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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 7733442" data-attributes="member: 6803337">NPC: General BlunderbergThis officer is competent and effective, although rather average, as long as he is a subordinate officer.  But his ego will not allow him to STAY a subordinate; he seeks higher command.He either is noble-born or an excellent courtier; he can make powerful friends (the kind who recommend him to the King for a promotion) with ease.  He would make an excellent court intriguer.Once given an independent command, the character flaw that his superiors had to keep a tight rein on, comes to the fore.  He will lead his army to ruin.  He might even do harm to the enemy in the process.Most likely, his army will dissolve into squabbling factions, surrounded by "bandits" (the other country's peasants, formed into self-defense militia), attempting some time-consuming campaign, such as besieging a city.  He personally will survive and return to HQ, to blame his failure on his "insubordinate" officers.  (Conveniently, those officers did NOT survive to defend themselves and give their account of the campaign - or his antics / leadership qualities.)His character flaw might be that he is a 'blue-blood' who cannot heed advice from lesser-born, or he has a drinking problem, or he is a know-it-all who cannot tolerate experienced specialists, or he is a physical coward.During the later part of the Thirty Years' War, one individual gained the nickname "General Army-Wrecker" because that is what usually happened when he took over command.</blockquote>

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