In the beginning though, you know simply that Erathia must be restored to its former glory and that Queen Catherine must avenge her father's death.Ībove screenshots are from Heroes 3 introduction movie - Queen Catherine arrives to Erathia to find city ruins after battle. Later on, several twists and turns will worm their way into the plot, and the story will grow even more complex.
As the commander of Queen Catherine's forces, you must do her bidding and battling her enemies, reclaiming the lost lands of Erathia, quelling unruly neighbors, and battling the Necromancer's armies. Thus begins the story of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. The Elven Kingdoms close to her own will also prove stubborn neighbors, and Queen Catherine will need to find some way to gain their allegiance. Along the way, other kingdoms will test her and see how much harassment they can get away with. Queen Catherine enlists the aid of her father's generals and embarks on a crusade to reclaim her lost land and uncover the truth about her father's death.
The Necromancers raise large hordes of undead and advance unexpectedly towards the Erathian capitol. Of chief concern are the Necromancers, whom Catherine suspects are behind the murder of her father's death. Battling to Erathia's capitol city of Steadwick, Catherine sets herself up as Queen and beginsrestoring the land's original borders. She finds a war ensuing, with warlords and evil barons coming out of the woodwork seeking to redraw the territorial boundaries of the land. When she arrives in Erathia, her suspicions are confirmed. Suspecting foul play, and the great potential for neighboring aggressors to take advantage of the situation, she leaves Enroth for Erathia with a fleet of warships. Queen Catherine learned of her father, King Gryphonheart, has been killed and the kingdom of Erathia had been thrown into disarray. (Erathia), but there will be some significant differences between HEROES III and HEROES II.įeatures page contains a detailed list of game features and changes from HOMM2. MM6 (Might and Magic 6) and continues the story-line of those two games. HEROES III is set in the same world as HEROES II and Might and Magic II, but it has been vastly re-vamped. The game bears some similarity to Heroes of Gathering gold, or finding the Holy Grail (just to name a few). Has its own objective which can vary from capturing a specific castle, defeating a specific hero or monster, Each game scenario (regular or campaign style) If the attacker captures the town, the winnerĬan recruit the creatures raised in that town afterwards. The armies are sent into tacticalĬombat, which can occur either in countryside or in towns. Seven stacks of creatures raised in towns or recruited in countryside. Each army is led by a hero and consists of up to To improve existing buildings, to buy armies, etc. They are used to build new buildings in your towns, The resources (gold, wood, ore, gems, crystal, mercury, and sulfur) can beįound mostly in mines and are gathered once a day. Each town has a theme and can only raise the type of creaturesĪppropriate to that theme. It involves capturing and developing towns, gathering resources, assembling armiesĪnd sending them into combat. Heroes of Might and Magic III is a turn-based strategic war game, set up in a classical role-playing