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== Haven ==

 

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* [[Bling of War]]

* [[Church Militant]]

* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: [[The Empire|The Holy Griffin Empire]] is [[Black and Grey Morality|much less sympathetic]] than the previous incarnations.

* [[The Empire]]

* [[Energy Being]]: The Zealots of the third game, as well as the Glories of the sixth, along with Sun Crusaders, who ride ''[[Horse of a Different Color|horses made of light]]''.

* [[The Hero]]: The main character of the campaigns is typically one of them.

* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]

* [[Humans Are Average]]

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]

* [[Medieval European Fantasy]]

* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]

* [[We Have Reserves]]: Any time [[Redshirt Army|peasants]] show up directly among their troops.

* [[White Magic]]

 

== Haven's Iconic Characters ==

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* [[Battle Couple]]: With Catherine.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: With Archibald.

* [[Cruel Mercy]]

* [[Porn Stache]]

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: He goes on the field personally for the final battle of the Succession War. As a Wizard, oddly enough.

* [[The Wise Prince]]

 

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* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Breast Plate]]

* [[Chainmail Bikini]]

* [[Stripperiffic]]

 

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* [[Come Alone]]: [[But Thou Must!|Forced to do it]] to finish the [[Big Bad]] mano-a-mano, [[I Lied|only to be ambushed by a group of Rogues]]. Of course, given the [[One-Man Army]] late strength of campaign heroes, those guys are quite insignificant.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Lysander hates Necromancers, [[It's Personal|as they killed his parents and separated him from his siblings]].

* [[Five-Man Band]]

** [[Team Dad]] and [[Team Mom]]: Sire Kentaine and Desette, {{spoiler|the true parents of Sir Worton}}.

* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: Having to choose between asking the Oracle of the Dawn either where are his lost siblings, or who the imposter Worton's true parents are.

 

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* [[Faux Action Girl]]

* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]

* [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Lawful Stupid]]: A particularly [[Egregious]] example: The first map starts with an encounter with some Peasants refusing the conscription. Her reaction? [[Kill'Em All|''Kill 'Em All'']]!

* [[Necromantic]]

 

* [[Badass Beard]]

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Values Dissonance]]: In-universe with [[For Science!|the Wizards]], and [[A God Am I|Cyrus]] in particular.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: More successful than [[Faux Action Girl|Isabel]].

* [[Odd Couple]]: With Duncan.

* [[You Killed My Father]]: Towards Laslo and {{spoiler|red!Isabel}}.

 

* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]

* [[Hearing Voices]]

 

== Stronghold ==

 

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* [[A Commander Is You]]: The Brute Force faction.

* [[Dumb Muscle]]

* [[Glass Cannon]]/[[Fragile Speedster]]

* [[The Horde]]

* [[One-Man Army]]: The Barbarian Hero in the fourth game, even moreso than the other heroes.

* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]

** [[Beast of Battle]]

** [[Our Centaurs Are Different]]: From the fourth game onward.

 

 

== Stronghold's Iconic Characters ==

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* [[Author Avatar]]: Originally a Jon Van Caneghem tabletop game's character.

* [[Beard of Barbarism]]

* [[Continuity Cameo]]

* [[Dumb Muscle]]

* [[Horny Vikings]]

 

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* [[The Atoner]]

** [[Badass Bookworm]]: Unlike his [[Dumb Muscle|barbarian fellows]], Tarnum became a well educated man, learning languages and customs from various cultures, and teached Waerjak so, who notes that it doesn't stop him for being even more [[Badass]] than the average [[Barbarian Hero]].

** [[Badass Grandpa]]

* [[The Obi-Wan]]

 

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* [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Offered the Crown]]

* [[Only Sane Man]]

 

First, but illegitimate son of the Duke of Griffin. With his sister Irina and the Orc Kraal (the Duke's master-of-arms) as his only friends, and finally fed up with his life, he flees to the Orc's Pao Islands to become a Barbarian.

