[triqui]

Well, given than _I_ am Ermor, of course I've thoughts about the question :P

But a few hints:

1) Even with fear effects, the God would be in the Hall of Fame. It would have 0 kills, but some experience. There are several commanders with 0 kills and some XP already in the hall of fame, including two from Ermor.

2) there are more than 1 way to conquer 2 province in turn 2. Ermor starting armor is decent, enough to take most Indies. You just need a second army good enough to take another. That might be done with a recruited decent army: few sacreds with bless, decent sized medium infantry supported by a Prophet, or, in case of Ermor, buying a bunch of 1 turn-only gladiator. Or, if you get lucky, and there are 2 weak indies around your capital, your starting army plus a few recruits can be split in two, and take both.

That said, about the rumour the bards sing from distant lands: why do they think Jotunheim's god is out there? It's not in the Hall of fame, either, and did not research anything at all in both turn 1 and turn 2. Jotunheim does not have enough gems to forge in turn 0, so unless the god is being used to Patrol and raise the taxes (which does not seem so, given the income it gets), I doubt it's out there... If it is, what is s/he doing?