[0.804][Bug/Gameplay] Familiar deserts to a nearby city?

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Are familiars supposed to abandon me randomly? In this saved game my familiar randomly leaves and I get a notification saying "1 Unit deserted to the city of Henesia". I dont understand why it leaves on different turns, I reloaded game 3 times and it deserted in 1 turn 2 turns and 4-5 turns. The first time I got that notification was around 4 turns after the save, but im not sure since I decided to load the game when I noticed my familiar was gone.

Another thing I noticed was that when I summoned my familiar my gildar per turn went down 0.2, are summoned creatures supposed to demand a wage? If so I demand a Whip your familiar spell to whip em into submission }:)

Saved Game: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8088480/DesertingFamiliar.EleSav

DXDiag: http://pastebin.com/wj2zmtWY

Notification Screenshot:

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Yup, just had my familiar defect (and I've plenty of money). I was in a city I had just captured and I had an army of 1 Peasant, 2 Imps and my familiar. The enemy attacked me on the same turn that I captured the city and my forces did not join me in my fight (so I lost) and afterward were on the enemy side.