send_character_off_map killing characters

[Caesar Clivus]

I'm trying to script a faction so that the faction leader and heir start the campaign off the map. Unfortunately when I do so, they get killed and appear dead in the family tree. Anyone else experienced and/or know how to remedy this?

[Gigantus]

It worked with only the leader in the britannica campaign.

character_record        Haakon Haakonsson,  male, age 54, off_map, current_leader

Maybe one 'boss' has to be in the game at the start. Why don't you simply start them as normal and then sent them off map at the start of the game

monitor_event FactionTurnStart "First Faction In descr_sm_factions"
               I_TurnNumber = 0
               send_character_off_map WhatsHisName
        terminate_monitor
end_monitor

[Caesar Clivus]

That's exactly how I've scripted it actually. I tried just doing the leader and not the heir and visa versa and all that happened was that only one of them was killed. I also tried delaying them getting moved off the map until after the first turn and they still got killed