Creating a character that is avilable at the start of campaign

[Kapt Torbjorn]

Odd way of putting the question, I suppose, but bear with me here.
I'm trying to create a general unit for Wessex that's available at the start of the game in one of the cities, like the king or princes. I was poking around the mod's files and came across this one here: Rome: Total War/bi/VI2/data/world/maps/campaign/barbarian_invasion/descr_strat.txt which lists the start-up forces and characters, like so:

character Aethelwulf, named character, leader, age 56, , x 161, y 28
traits Factionleader 1, RomanChristian 1, BodyguardXP 1, GoodAdministrator 1, Aethelwulf 1, king_crowned 2
army
unit saxon bodyguard exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon thegn exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon fyrdman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon fyrdman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon archer exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon armoured spearman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon spearman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Aethelstan, named character, heir, age 31, , x 163, y 37
traits Factionheir 1, RomanChristian 1, BodyguardXP 1
army
unit saxon bodyguard exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon fyrdman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon fyrdman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon spearman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon spearman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Ethelbald, named character, , age 20, , x 171, y 23
traits RomanChristian 1, BodyguardXP 1
army
unit saxon bodyguard exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon fyrdman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon fyrdman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit saxon spearman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Offa, general, age 38, , x 183, y 36 ;Lundenwic
army
unit saxon peasant exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Cynewulf, general, age 35, , x 148, y 37 ;West Seaxe fort

army
unit saxon fyrdman exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Egstane, admiral, age 52, , x 163, y 24

army
unit naval saxon longboat exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit naval boat exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0


character_record Alfhild, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 54, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Aethelred, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 11, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Alfred, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 2, alive, never_a_leader


relative Aethelwulf, Alfhild, Aethelstan, Ethelbald, Aethelred, Alfred, end

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etc,etc.

Now, I edited and changed Aethelstan to a different Saxon name (Sithric) and changed his age, but the game crashed when I started a new campaign (any faction). So I changed it back, and instead just changed Ethelbald's name to Sithric (changing the blood relation name at the bottom as well). That didn't crash the game, but when I started, the name was still Ethelbald.
So, now I come to you guys, figuring that I should probably ask before I start pulling my hairs out over this. Do I need to edit another file as well?

Btw, I have no idea why I really need a custom general unit, but I always end up doing this when I'm playing a game that's either moddable or customizable (or both! ). So, any help would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. Great mod, love it.

[Keyser Soze]

are you sure you wrote name correct? because it is Sihtric, no Sithric.

glad you like mod

[Kapt Torbjorn]

are you sure you wrote name correct? because it is Sihtric, no Sithric.

glad you like mod

Oh bugger me. I'll go try that one out.
Edit: Aha! It works! Thanks a ton mate. Funny to think that a little typo like that was all that was causing it to mess up.

[Keyser Soze]

not at all. yes, you can do all work fine and one small thing brings you error. and you ask what, where, why?