I take it Janusk died in your game? Because when that happens the game assigns another advisor, for me it's always been a champion when that happened, though I suppose if you had no other champions it would assign another unit. Either way: Bear >>>>> Janusk
That is right, Janusk died pretty early in this game. However, the game first assigned another hero as advisor, then my spouse and eventually it just kept juggling between random heroes and units until the bear showed up. It was rather hilarious to see this bear so seriously expressing his concerns about this urgent matter.
The message I received later after this one was from someone else, even though the bear was still alive and well in one of my cities.