That is painful, but IIRC there was a battle earlier in the game where I thought your pretender got pretty lucky, surviving 4 magic duel attempts from lizard shaman (any maybe also high fatigue in the battle?). For those of you who don't have scouts in the south Ulm and C'tis have been fighting almost the entire game. It's been a good show, though I haven't been following it as closely since attacking Caelum (C'tis' dominion keeps killing my scouts and I haven't replenished them).
Speaking of attacking, what's up with the surprise attack, Shin? If you wanted those provinces you could have just asked.
