I must publish my stupidity for all to see. Strategically perhaps a poor move but that's ok.
So I'm forging and casting rituals under Astral of Corruption. Mages with Astral get 2 pearls and are scripted to cast Returning in non-Cap provinces. Works like a charm. If however you miss a script or a pearl on one of the twenty mages... bad things can happen. Things begin to look bad when the horror is not a run of the mill horror but the Eater of Dreams... things go from bad to worse if that mage is holding a sword of many colors and a ring of wizardry... the downward spiral continues if it also happens to be your pretender with 3 globals.
Not looking for sympathy... Just needed to share. Now that I've got that off my chest.
Anyone know why twiceborn did not light up for the pretender? He was horror routed in my dominion. I thought he would show back in my cap the same turn (he was not undead/inanimate/demon).
Anyway... Please send Astral gems to Pyth if BoT is not your CoT (Cup of Tea).
-ssj