Escape

The fire mage Nazir, who was held captive by demons for three long years, managed to escape and intends to leave the ashen wastelands of Shio and return to the Silver Cities as soon as possible. But the journey home will be long and dangerous.

The map works without any obvious bugs only in the original Heroes of Might and Magic 5

Several explanations are needed for the map. First, the action takes place in parallel with the original campaign of the game, during the beginning of Markel's invasion of the cities of mages; I tested the map (on veteran difficulty) and completed it using the vanilla Heroes, which I also recommend you do (this is also related to one feature that only works in the original). Second, about a year and a half ago, I had an ambitious idea to create an entire campaign for Heroes 5, but when the first mission (this one) was already 95% complete, all motivation suddenly disappeared 😀, so in this scenario, our hero is limited to level 10, and the mission itself is "exploratory." Whether I will ever create a full campaign, only Askh knows, but for now, I decided to offer this scenario to your attention so that it doesn't gather dust aimlessly on my hard drive.

Some hints:
Hints - No one forces you to attack the enemy hero in the very first week;
- There are several safe zones on the map that are forbidden for the enemy hero;
- At the first fork, turn northeast, towards the refugee camp

I would also like to thank Khottabych for the help he provided with scripts and advice on balancing the mission, and I wish everyone a pleasant game 🙂

P.S. It is strongly recommended to run the game through the original version, as there are no bugs there