Posts from NHF – new heroes for Heroes V 3.1. Auto-translated

In version 0.86, some heroes and heroines that were relevant in version 0.85 will have their icons changed (or replaced through a swap). For example, Kiina will have this icon... because this version is more suitable for her description!

Here are a few ideas for Dwarf hero specializations:
1) All water, air, and earth elementals that join the hero's army become fire elementals. Also, after each battle, for every Tier 7 Dwarf unit that dies, the hero receives +1 fire elemental for every 6 levels of the hero. (Brief outline for bio: specialization in elemental energy of the fire element. The hero converts elemental energy of other elements into fire energy; also uses the released energy after dragons die to summon elementals).
2) The hero can move between captured mines (conceptually through underground tunnels), losing all movement points, with distance increasing with level.
3) Increased reward for clearing a treasure chamber if it is already scripted, as I haven’t played in a while (maybe this applies more to Orcs).
4) Each time the hero gains a level, they reveal a relic or major artifact on the map. When picking up an artifact, the hero replenishes mana and movement points.
This is what came to mind first; I might think about it later and come up with something better and less far-fetched.

But this icon is for Gem http://ru.ashan.wikia.com/wiki/Джем
Using identical icons is bad, which means, as I understand it, Gem will not be used. The Elves already have the fewest heroes, and we need to use everything available in Ashan (there are only 24 of them).
There are few Elves for two reasons:
1) In the campaigns of the Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East, no new Elves appeared (unlike other factions in which campaign heroes appeared)
2) There were no Light Elves in Heroes 6
3) In Heroes 7, half of the heroes are from Heroes 5 (that is, Heroes 7 brought us few new heroes for the Light Elves)
Or will Gem get a new icon??? - but why?

Let me explain... this icon isn't a Gem at all. In NHF, it will have an icon corresponding to its description, and most likely based on the design from the third game, as that's where it appears in its classic form! :smile13:

Something like that?

I think this artwork doesn't really fit the lore either :D

Well, in my humble opinion, it's rather gaudy, and the style isn't heroic. Or will it be further refined?
In general, a quick search for a suitable replacement didn't yield much, except for something like this: http://img06.deviantart.net/185a/i/2015/293/2/7/homm_gem_by_merychess-d9dsynt.jpg (but maybe the number of colors needs to be reduced? Maybe the art should be made more rough).