* [[Heroic Bastard]]

 

 

== Dungeon ==

 

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* [[Difficult but Awesome]]

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Due to their focus on destructive spells.

** [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: As main destructive elements.

* [[Equal Opportunity Evil]]

* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]

** [[Chainmail Bikini]]

 

 

== Dungeon's Iconic Characters ==

== Archibald Ironfist (II, [[Might and Magic|M&M VI and VII]]) ==

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* [[The Archmage]]: Turns out he both has an extensive knowledge of magical rituals (which is ''why'' he has to be freed) and is better at necromancy than many necromancers despite being a Warlock rather than a Necromancer.

 

== Tawni Balfour (IV) ==

The main character of IV Chaos' campaign. A ruthless [[Pirate Girl]], Tawni Balfour was way too happy at the death of her father, the feared Captain Black, and took the opportunity to conquer the Gold Sea above all pirates.

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* [[Bad Boss]]

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Pirate Girl]]

* [[The Unfettered]]

 

== Raelag/[[Significant Anagram|Agrael]] (V, VI) ==

The protagonist of the Inferno and Dungeon campaign in V, Raelag starts out as Agrael, the (secretly elven) [[The Dragon|Dragon]] of the [[Big Bad]] Kha-Beleth, charged to kill Nicolai, and succeedding at the end of the Haven campaign. But, [[Love Redeems|in love]] with Isabel, he betrays his master and comes in contact with the [[Spirit Advisor]] Tieru, who reveals to him the [[Dark Messiah of Might and Magic|Dark Messiah]] prophecy, and purges him of his demonic influence. Later, we play as Raelag at his rise to power after his return among the Dark Elves, and his tentative to foil Kha-Beleth's schemes.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

* [[Defector From Decadence]]

== Sylvan ==

== Sorceress' Town (I-II) / Rampart (III) / Preserve (IV) / Sylvan (V) ==

 

The [[In Harmony with Nature|Nature]] Faction. Originally serving as the counterpart to the warlocks in the first two games, they eventually became more associated with elves from the third game onward. As one might expect with a faction of elves, they are more associated with speed than the other factions at the cost of defense, and favor nature-themed magic. Their Might Hero is the [[Rain of Arrows|Ranger/Archer]], and their Magic Hero the Sorceress (I and II)/[[Druid]] (III and IV).

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* [[Always Female]]: The Sorceress hero in I and II.

* [[Culture Chop Suey]]: In III, with [[Norse Mythology|Dwarves, Elves]], [[Classical Mythology|Centaurs and Pegasus]], and a distinct [[Far East|asiatic]] architecture.

* [[Dance Battler]]: Blade Dancers in V.

** In Ashan, both the Elves and the Dwarves are on the Good side of factions.

* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: In V, they're [[Magical Native American]], with a bit of celtic symbolics thrown in.

== Sylvan's Iconic Characters ==

== Gelu (III-AB and SoD, intro of IV) ==

A half-elf Ranger assisting Catherine and Roland in Armaggeddon's Blade, and the heroes Crag Hack, Gem and Yog in Shadow of Death. In a quite [[Egregious]] case of [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]], he ends up destroying the world with the aforementionned sword when it clashes with another [[Infinity+1 Sword]], [[Kill It with Ice|the Sword of Frost]]. Easily recognizable due to his red hair and black and white skin.

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== Elwin and Shaera(IV) ==

Two elves whose romantic story drives IV's Nature campaign, as [[Complete Monster|Lord Haarke]] try to [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|keep Shaera for himself]].

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== Necropolis ==

== Necromancer's Town (II) / Necropolis (III, IV, V, VI) ==

 

[[The Undead]] Faction. First seen in Heroes II, the necromancers serve as a counterpart to the wizards. Their strategy is primarily to overrun their enemies with hordes of undead, with their Necromancy skill and their higher growth rates to emphasize this. In IV they were merged with the demons, but from V onward they were back to strictly commanding the undead. Their Might Hero is the [[Black Knight|Death Knight]], and their Magic Hero the [[Necromancer]].

