Well I'm just not going to quote any of you then.
ru⋅in
/ˈruɪn/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [roo-in] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
6. something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight: Alcohol was his ruin.
7. the downfall of a person; undoing: the ruin of Oedipus.
9. the act of causing destruction or a downfall.
11. to bring (a person, company, etc.) to financial ruin; bankrupt.
12. to injure (a thing) irretrievably.
Here's what I'm getting at. Unresistable Blood Curse. Awake SC pretender?
Ruined. High cost, low number, high bless Sacreds?
Ruined. Mages casting -any- kind of Evocations?
Ruined.
You're going to pigeon-hole him into only using cheap disposable troops, and once you can do that, you are leading the dance. Even if you lose the war, he is the victor, but is still
ruined.
I guess I seem to remember that someone said Horror Marked units aren't visited outside of combat - even so, it wouldn't take too much trickery to get his valuable commanders Marked.