How is Dark Messiah connected to Heroes of Might and Magic?

Exactly! If Godric were in charge, the state wouldn't have fallen apart. He has both authority and strategic intelligence. And what does Izzy have? Just beauty, which only helped her in the sense that so many warriors killed themselves because of her, and some simply gave up on everything. What was she supposed to do? I would have given the throne to Godric or listened to the advice of her elders, but instead, she started shouting: "Queen Izabel! I am now the queen!" She doesn't know how to rule, so why did she get involved? Out of spite. Like, since my husband was killed by demons, I will personally take revenge on them. She could have taken revenge quietly without involving the Empire in a war. Another foolish thing: forming an alliance with Markel. What was she thinking when she did that? She saw a vampire instead of her husband and screamed, almost losing her mind. What did she expect? It's dark necromancy!