Gurnisson

This article refers to the hero "Gurnisson", not the similar sounding adventure map location "Garrison".

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Gurnisson the Barbarian
Basic information:
	Class:	Barbarian
	Gender:	Male
	Race:	Goblin
It is unusual for a Goblin to rise to any sort of position of power, but Gurnisson demonstrated a natural aptitude in Ballistics that quite literally launched him into a successful career as a hero for hire.
Specialty: Ballista
Increases the Attack and Defense skills of Ballista by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
Starting Level:
Level
Starting primary skills:
4 0 1 1
Starting secondary skills:
Basic Offense
Basic Artillery
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Starting troops:
Goblin 15–25 Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_2}}} small.gif|{{{troop_2}}}|link={{{troop_2}}}]] [[{{{troop_2}}}|{{{troop_2}}}]] 88% (Always )  Orc 4–6 25% (Always ) [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_4}}} small.gif|{{{troop_4}}}|link={{{troop_4}}}]] [[{{{troop_4}}}|{{{troop_4}}}]] Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_5}}} small.gif|{{{troop_5}}}|link={{{troop_5}}}]] [[{{{troop_5}}}|{{{troop_5}}}]] Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_6}}} small.gif|{{{troop_6}}}|link={{{troop_6}}}]] [[{{{troop_6}}}|{{{troop_6}}}]] Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_7}}} small.gif|{{{troop_7}}}|link={{{troop_7}}}]] [[{{{troop_7}}}|{{{troop_7}}}]] Always
Starts with:
	Ballista	88% (Always )
Starting movement points:
Minimum Maximum HotA 1560 1630 1560

Gurnisson the Barbarian is a Stronghold hero.

Story

Gurnisson does not appear in the story text of any campaign levels. One of Kilgor's lieutenants, he accompanied Kija to Vori in a quest to claim the Sword of Frost for his leader.

Appearances

Festival of Life

Taming of the Wild as a player hero.

Clan War as a player hero.

For the Throne as a player hero.

The Sword of Frost

The Barbarian's Wife as an enemy.

Specialty

Level	10	10
5	+1	+1
15	+2	+2
25	+3	+3
30	+4	+4
45	+5	+5
55	+6	+6
60	+7	+7
70	+8	+8
75/88	+9	+9

User commentary

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As Ballista's base damage scales with hero's Attack skill, Gurnisson is the best hero who starts with Ballista, making him very valuable on especially poor maps.

See also:

• List of heroes
• Hero class
• Hero biographies
• Hero specialty
• List of hero specialties