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Sandro is named after Sandro from Xeen.

By the way, in one of the missions of Isabel's campaign, she mentions Crag Hack in a cutscene. Does that mean nothing?! :)

By the way, in one of the missions of Isabel's campaign, she mentions Crag Hack in a cutscene. Does that mean nothing?! :)

Maybe it's just a random mistake. And Sandro from parts 3 and 5 are just namesakes (people with the same names).
But in general, I like the idea that the mages of Axel discovered a mysterious portal that led to Ashan.
In my opinion, it's normal and the idea remains that these are different worlds.

It’s just a nod to the previous installments, nothing more. Like the Hydralisk in the Warcraft 3 campaign.

Yes, the Heroes games need to be connected into a single narrative. The story of Heroes should be the story of all the worlds (parts 3 and 4) + add a new world!

I have an idea, although it's a bit rough: what if Enroth and Axoth were destroyed by Urgash (see Heroes 5, 6, 7), and before that, they were created by Ashan? As for the old factions from Heroes 3, they could be added to Ashan, since many places in this world have not yet been explored.

"How can you connect the fifth installment with the previous games?"
In no way!
Are you talking about the fifth part as a full-fledged game? Because it's a spin-off from a spin-off, if anyone is still unaware. The inscription under the heroes, "of Might and Magic," probably doesn't mean anything to you as a fan of the fifth installment.

The events of the Chronicles, as well as the second and third games (+ all expansions), took place almost simultaneously with the events of the original, specifically from M&M VI to M&M VIII.
The original heroes and M&M have a unique storyline – in the hero campaigns, we are shown the story from one side, and in the original, the same story, but from a different angle. A prime example is in The Restoration, where the plot reveals that demons appeared not from the depths of dungeons but descended from the heavens. And in M&M, we are directly told that the Krigans came from space. And there are many such moments.

As for the connection, Enroth is destroyed in the fourth game – what connection can there be with the fifth and subsequent games? And yes, I know that Enroth is not the only one, but I still don't understand how you can connect the original with the empty fifth installment. After all, the original has a rather serious subtext; even when launching For Blood and Honor, the opening NWC cinematic has more meaning than all the subsequent games from third-party developers.
I'll say even more, those who didn't just hang out on random maps but thoughtfully played through the campaigns in both, they will simply laugh in your face about the connection with the fifth.

The fifth installment, not only is it not visually perceived as part of Might and Magic, but the plot is also very weak – it's simple and predictable. Plus, our wonderful localization added a huge minus – I didn't enjoy the game; I forced myself to play, listening to boring and meaningless dialogues and watching a plot written on the fly. Everything possible has been simplified in the fifth installment. Even the hexes were changed to squares; I remember laughing about it for a long time – all for a new generation and a spit in the face of old fans.

I feel a little sorry for the new fans – they don't know who Sheltem is, they haven't encountered the mysterious blue box, they haven't soared through the skies with blasters, incinerating everything in their path, they haven't seen the Armageddon from a first-person perspective, and they probably don't even realize that the original is based on science fiction, not some fantasy with dragons and ashas.