I didn't like Catherine in the artwork; Roland is okay, but he doesn't resemble himself; he's more like a kind version of his brother. Godric looks similar, but it's still not quite right, and the same goes for Solmyr. If I hadn't been told it was him, I would have mistaken him for an ordinary genie. I agree that instead of units, they should have drawn more heroes, but I disagree about the importance of the heroes. Solmyr didn't have much impact on the world (apart from making Gavin Magnus immortal and serving Bracade forever), but on the other hand, he is one of the characters featured in the main menu of the third game, and he was quite popular there for his Chain Lightning spell, and he also appeared in the fourth game's campaign. Crag Hack appeared in four games, was one of the main heroes in the Breath of Death campaign, appeared on the cover of that game, and also appeared in the Might and Magic games, plus, he was one of the winners of the audience award, so his place is more justified. As for how Sandro from Ashan differs from Sandro from the older games (besides the staff), I don't know. I remember that we, XEL, never finished our debate about what to call the world of Heroes 1-3 and Might and Magic 6-8 ;) and there's no point in continuing it now.