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The fact that he (Agrael) recognized him doesn't necessarily mean that Agrael's arrival was planned; it could simply mean that Tieru has some idea of who's who among the demons. For example, intelligence could have informed him that two demons, Vaier and Agrael, were heading to the crypt; hence, he knows the name. And if your Tieru is such a great schemer that he can plan to save the world by using a demon, why does he look so surprised :eek: when Agrael confesses his love for Isabel? Before entrusting someone with such a serious mission, one should know "what's on their mind," what they're feeling at the moment, and so on. And he will only learn all this from Agrael's answers to his questions. Therefore, much was decided "as it went along," rather than being planned, as you claim.
Do you yourself believe what you're writing? Tieru is a potential ally of Agrael in seizing power in Shio? Agrael would have to be an idiot to rely on that. If you are really interested in understanding all this, just sit down and mentally retrace the sequence of events, slowly and consistently. I think that then you will see fewer "inconsistencies," and we will be a little closer to "consensus"...
Thank you to everyone who supported the topic! Especially to my opponent, ViVoRANDUM, but I will try to "justify" myself. I carefully reviewed the clips featuring Tieru and didn't find any hints of any settlement of humans, elves, or anyone else. It seems to me that if something like that existed, the developers, with their attention to detail in the landscape, would definitely have included it. And reconnaissance requires, at a minimum, the scouts themselves. Of course, one could assume that Tieru hired someone (although where would an elf druid, alone on his island, get gold from) or enchanted someone (which again brings us back to the fact that he uses magic). And then, as soon as the battle with Vaier ends, the illusion of Tieru appears. It is more logical to assume that Agrael's use of the Griffin Heart (by the way, a completely idiotic name – it's unclear what it symbolizes: either a griffin died and its heart was used to create the artifact, or it's a pretentious name for a symbol of the Griffin Empire) caused the ghost of Tieru to appear, which indirectly suggests that he is mentally connected to his artifact(s).
And besides, you yourself stated that Agrael is, to put it mildly, not entirely sane.
I, on the other hand, think that Agrael is completely sane and wants or intends to use Tieru's help – because, logically speaking, an elf living somewhere far away, in the Irian Sea, must be powerful enough to send his phantom across vast distances. Therefore, as an ally or at least an advisor, he should be, at the very least, useful.
Now I want to return to one of my messages about the multiplicity of worlds, about which you expressed doubt. Simply, according to the logic of events (or in this case, the scenarios), the first three parts of Heroes take place in another world (I forgot its name), before Jelu and the barbarian crossed their blades. Then Heroes 4 begins with a video about the destruction of this world and the rescued, who were transported to another world. And in Heroes 5, there is already a completely new concept of the world (precisely the world, not the races). But that's just a side note. I apologize, I don't have time to answer on the Internet every day, the connection is not very good. However, you and I are almost countrymen, right? You have the same problems (I am very envious of Russians in this case).