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So, since Markel is here, it means the connection to the events of the Third Eclipse is weakening. Markel is not young during the events of the War of Queen Isabel (969 AD), but he probably didn't live in the eighth century.

I started the fourth game, and the question is... what are the creatures from Heroes 6 doing in the garrison? Are they specifically there to make it impossible to pass?

These creatures aren't overwhelmingly powerful; you shouldn't have too much trouble with them.

According to information from the English-language wiki, he joined Sandro around the 580s. I don't know if this is accurate, but in any case, three heroes are better than two, in my opinion.
These creatures aren't that overpowered; you shouldn't have any problems with them.

I don't know why everyone is so upset about the second mission. I started it casually, and even the initial scouting took only a little bit of brainpower. Then I went underground, gained some experience, captured mines, and generally got settled. Meanwhile, Markel set out to sea, luckily guessing that he needed to sail west. He found the Sphinx (failed the test, laughed at the 999 Phoenixes), reloaded the save, passed the test, took the hero's armor, and generally got himself sorted out.

Then an Orc arrived, but my army was already too strong for him, so he retreated (screenshots 1, 2) across the sea. I managed to get the old man to Srando, cell by cell, and pass on the army. The Orcs retreated home without a fight. I started clearing out the underground and then a Demon appeared. I REALLY shouldn't have given him Pillaging. I replayed, ran to the castle.

THE DEMON ALSO RETREATED and went to the Orcs. While I was cleaning up the surrounding territories and the underground, the Demon had already thinned out the Orcs considerably and was left with a meager army (4). The Orcs also took a beating, and half of their army simply died. At the same time, I already had a legion of undead (5), while the Demon had only about 50 demons in total (6).

There's not much more to tell, the Orcs huddled in the corners from my huge army, and I sat for an hour, maybe even two, just clearing the islands of the remaining Orcs and going around the buff spots. Special thanks for the mentor.

I especially liked the storyline and the Eclipse element; it's really well done, even better than the original Campaign, but the technical part let me down; the enemies ended up defeating each other!

https://imgur.com/a/NXs4HCp - screenshots

So, since Markel is here, it means the connection to the events of the Third Eclipse is diminishing. Markel is, of course, not young during the events of the War of Queen Isabel (969 AD), but he probably didn't live in the eighth century.

Markel is one of Sandro's favorite students, but the exact time he joined the Voidwalkers remains unknown. Nevertheless, at the time of Sandro's death, Godric, Cyrus, and the others were still young, while Markel must have already spent a considerable amount of time under the tutelage of his mentor. Consequently, he lived a very long life and certainly witnessed the eighth century, and perhaps even a significant part of it. Otherwise, Markel studied with Sandro for only five years, and it's unclear how he became so intelligent.

What's the trick with the orcs in mission 3? I didn't do anything, they just showed up and started destroying everything. What was the plot twist?

Markel is a Necromancer. He simply didn't age as long as he had access to the powers of the Void.

The Void distorts the body, which is why Sandro lost his human form. And Markel always took pride in the fact that he was alive, not transformed.

If you complete the optional quest in the demonic underground in the second mission and sacrifice the Orcs, they will revolt, blame the mages, and later come to beat them up, along with everyone else in the area. But they only spawn when the quest is completed, as an additional feature.