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Well, I finished this map! RedHeavenHero, thank you very much for the work you've done! I really liked your idea to develop the concept of the final mission of the Lords of the North on the same map, with an underground level and a new plot; it was quite unusual to play as the other side. I hope you will continue to delight us with such high-quality ideas in the future! The idea is truly amazing! To create an alternative campaign based on the original campaigns, to look at familiar heroes and places from a different perspective, playing as the other side or as a different character. Like in such add-ons to famous games as Half-Life and F.E.A.R. The best thing is that you managed to convey the atmosphere of the campaign so well that, not knowing that you created this map, I would have taken it for 100% work by Nival, so the level of the map is very high, on par with the developers :) I can imagine how much time and effort you put into this creation :) I once created a campaign for Kreg Hack in the third Heroes game, so I have some idea of what it's like to be a creator =))

Now, I'll write about the walkthrough itself. At first, I wanted to play as a hero, but it turned out to be something unrealistic for me, because I didn't have enough troops to break through the machine workshop, so I restarted the map and started playing as a warrior. Before starting the walkthrough, I read this thread with messages from other players, and from the author in particular, and I realized that on this map, everything depends on the correct development, which is basically in line with the canons of the original campaigns. And therefore, I started developing Varens along this path: Skilled Counterstrike, Great Luck, Magic Resistance, Expert Leadership, Empathy, Attack Expert, Tactics, Battle Frenzy, Retribution, Defense Expert, Stamina, Solid Defense, Readiness. And, of course, Dark Magic Expert, Mind Lord, Curse Lord, and Fallen Knight. I fully upgraded all these skills to level 32. And playing as a knight with Empathy and Retribution + Readiness, it's just awesome) I destroyed superior squads and was even surprised at how much damage the army commanded by the knight inflicts. Varens' special ability also helped a lot; without it and without dark magic, it would have been difficult even with such great perks. The map is small, but due to the lack of boots and logistics, it took as much as 8 months to complete, I was even surprised, my longest playthrough was 5 months, and here it's 8 months :))

PS I assume that the final video can be attributed to the moment when Biara is already dead, and Frida and Duncan are the new rulers of the empire, according to the plot? Because in the video, Varens calls Duncan king.

PS 2 Now the Unicorn campaign is next, and I also plan to use the current Varens build there :) The only question is, will I need to upgrade Dark Magic in it? Or is it better to choose Light Magic this time?