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* [[Black Knight]]: The Death Knight Hero in III, IV and VI, and a creature in III.

* [[A Commander Is You]]: Spammer faction.

** In VI, they switch from "produce more" to "lose nothing"

* [[Dark World]]: All their townscreens are in the dark.

* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: [[Ancient Egypt]] and Babylonia in VI.

** [[Dem Bones]]: Skeletons...

** [[Dracolich]]: ... and Bone Dragons.

** [[The Sphinx]]: Lamasu in VI.

* [[The Sacred Darkness]]

* [[Sickly Green Glow]]: in V and VI.

 

 

== Necropolis' Iconic Characters ==

== Sandro (I-II-III-IV, mentioned in V and VI, [[Might and Magic|M&M]]) ==

Arguably the most popular character of the entire series, Sandro was the only undead hero of the first game. A [[Our Liches Are Different|lich]] with the classical necromancers' obsession to [[Take Over the World]], Sandro was nearly successful in doing so by basically planning the ''entire'' events of the third game's campaign, as seen in the prequel The Shadow of Death, thus being the mastermind behind the invasion of Erathia. Unfortunately for him, his first plan, involving two [[Artifact of Doom|Artifacts of Doom]], was foiled by a group of four heroes (including Crag Hack and Gelu), and the credit for his second plan was stolen by the lich he was planning to control as [[The Man Behind the Man]]. Sandro make a [[Continuity Cameo]] in V and VI, being regularly mentionned as [[The Mentor]] of Markal and several necromancers, sadly [[Killed Off for Real]].

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* [[Continuity Cameo]]

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]

* [[In the Hood]]: Thus combined with his [[Dem Bones]] give him a very [[Grim Reaper]]-like appearance, except in IV, where he wear a weird [[Mayincatec]] crown.

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: [[Didn't See That Coming|He ''planned'' to be so...]]

 

== Gauldoth Half-Dead (IV) ==

The main character of IV Death's campaign, Gauldoth earned his nickname when, as a young necromancer apprentice, he tried to cast a spell to survive the destruction of Enroth (the world of I-II-III). It... [[Incredibly Lame Pun|'''partially'']] worked, leaving him [[Two-Faced]], with one side of his body becoming undead. The campaign deal with him creating the small nation of Nekross, finding his old master, and ultimately having to fight him when he's revealed to be serving an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] mysterious figure.

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== Markal (V) ==

A Necromancer proposing to Isabel to revive her husband King Nicolai, after he was killed by Agrael, while his real aim his to avenge the death of his master [[Continuity Cameo|Sandro]], killed by the Wizards.

* [[Beard of Evil]]

* [[Complete Monster]]

 

== Arantir (V-TotE, [[Dark Messiah of Might and Magic|Dark Messiah]]) ==

A Necromancer trying to prevent the Dark Messiah prophecy. The [[Big Good]] of TotE Necropolis' campaign, previously seen in [[Dark Messiah of Might and Magic]] as the main antagonist and final boss.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

 

== Anastasya (VI) ==

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: She was the nerdiest of the siblings.

* [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]]

* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Anastasya is a novice necromancer, giving [[Cool Old Lady|Sveltana]] an opportunity to teach her (and the player) the basics of raising and controlling undead.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: With the Archangel Uriel.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: She's set up as an antagonist in the intro, with her undead army fighting Anton, which never happens in the actual campaign. Being narrated [[Unreliable Narrator|from Anton's perspective]], the intro is intentionally misleading.

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: Accused of having killed her father at the start of VI. Her campaign is dedicated to finding out who brainwashed her into doing it.

== Academy ==

== Wizard's Town (II) / Tower (III) / Academy (IV, V) ==

 

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* [[Arabian Nights Days]]: In V.

