Chroniclers, such as Ekkehard, saw Count Emicho's vision as his rebirth. Ekkehard was a monk of Aura who would later join a Crusading army in 1100. Ekkehard, in his account, noted Count Emicho as a person who was once tyrannical, but was “called by a divine revelation, like another Saul". The account of Albert of Aachen places Count Emicho as the main leader of the Rhineland by using diction such as “Emicho and the rest of his band.” Emicho's vision played an important role to his ability to be a leader during the Rhineland Massacre. He was qualified to lead the crusading army because his vision was interpreted as God placing him in the role of power. Even after his death, there were accounts stating the myth that Emicho's soul was guarding the gate of Rhineland.