If the Prestige Leader is killed, the Persian forces stay where they are until a new Prestige Leader is determined at the start of the next year. The PL's army retreats to its capitol as per DBA rules. The map shows all the routes to and from certain locations. All the battlefields are preset, as per the battlefield cards that depict the terrain. The player at the location first determines their deployment edge.
Defender is first.
Attacking player is first. Battlefields and city maps are shown to thier starting owning countries ONLY at start. As armies move through the battlefield, they are shown the maps of each that they pass through. If you hold one of these locations, you gain 3 PP immediately. If you lose one, you lose those PP immediately.