Plagued Hero - Where to put it

[ese-aSH]

Hi,

I am playing a game as MA T'ien Ch'i and recently a random hero appeared. The hero is appealing (he got several magic paths, including D2, which is cool for t'ien ch'i), but it is said he spreads plague.
My question is : does plague spread only in the province where he stands or does it go further ?

I want to use that guy, I can affort to build a lab just for him, but I surely cant let him contaminate my old mages.

thanks for your answers :)

[Graeme Dice]

As far as I know, he only spreads disease to units that stand in his disease cloud on the battlefield. Effects are usually limited to whatever province a commander/unit is in, so he definitely won't spread disease to other units if he is in a province by himself.

[thejeff]

I think he just spreads plague on the battlefield. Those near him may get diseased.

[Maerlande]

Put him where the sun doesn't shine.