Phoenix Ran Away to Hide From Me ???

[yippeekiay]

I've spent hours clearing out Blister Hill. I have the Protector of the Flame in one of my prison cells but for some reason Lord Phoenix has disappeared.

I was taking out the HN bit by bit as I thought both the Phoenix & Protector along with some Inquisitors etc might be a bit too much & I wanted ALL my attacking squad to survive.

So, I got as far as just Lord Phoenix left, went into his Throne building to capture him but he disappeared!!

He was there when I lured out the Protector so did he do a runner to another town without me seeing??? I'm pretty damn sure he didn't come out to fight as I would have had guys down.

I want my Phoenix in a cage!!!!

Anyone help, or did clearing the town of soldiers cause a bug?

EDIT:- I've checked all buildings in Blister Hill to no avail, in case he was hidng under a matress somewhere lol ;o)

[stecph]

Excuse me but are you sure sure he is not laying in some corner totally messed up? Maybe under bodies? It has happened to me with 2 inquisitors:-)
Man you should use Shidan's mod if u do that,but maybe you are usingvit already:-)
I was planning to wipe the Phoenix out over the weekend

[yippeekiay]

I checked every nook & cranny to see if he was still in Blister Hill with no joy.

All I can think of is, 1, it bugged out since yesterday as I didn't see him before saving for the night and when I loaded earlier today he disappeared for some reason.
Or 2, something injured him enough for him to go down & bleed out/die. I'm 99.9% sure it wasn't my guys as they've just been seeing off resident soldiers & patrols that returned to Blister Hill while I had 2 of my guys take out the Protector. I never saw any big fights going on as I would have expected the Phoenix to be causing a lot of red splash damage.
Or 3, he did actually run off to another HN town - this is my hope.

Might have to test import to see if that fixes it or import with the NPC option unchecked to reinstate all NPC's. Not ideal as I think it'll repopulate Blister Hill & it took enough of my time clearing it out the first time. Plus I hope I don't have duplicates of my prisoners available.

[nex]

this happened to me with eyegore once.. he got wounded in a raid and then just wandered the cannibal plains until i stumbled into him one day.. do you see any red dots on your map? if so you might want to check them out just to be sure..

[yippeekiay]

Had a look locally but saw nothing. Just came out of game but will check tomorrow in case he wandered off well away from Blister Hill ;o))

[stecph]

Originally posted by nex:

this happened to me with eyegore once.. he got wounded in a raid and then just wandered the cannibal plains until i stumbled into him one day.. do you see any red dots on your map? if so you might want to check them out just to be sure..

Gotta love this game:-))

[Jürgen69]

I don't know how the code actually works but I imprisoned Phoenix once and managed to let him go by mistake while using him as target dummy. He was so fast that couldn't catch him, but later found him standing just outside of Stack, so I guess they can run to other cities too

[nex]

i recruited Bo when she was ingame by bringing her to Slave Markets and knocking her out so she would get enslaved and then free her for a chance to join.. sometimes she then fast retreated and i followed her halfway across the map..

[yippeekiay]

Thanks, in game now, was about to import & start again with my HN battle but will check other HN towns first now. I tried an import last night as a test & not happy as it removed all my prisoners no matter how I set the Import Dead NPC option.

So basically, if I try to find him & lock him up he's only going to disappear again next time I have to import. So my prison is a complete & utter waste of time!!.. gutted!!

[nex]

yeah Dead NPC just remembers if they are alive or not.. thats one of the reasons i never much bothered taking prisoners.. you lock them up or use them as training dummies and on import they are just gone..

[yippeekiay]

We need an option to be able to import current world states if possible then.
One can only hope. I'm getting attached to my prisoners & bounty which I'd like to keep when I import along with other things.

Back on topic, no Phoenix in Stack, off to Bad Teeth to see if I can see him hanging around there. I even checked the toilets in Blister & Stack, he wasn't taking a dump in either place lol ;o)

[nex]

yeah a while back when i was relatively new to newlands i got over a million bounty with HN.. i was so proud.. and one import later i realized all that work had been for nothing..

[yippeekiay]

I just liberated a HN Mine, picked up 3 lower servants I didn't really want but will keep anyway.

While looking at the map I saw a new red dot appear back in Stack, so....
Currently running back to that mine for help fom my guys.... With High Inquisitor Seta chasing me lol ;o)

Hoping the couple of guys in the mine will be enough backup.

Also, I noticed all raids have stopped on my outpost from HN, I think maybe because I totally cleared out Blister Hill apart from the Drifters & Shopkeepers. Or maybe they're trying to regroup & build back up their forces ;p

EDIT:- Too easy... I snuck my dog, Fleabag, around behind Seta, then got him to attack & he actually took him out on his own. I love my scruffy mutt lol ;o)

[yippeekiay]

I'm hoping I flushed out the Phoenix now. Just got a message..."Retribution of God is moving towards your outpost"....woohoo...party time. Damnit, before I could click post comment I noticed in my dialogue tab it said it failed already lol. No idea why, need to check out the red dots to see what "was" coming.

[Anubis 1101]

oh man here i was hoping you found some sort of solution :(

i spent all that time building a base in the canyon just behind Blister Hill but when i raided the city there was no Phoenix. i, too, got a Wrath of God message but they sent it to Flotsam Village instead for some reason and i defeated them there.

ive got a mod that added a few things, including a Worldstate Checker, gonna check with him and see if hes still alive, but Moll wont talk to me so im certain he is. If he is though... i dunno how to find him. might just leave one of my skelebros at the throne and hope he shows up.

[yippeekiay]

Can't remember exactly if or how this was resolved. I think I ended up importing which reset everything & I think the Phoenix turned up elsewhere as Blister Hill had been taken over. Not sure as not played that playthrough for a while & not been in Kenshi for a month as catching up on other games I'd bought years ago but never played lol ;o)