When Kayn is recalled to base after failing to conquer a battlefield, does he return exhausted or in the same ready/exhausted state he was in when combat resolved?

Ruling: When a unit is recalled to base after failing to conquer, it returns in whatever ready/exhausted state it was in at the time of recall. Being recalled does not inherently exhaust a unit.

Sequence:

• If Kayn moves to a battlefield using a standard move (which exhausts him), he returns exhausted after failing to conquer
• If Kayn moves to a battlefield using Ride the Wind (which readies him), he returns ready after failing to conquer
• Recall simply changes the unit's location to base without changing its ready/exhausted state

Nuances:

• Units often become exhausted when recalled because the standard move action exhausts them as a cost, not because recall itself exhausts them
• This allows Kayn to attack multiple times in one turn if repeatedly moved with effects like Ride the Wind that ready him