Quiz - Identify the character

[EternalOptimist]

A great leader, he led his ten closest followers into a famous battle and was seriously wounded. His allies in the battle thought he was vainglorious,overly concerned with his dignity and too self centered, but his followers worshipped him.
He then teamed up with a famous Western prince and embarked on voyages of discovery, particulary to the far east, where he set off alone one day and was never heard of again.

clue. In those days the weapon of choice was the rapier sword

[HairyArsedBloke]

Atw?

[EternalOptimist]

Atw?

not AtW

[threaded]

not AtW

Are you sure?

[EternalOptimist]

Are you sure?

certain - i wrote the quiz.

I reckon 75% or people will say doh! I knew that one

[pmeswani]

not AtW

Yourself?

[EternalOptimist]

Yourself?

not me. If threaded doesnt know this, i will show may @rse out of the office window

[Board Game Geek]

EO : In those days the weapon of choice was the rapier sword

There is no such thing as a rapier sword.

A rapier, yes.

A sword, yes.

But not a rapier sword.

It's a bit like saying, "The knight wielded a longsword sword" instead of just "a longsword".

As for the leader...Hmmm, I'm getting an inclination that he was a calvary officer in the US during the Civil War of Independence ?

[EternalOptimist]

There is no such thing as a rapier sword.

A rapier, yes.

A sword, yes.

But not a rapier sword.

It's a bit like saying, "The knight wielded a longsword sword" instead of just "a longsword".

As for the leader...Hmmm, I'm getting an inclination that he was a calvary officer in the US during the Civil War of Independence ?

factually correct, but i needed to obfuscate.

Not a US Cavalryman
and I am 100% sure YOU know the answer

[Platypus]

real or fictional/mythological ?