Explain hero progression and profession rolls (#8450)

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Loyalty measures a hero's attachment to their faction. Feasts, events, captures, faction bias, and story consequences can move loyalty over time.
Loyalty is not faction bias. Loyalty describes an affiliated hero's current attachment; bias helps determine whether an unaffiliated or imprisoned hero will join a particular faction.
## Professions
Professions give heroes special command access, bonuses, and tactical identity. Some effects are Eagle strategic effects, while others apply only when the hero is attached to a Shardok battle unit.
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- Charisma qualifies **Necromancer** and **Paladin**.
- Constitution qualifies **Warden**.
### Progression example
A NoProfession hero earns Agility-related XP from strategic actions. During end-of-round progression, enough XP may increase Agility. The game then evaluates all post-increase stats against the configured prime-stat threshold. If Agility qualifies, Engineer and Ranger are eligible. The hero receives profession-gain rolls for stats that increased; the player does not directly choose between eligible professions.
If several stats increase together, each increase can create a roll and all post-gain qualifying stats participate in eligibility. A hero who already has a profession does not roll for a replacement.
### Planning progression
- Commands award XP in stats associated with the action.
- Stat increases and profession checks happen during end-of-round processing, not when XP is awarded.
- A qualifying stat makes a profession possible but does not guarantee a particular random result.
- Choosing which eligible hero performs a command influences who receives its XP.
## Faction Leaders
For a side-by-side explanation of direct control, province turns, and vassal automation, see [Who You Command](/concepts/command-authority/).