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Could you briefly summarize what exactly has changed?
Because reading it all is quite a task :) I spent the whole day reading it.

By the way, another question: why was the light ending chosen for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic?

The most traditional one.
Almost nothing will change about Ashan, only Tribes will be added.

I hope no one has forgotten the plot of the Tribes of the East.

Unfortunately, no. See the previous post.

Oh well, bad luck! I hope you'll come back to this topic. (I've been waiting since December.)

:)

You misunderstood.
Quite the opposite.
The Tribes of the East were actually added to the history.

Truly, the translation is the weakest part of Heroes of Might and Magic V.

The eighth anniversary of the ""Anthology of CRPGs"" is marked by the publication on the site of a unique material, which has been in development for six whole months - the third incarnation of the "History of the Might & Magic world". It was the "History of the M&M world" that gave rise to the idea of the "Anthology" project back in 2000, and now we present to you its new version, with over 750 kb of pure text!.. Many moments of the chronicle have been rethought, rewritten, expanded, edited, and a huge amount of new information has been added, as well as over a hundred illustrations. The material is truly unique, especially since there are simply no English-language versions of it.

The structure of the "History" is now organized and divided into three sections: "Chronology" (Enroth, Axeoth, Ashan), "Chronicle" (the text of the "History" itself), and "Atlas" (scanned maps of the M&M worlds; many maps have been replaced with ones rendered in better resolution - Warn, Cloudside of Xeen, Darkside of Xeen, and some are presented on the site for the first time, such as Axeoth and the map of Sareth's journey from Dark Messiah of M&M).

"Chronicle" - six chapters, each of which presents the following material:
- Chapter 1. The Great Experiment. Events of M&M1-5, as well as Swords of Xeen
- Chapter 2. The Age of Silence. Events of M&M Mobile 1-2 (the name of the world is Erathia, which has absolutely nothing to do with the kingdom of the same name on Enroth), HM&M: Quest for the Dragonbone Staff (new facts from the manual have been added), Jerry Graef's novels
- Chapter 3. Ardon. Legacy of the Ancients. Events of Crusaders of M&M (the text has been significantly expanded with an account of the game's plot version for PS1 - much more logical and well-developed), the novel Sea of Mist, Warriors of M&M (the text has been rewritten based on the plot of the full version of the game for PS2), Shifters
- Chapter 4. Chronicles of Enroth. Events of M&M6-8, HM&M3 with add-ons (episodes of the story are presented in chronological order, letters from Ironfist from the HM&M1 manual and Roland from the M&M6 manual have been added)
- Chapter 5. Axeoth. A Stroke of Fate. Events of M&M9, HM&M4 with add-ons, as well as Legends of the Ancients by Julien Pirou. The latter created truly brilliant campaigns on the HM&M5 engine, continuing the storylines of games that take place in Axeoth. Ubisoft awarded LotA with the "Seal of Approval," which states "Content Approved," so the canonicity of the events is confirmed. In addition, Julien Pirou himself works in close contact with Ubisoft (the Dark Messiah map from the collector's edition of HM&M5 is his creation), so who knows - perhaps, thanks to his efforts, the old universe will be revived!..
- Chapter 6. The Dark Messiah of Ashan. Events of HM&M5, two add-ons, and Dark Messiah

And in conclusion: "History of the Might & Magic world" is the result of the hard work of three people who acted as co-authors:
- Roman "Jerry-a-Konel" Kiselev, the author of the original "History," on which the current version was created
- Sergey "Demilich" Senyuk, the creator and owner of the "Anthology of CRPGs" website, responsible for the literary embodiment of the new version
- XEL, your humble servant

Reprinting the "History of the Might & Magic world" or parts of it on other sites is strictly prohibited and will be mercilessly suppressed

What nonsense is written there about the crusaders in Might and Magic? Or is the story really that different in the PlayStation version compared to the computer version?

No, we came up with it ourselves! :D Of course, it's different. And it's not nonsense.

No, I was just speaking figuratively. I was simply surprised by such a difference in the stories.

In the two versions, many plot points differ significantly. However, they complement each other and do not contradict each other.

Besides the main difference – in one Necropolis, a creature dies, while in the other, it becomes a death god after being sucked into an unstable portal.

Yes, the canon clearly states that he is sucked into a portal. Because that is both more logical and Necros (or at least characters very similar to him) is mentioned in other sources.