* [[Culture Chop Suey]]: From the Greek Titan to the Indian Rakshasa and Naga. Heroes V give them a distinctive [[Arabian Nights Days]] style, though.

* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: The Mages units' attack.

* [[Mage Tower]]: The usual Mage unit's dwelling, and the town itself in III.

* [[The Magocracy]]

* [[Order Versus Chaos]]: Order against "Asylum" (=Dungeon)'s Chaos in IV.

* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]

** [[Big Badass Bird of Prey]]: Rocs in II.

** [[Full Boar Action]]: In II.

** [[Snake People]]: Nagas in III and IV.

*** [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]

* [[Shock and Awe]]: Titans

* [[Steampunk]]: A little shade of it, most notably with the Gremlins in V being the only ones to avert [[Fantasy Gun Control]].

== Academy's Iconic Characters ==

== Gavin Magnus (IV, background of III) ==

The inexplicably immortal ruler of the wizard faction of Bracada, and later the [[Big Bad]] of IV's Order campaign The Price Of Peace, where he tries to brainwash the entire world to end all wars. {{spoiler|turns out even a ''god-slaying'' ''sword'' can't kill him. But it's sufficient to leave him in a catatonic state, presumably forever.}}

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== Solmyr ibn Wali Barad (III, IV, mentionned in V) ==

A [[Genie in a Bottle]] who gave his word to serves the man who liberated him "as long as he will walk this earth", and the man turned out to be Gavin Magnus, the immortal ruler of Bracada. Eventually, Solmyr had to betray his master when he had to oppose [[The Messiah|Emilia Nighthaven]] and help Gavin Magnus brainwash the entire world.

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* [[Benevolent Genie]]

* [[Continuity Cameo]]:

* [[Friendly Enemy]]

* [[Humans Are Special]]

* [[I Gave My Word]]

* [[Shock and Awe]]

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: His name is spelled "Solymr" in IV, where he gets his own half of a campaign, but the spelling from III is better remembered, even though he was just a generic hero there (although well-liked due to starting with the powerful Chain Lightning spell).

* [[To Be Lawful or Good]]

 

== Emilia Nighthaven (IV) ==

The main protagonist of IV's Order campaign The Price of Peace. A few years after miraculously escaping the destruction of Enroth, she united refugees of her old world in the nation of the Great Arcan, hoping to resist the various warlords of the region and [[Order Versus Chaos|introduce a bit of order]]. She would eventually clashes with Gavin Magnus and his plans. {{spoiler|She ends the war victorious, but with her legs paralysed}}.

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* [[Magnetic Hero]]

* [[The Messiah]]

* [[Technical Pacifist]]

The greatest spellcaster ever in the history of Ashan, who ascended to the form of ([[Fantasy Pantheon|yet another]]) [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragon-God]]. His disciples went on to found the [[The Magocracy|Academies]], the background monastic orders of [[Badass Army|the Dragon-Knights]] and of [[Blind Seer|the Blind Brothers]], [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|and Necromancy]]. {{spoiler|His dragon skull is a plot point in [[Dark Messiah of Might and Magic|Dark Messiah]]}}. The role-model of every Wizard.

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* [[The Archmage]]

* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: In order to seal Sheogh, the demons' prison.

 

== Zehir (V) ==

Son of [[The Archmage]] Cyrus, and twice protagonist and [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Hero]], in V vanilla and Tribes of the East. Most of his involvement in the plot consists of cleaning up the mess left by the other heroes. He even lampshades it.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Fixer Sue]]

* [[Nay Theist]]

* [[You Killed My Father]]: To Markal.

 

== Inferno ==

== Inferno (III, V, VI, coupled in IV with Necropolis) ==

 

[[The Legions of Hell]] faction, composed of various demons, most icconically imps, cerberi and devils. Since the fifth episode (though the fourth already had some flavorful spells), they relies heavily on [[Summon Magic|demons' summoning]]. Generally considered one of the weakest factions in term of stats, and due to lacking flyers and shooters. Their Might Hero is [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|the Demoniac/Demonlord]] and their Magic Hero the [[Deal with the Devil|Heretic]].

