pretender, that file is saved into directory newlords as a .2h file with name of the nation you've created a pretender for.

If you've got only one pretender created for that nation, all is fine. If you have several pretenders, you need to remember pretenders are saved in chronological order (mid_shinyuama_0.2h, mid_shinyuama_1.2h, the last being the latest), UNLESS you've deleted old pretenders before.