Rout to start a battle?

[Stormbinder]

Originally posted by Vynd:
An odd thing just happened to me. I'm messing around with Serpent Cult in a single-player game. I built an army with 10 Hydra Hatchlings and a Serpent Priest to lead them. Then I sent them into battle against some independent archers and militia. They rout as soon as the battle starts. I can't figure out why. None of my units get hit, let alone killed. None of the enemy units can cause fear or anything like that. Could it be my own poison cloud doing something to my commander? Even though he's 100% PR?

It shouldn't. You sure that you haven't accidently gave your troops a wrong orders?

The other option is that perhaps you got extremely unlucky with first valley of arrows, and it hit your hatchlings, causing the falied morale checks? (but the wounds would already regenrate itself during your turn when your troups routed)