* [[Combat Sadomasochist]]: Maniacs and Tormentors in VI.

** [[Hellish Horse]]: Nightmares and V.

** [[Horny Devils]]: Succubi in V and VI.

*** [[Familiar]]

** [[Mother of a Thousand Young]]: Breeders in VI, combined with [[Combat Tentacles]].

* [[Our Genies Are Different]]: Ifrits in III

* [[Playing with Fire]]

== Inferno's Iconic Characters ==

== Kha-Beleth (V, [[Dark Messiah of Might and Magic|DarkMessiah]], VI) ==

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Big Red Devil]]

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: He is unable to leave Sheogh, not that it stops [[The Plan|his plans]].

* [[Smug Snake]]

 

== Kiril (VI) ==

Anton's younger brother and Anastasya's twin, thrust against his will into the demon prison-world of Sheogh by the angel Sarah.

* [[Creepy Twins]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]. He is a master of demons, his sister is a necromancer, but they aren't creepy at all, nor are they evil.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

The nation of Tatalia is home to this Fortress faction. Consisted of [[Lizard Folk|lizardmen]] and beasts from the swamps, they are the definition of a technical faction, relying very much on the abilities their creatures have. Also, when the Stronghold focus on Attack, the Fortress focus on Defense, making them another Brute Force faction. Their Might Hero is [[The Beast Master]], and their Magic Hero is the Witch.

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* [[Always Female]]/[[Always Male]]: Respectively the Witch and Beastmaster Heroes.

* [[Beast of Battle]]: All their lineup save for the Gnolls and [[Lizard Folk|Lizardmen]], who only count as [[Mix-and-Match Critters]].

* [[Bubblegloop Swamp]]/[[Jungle Japes]]

* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]:

** [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: Gnolls...

* [[Stone Wall]]

 

** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]/[[Magma Man]]

** [[Psychic Powers]]/[[Pure Energy]]

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: The Sprites and the Phoenixes

* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]

* [[The Phoenix]]

 

== H5 Fortress ==

== "H5 Fortress" (V) ==

 

A faction of dwarves exclusive to Ashan. Their heroes use a special magic, Rune magic, that uses resources and can be applied to creatures throughout battle. As is expected of the dwarves, they specialize in defense, with several abilities nodding to this. Their Hero is the Runemage.

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* [[Badass Beard]]: On all of their units and most of their heroes (save for the women).

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: [[Fridge Logic|Inexplicably]], all the dwarven creatures' alternative upgrades gain white beards.

* [[The Berserker]]

* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: Bear Cavalry. [[Memetic Mutation|Yeah, you're pretty much screwed]].

* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: [[Horny Vikings]]

== Fortress' Iconic Characters ==

== Wulfstan (V-HoF and TotE) ==

The protagonist of the Fortress campaign in Hammer of Fate, and token dwarf. [[Only Sane Man]] among the dwarves, teams up with the Heroes.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]

* [[Cain and Abel]]: With his half-brother Rolf, the dwarven King's [[Evil Chancellor]].

== Sanctuary ==

== Sanctuary (VI) ==

 

The first naga and aquatic faction in the series. Their battle system is based around all aspects of water as well as honor, favoring to fight enemies one on one. Their Might Hero is the Samourai, and their Magic hero the [[Bare-Fisted Monk|Monk]].

*** [[Medusa]]

*** [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]

* [[Wutai]]

 

 

== Sanctuary's Iconic Characters ==

== Irina (VI) ==

The first daughter of the Duke of Griffin, forced to accept an [[Arranged Marriage]] with the family's long antagonist Duke Gerhart of the Wolf Duchy. Liberated by her brother Sandor, she then integrates the Sanctuary faction.

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Leading to [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]], leading to [[Groin Attack]] against the Duke, {{spoiler|leading to pregnancy}}.

 

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