The strongest hero.

Young, promising – nonsense, Zehir's youth will pass, and he will die, and all his prospects are based on his father's efforts and the magic of the genies.

He hasn't lost a single battle – that says a lot.

I'm talking about the influence on the army through attack and defense parameters, that is, about the game mechanics. Here, the Overlord clearly has more of these parameters than the others.

Only attack and defense? No magic or knowledge? The Overlord and Biara are completely equal in this regard (from the last mission of the original game), and in general, it depends on how you develop them. For example, Faidaen visited so many trainers and ran so many maps that in the final battle with Kha-Beleth, his defense was around 70, and the other parameters were accordingly high.

Bonuses – ordinary bonuses in the form of "attack bonus," "defense bonus," initiative, etc., everything that depends on the hero.

Oh, now that we're talking about initiative, Railag is in a league of his own here; his "Master of Initiative" ability is clearly the most powerful, and "Terrifying Aura" is no worse than the Overlord's "Aura of Speed."

The same as above. Gotay has high attack and a well-developed cry, so he influences his troops well.

Hmm, Godric has decent defense and influences troops with improved prayer and magic; you could say the same about any warrior hero. And why Gotay, and not Kujin?

How is that "not noticed"? He possesses first-class Chaos magic, casts "Hell Wave," and can teleport his form anywhere.

His spells were countered by Tieru and Arantir. If we're talking about who possesses what, then: Arantir – Summoning and Darkness (naturally, first-class), Zehir – Summoning, etc., and so on. And any more or less trained League mage can teleport his form. So, the Overlord's magic stats are quite average, if not less.

And who was it that spoke badly about his abilities? I don't remember anyone.

Well, Zehir, for example. In the finale of the original game, he says that their magic is far superior to the Overlord's, and to the followers of Sar-Elam.

And Railag is clearly out of place here; he's far from Kha-Beleth and Markel.

Well, if the ruler of Igg-Shail (i.e., one of the strongest mages of Ashan by default) is out of place here, then only Sar-Elam can be put here.

Without him, Saret cannot destroy Ashan.

Why is that? Will the demons become sad or refuse to recognize Saret as the new Overlord without the Overlord? Maybe it won't be the legions of demons that devastate Ashan, but only Saret and the Overlord? So, let's be consistent, and if we're going to write about the Overlord as one of the "fate-deciders of Ashan," then we should include at least the other 7 rulers, or just Saret and, in a more distant and global perspective, Ash and her companions.

After which cutscene? He united Igg-Shail and went after Isabel. And he completely forgot that he was the leader. It was Ilaya who finally united the dark elves.

After the final cutscene of Lords of the Realm. Ultimately, yes, it was Ilaya, but Railag started it and showed that it was quite possible (by the way, Railag is the second after Tuidhana as the only leader of the dark elves, which speaks to his strength).

And then Ashan will be horrified to learn that they have arrived, but they will not be able to stop the Overlord in his intentions.

Ashan won't notice this or won't care, because in Dark Messiah, there is no sense of fear of the coming apocalypse; only the undead are worried about it.

That's exactly it; the Order was strong and influential. And now all its legacy has gone to a not-so-reliable being who is willing to incinerate the world for Isabel.

It always was, and remains so. Railag's infatuation with Isabel is, of course, his main flaw, but if it weren't for that, Railag probably wouldn't have become one of the most famous and powerful heroes in Ashan.

And I think that Ubisoft will make two versions of the story.

It's quite possible that the player will be given the right to choose, but the canonical ending will be "good," and the further plot will develop accordingly (as in Star Wars).

If there is a duel between Railag and Saret (which I really want to see), then Railag will most likely lose because Saret must survive (according to the script) until the moment when he chooses which side to take.

Their duel may take place after Saret's choice (if he destroys the walls of Shi'o). Railag wins, and Ash awakens (not for nothing has she been recovering for so long) and drives the demons back: D. Here is a possible happy ending.

For example, Biara's intrigues were even better :)

Better – not necessarily better; it's debatable, but Markel pulled everything off "legally," so to speak, which requires more skill than pretending to be someone.

Markel doesn't know when to stop.

Actually, yes, the Empire wasn't enough for him; he also wants Irolan