Posts from The plot of Heroes of Might and Magic V.

and in the original Heroes 5, the plot is as follows: give a link or write it briefly.

In short, King Gryphon is killed by Argail, Argail himself is in love with Isabelle and betrays the Overlord. Then Tieru, an Elf, appears to him and tells him about the dark messiah. Argail is cleansed of demonic magic. The Necromancer, Markel, helps to resurrect the king and takes power in the Gryphon Empire. Argail becomes a dark elf and changes his name to Railag. King Nicholas, a high vampire (resurrected by Markel), leads the undead army against the elves. Faidaen, an elven hero, defends the elven lands from the undead. Isabelle is kidnapped by the Overlord. Godric, Faidaen, Railag, and Zehir (son of the King of Mages, Cyrus, who was killed by Markel) unite to save Isabelle. They go to the capital of demons, Shio, where they banish the Overlord and take Isabelle, who now carries the dark messiah in her womb. Isabelle becomes an evil character and returns to the empire, where she now begins to rule. Then play Lords of the North!

Well, you’ve ruined my article, thank you very much... Next, Isabel creates a crimson church, populated by fanatics serving her. A certain Alaric becomes the archbishop and makes Isabel a saint. The Empire is completely reorganized, but the civil war continues. Frida, our new hero, the daughter of Godric, goes to the civil war with the butcher Laslo and Alaric. Together they capture the rebellious Duchy of Olen and Duke Duncan. Then it turns out that Isabel's son was given to Duncan, who entrusted him to a dwarf known as Wulfsten. Frida goes on a diplomatic mission, but at that moment Laslo attacks the border of the dwarf kingdom. A war begins, and Frida barely manages to escape. Then Frida joins the rebels, frees Duncan, and goes to save her father, Godric, who is imprisoned by the evil Isabel. The "Frida's Dilemma" campaign ends. Next, the dwarf Wulfsten comes under our command and wages war against the Empire. In the middle of the campaign, Isabel appears to the king of the dwarves and says that they can start a joint war against the Dark Elves. But the alliance with the Empire is hindered by Wulfsten. Thus, he is declared a traitor. Then he meets Duncan and goes to liberate the Duchy of Olen, engaging in battle with the main army of the Empire, commanded by Laslo. At the end of the battle, we see a scene: a forest, a clearing, a mortally wounded Godric and Frida. Godric tells how he was tortured and tells his daughter to fight for the liberation of the Empire and not forget him. Then the clearing is surrounded by 4 archangels, and Frida cries. Then Godric dies to majestic music, and Frida hears the voice of Elrath (!), who grants her Power. Then Frida shouts "Laslo!" and on the battlefield, only scorched earth remains from Laslo. This is how the 2nd campaign ends. Next, the campaign for the Dark Elf, Ilaya, the guardian of the law in the Clan of the Shadowed. In short, there is a coup, and I don't know anything more. I'm waiting for you to continue.

As for the next game in the series, Tribes of the East is closely related to Dark Messiah, so to understand the plot of Tribes of the East, you also need to play Dark Messiah...

Not at all. Dark Messiah is a continuation of the trilogy; it is not necessary to play it to understand the plot of the 2nd expansion pack. However, to fully explore the lore of the universe, you need to read the world history, the history of each race, and play through the main game, the expansion packs, and Dark Messiah.

Why isn't it necessary? To at least get an idea of who Arantir is, you need to play Dark Messiah.

Well, that's not what we're talking about. What was in Tribes of the East?!?!?!!?!

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In reality, the rules are not dictated by the evil Isabel, but by Biara, who has taken her form. According to the real Isabel, they can be distinguished because Biara is heavier. In the end, Isabel kills Biara and abdicates the throne in favor of Frida. And Dark Messiah is a continuation of the campaigns.

Why isn't it necessary? To at least understand who Arantir is, you need to play Dark Messiah.

It's not necessary to understand. Arantir is Arantir, no matter what. I liked the developers' approach of showing him as the main villain in Dark Messiah (of course, only through Sareth's eyes) and as a necromancer with good intentions in the 2nd expansion. Tribes of the East only reveals some details from the plot of DoMM, and DoMM, in turn, continues the story of the heroes. But overall, the games are quite independent and not tied to each other in terms of plot, like the original and the expansions of Heroes are tied to each other.

I wouldn't call Arantir a villain. He fought against Sareth – the Dark Messiah. And it's not his fault that we play as Sareth. Sareth himself suspects at the beginning of the mission that the Dark Messiah is Arantir.

As for the expansions, I think they are very closely tied to the original game and to each other in terms of plot.

Boris K, I specifically stated that Aranthir is portrayed as a villain only from Saref's perspective. In principle, that's true, as his goals were noble. The only thing is, he doesn't care about Saref's thoughts or feelings and is determined to kill him regardless of whether he decides to destroy the Skull of Shadows or free his father.

Campaigns are a series. To watch the next episode, you need to put in some effort. Playing through the expansion campaigns without playing through the original campaign is like watching movies 2 and 3 without watching movie 1. You can watch them, but it's not very clear how everything started, and how the characters ended up in this situation.

Does Isobel know that Railag is Agrail?
Well, I don't think so?

Actually, she will find out later, but she will come to terms with it.

What, I don't understand, did I miss some expansion? What's this "Dark Messiah" about?

Is there a complete history (of all parts) available, without your, shall we say, "biased" summaries?