How did my pretender die?

[LintMan]

Originally posted by splooger:
I had a pretender, a snake like hydra thing that I thought was nearly invincible, attacked by Bogus the Troll (who has a wraith sword). Everyone had routed but me and Bogus. Somehow, my fatigue went up to 195 and I couldn't do anything and it didn't appear Bogus could harm me either. After awhile, my pretender just died and I have no idea how

The Wraith Sword has life draining, which fatigues the target even if no damage is done.

Your pretender died because, IIRC, the game auto-kills everything left on the battlefield that isn't able to route after 40 rounds.