The world of Might and Magic – the world of NWC – is now dead in Heroes 5.

That's what I was told, but not specifically by you.
I have nothing against a new world.
Let the gods in it be dragons.
Let there be no old heroes.
But let this new world live according to the laws of John Van Caneghem. The only thing Nival should have done was to preserve the Might and Magic universe. This means that dragons should have been created by the Lord of Air, and Inferno should have been created by the Krigans.
The game is called Heroes of Might and Magic V, not Heroes of Might and Magic New Age. Since there is a 5, it should follow the laws of the genre, not invent its own ideology.
What if, in the 3rd episode of Star Wars, Lucas had abandoned the Jedi and made a movie about terminators:eek: That's what Nival did with the heroes. It's not that difficult to fix the plot, but there's no desire to do so.