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It fits very well. The gods of Axia are mages and warriors who rebelled against the Ancients and seized the Network in Axia. HoMM4 and M&M9 were still made with Van Caneghem.

Well, I'm not entirely sure about the fourth installment, but Might & Magic IX is just ridiculous, so ridiculous that it makes you want to cry. Canningham had already left by that time, and it's clear why...
He wouldn't have put up with such nonsense. It's quite possible that he participated in the development, but no longer as the lead...
Do you remember the quest about Nikolai Aroyfist in Might & Magic IX? Do you think that was Canningham's idea?:smile40:

Understand, this isn't a matter of opinion. If a planet is called Earth, your opinion doesn't change that. I have evidence that this world is not called Xeen:
1. There are no mentions that the world of M&M4-5 and the world of HoMM1-3 and M&M6-8 are the same.
2. Vorn 4 in Dragon Sands (why does Xeen need another Vorn?).
3. The Guardian Melian (why does Xeen need another Guardian?).
4. Mentions of the name Enroth as the world of M&M7.
And what evidence is there to support the idea that it is Xeen, other than in a walkthrough from Igromania, where Korak is a mage, and the Ancients are from Cron?

To be honest, I haven't played M&M games older than the 6th installment because my English isn't very good. (By the way, do you know where I can find a Russian translation?)
To be honest, I've never seen it explicitly stated that the planet is called Enroth.

Light magic spells are among the most powerful in Enroth. Only clerics and sorcerers can wield light magic spells; they cannot be chosen when creating a character. Instead, light magic must be learned and mastered during your travels.

I don't remember the quest, but I do remember that Nikolai was worried about Krigan's arrival in Axoth. By the way, Axoth wasn't just pulled out of thin air. It was conceived back in 1995, but not by NWC, but with their consent. These books explain the "divine phenomenon" in M&M9.

[/U]What did you think? Why is Enroth specifically a planet?
After all, it could be that when "World" is mentioned, it doesn't necessarily mean a planet.
Maybe the description of Light Magic simply mentions the World of Enroth, not the planet.

I doubt that the 3DO team, who created Chronicles, would have paid attention to Axeoth without Caningham. They would have continued to ruin Enroth with things like Chronicles. And the idea with Nikolai Ironfist (he didn't exactly stumble into Axeoth).

Well, the Chronicles are 100% based on Canenghem's ideas. They explain a lot and basically refute things.

Lord, I'll never believe this. Even Chronicles, a game that Caningham and NWC worked on, isn't listed. What are they trying to explain? Why was it necessary to somehow tie the Gryphonheart family to Tarnum? The founding of Erathia was already mentioned in the third game. Why make the Tatalians former slaves of Erathia? Why create the nonsensical Underworld and World Tree? The last two are completely against the very idea of the M&M universe.
By the way, look at my signature. The "Restoration" project.

This seems to be another piece from what Caningham was developing, which they finished (without fully fleshing it out) and released. At the same time, they stretched it and added their own schizophrenic ideas...

And regarding "Project Renaissance": I'm sure that we shouldn't connect it with Axeoth or Ashan at all, but rather find a way to excuse the cataclysm and continue developing Enroth, Jadame, and Antagarich. Fortunately, there are enough fantasizers. And we can base it on the future (hopefully) RPG based on Might and Magic. What do you think?

It's quite possible :) In my opinion, Canigiem brought in characters like Alamar, who didn't age in 70 years, to fill such gaps. Fortunately, he had very few of these gaps (mostly amusing situations, like different characters with the same names – 2 Crag Hack, 2 Sandro, and 2 Etric – but these aren't inconsistencies). But I disagree with you about Axeoth. Of course, the 3DO developers embellished a lot, but it fit with Canigiem and Gravell's (the author of the books that first introduced Axeoth) ideas. By the way, in the action series (Crusaders, Warriors, Shifters), 3DO correctly used Canigiem's ideas, which were developed in Crusaders.
I suggest the following options for the setting:
1. Axeoth after the events of Heroes 4 with the expansions and Heroes 9 (but following the NWC style as much as possible).
2. Enroth, where the Reckoning didn't happen (there are many possible plot developments).
3. Enroth without the Reckoning, but also without the Chronicles.
4. Identical to point 1, but without the Chronicles.
5. Enroth after the Reckoning.
6. Xeen (again, many possible plot developments) and some other of the worlds mentioned above.

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I agree with you, although Axeoth isn't hopeless yet. I'm the main plot creator in Regeneration, but Enroth without the Reckoning, and ideally without the Chronicles, is my dream (on the scale of a campaign and the internet).

So, I suggest Enroth without Retribution and with the Chronicles tweaked (the inconsistencies I fixed will be mentioned). When Sar comes, we'll decide. We can hold a vote on the six options presented above.
By the way, I have a feeling that NWC and Caningham initially planned to make Jadame the setting for the 4th game (there's a "continental" trend: the first, 2nd, and 6th games take place in Enroth, the 3rd and 7th in Antagarich, and the 8th in Jadame), but 3DO decided to kill off Enroth and move the setting to the "backup" world – Axeoth.

Well, in general terms, it was like this. Axoth was originally linked to the M&M universe, but not with Enroth. The 3DO folks certainly stretched things too far in Axoth after 4, but one thing is encouraging: in Axoth they didn't warp the universe as they did in Chronicles. However, the action series was apparently very heavily influenced by Canigem's developments. Perhaps that's why it was successful in terms of plot.