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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?
Almost nothing will change about Ashan, only Tribes will be added.
You misunderstood.
Quite the opposite.
The Tribes of the East were actually added to the history.
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
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