I actively download mods to change the composition of the Stronghold's troops. For me, the Stronghold is a zoo.
As for the Stronghold, I dislike its racial skill – Blood Rage; it resembles religious fanaticism too much. There was a historical incident where crusader knights were besieged in a captured city, and things were going badly until some monk dug up the spear that was used to pierce Jesus. Overjoyed, the crusaders left the city and defeated the Arabs in the field...