Heroes Chronicles

Heroes Chronicles is a series of five stand-alone games and two free expansions, offering eight new single-player campaigns. They are based on the Armageddon's Blade/Shadow of Death engine, and therefore feature all the various features added by these expansions, including the Conflux town, magical terrains, and combination artifacts; however, they only offer the ability to play the campaign, a tutorial map, and "preview" maps taken from the other campaigns in the series. Multiplayer, map editor, and random map generator are all absent.

Story[edit | edit source]

The Chronicles follow the story of Tarnum, a Barbarian warlord who becomes successively a knight, a wizard, a ranger, a beastmaster, and an overlord in various quests given to him so he might redeem himself.

Campaigns[edit | edit source]

Campaigns

Restoration of Erathia

⏵ Long Live the Queen

⏷ Long Live the Queen

1. Homecoming

2. Guardian Angels

3. Griffin Cliff

⏵ Dungeons and Devils

⏷ Dungeons and Devils

1. A Devilish Plan

2. Groundbreaking

3. Steadwick's Fall

⏵ Spoils of War

⏷ Spoils of War

1. Borderlands

2. Gold Rush

3. Greed

⏵ Liberation

⏷ Liberation

1. Steadwick's Liberation

2. Deal With the Devil

3. Neutral Affairs

4. Tunnels and Troglodytes

⏵ Long Live the King

⏷ Long Live the King

1. A Gryphon's Heart

2. Season of Harvest

3. Corporeal Punishment

4. From Day to Night

⏵ Song for the Father

⏷ Song for the Father

1. Safe Passage

2. United Front

3. For King and Country

⏵ Seeds of Discontent

⏷ Seeds of Discontent

1. The Grail

2. The Road Home

3. Independence

Armageddon's Blade

⏵ Armageddon's Blade

⏷ Armageddon's Blade

1. Catherine's Charge

2. Shadows of the Forest

3. Seeking Armageddon

4. Maker of Sorrows

5. Return of the King

6. A Blade in the Back

7. To Kill A Hero

8. Oblivion's Edge

⏵ Dragon's Blood

⏷ Dragon's Blood

1. Culling the Weak

2. Savaging the Scavengers

3. Blood of the Dragon Father

4. Blood Thirsty

⏵ Dragon Slayer

⏷ Dragon Slayer

1. Crystal Dragons

2. Rust Dragons

3. Faerie Dragons

4. Azure Dragons

⏵ Festival of Life

⏷ Festival of Life

1. Razor Claw

2. Taming of the Wild

3. Clan War

4. For the Throne

⏵ Playing with Fire

⏷ Playing with Fire

1. Farming Towns

2. March of the Undead

3. Burning of Tatalia

⏵ Foolhardy Waywardness

⏷ Foolhardy Waywardness

1. Lost at Sea

2. Their End of the Bargain

3. Here There Be Pirates

4. Hurry Up and Wait

Shadow of Death

⏵ New Beginning

⏷ New Beginning

1. Clearing the Border

2. After the Amulet

3. Retrieving the Cowl

4. Driving for the Boots

⏵ Elixir of Life

⏷ Elixir of Life

1. Graduation Exercise

2. Cutthroats

3. Valley of the Dragon Lords

4. A Thief in the Night

⏵ Hack and Slash

⏷ Hack and Slash

1. Bashing Skulls

2. Black Sheep

3. A Cage in the Hand

4. Grave Robber

⏵ Birth of a Barbarian

⏷ Birth of a Barbarian

1. On the Run

2. The Meeting

3. A Tough Start

4. Falor and Terwen

5. Returning to Bracada

⏵ Rise of the Necromancer

⏷ Rise of the Necromancer

1. Target

2. Master

3. Finneas Vilmar

4. Duke Alarice

⏵ Unholy Alliance

⏷ Unholy Alliance

1. Harvest

2. Gathering the Legion

3. Search for a Killer

4. Final Peace

5. Secrets Revealed

6. Agents of Vengeance

7. Wrath of Sandro

8. Invasion

9. To Strive, To Seek

10. Barbarian Brothers

11. Union

12. Fall of Sandro

⏵ Specter of Power

⏷ Specter of Power

1. Poison Fit for a King

⏵ Under the Jolly Roger

⏷ Under the Jolly Roger

1. Pirates and Palms

2. Master of the Island

3. Devil Sunrise

⏵ Terror of the Seas

⏷ Terror of the Seas

1. Prisoner of Doom

2. Evenmorn

3. The Shores of Hell

4. The Freedom of the Nix

5. In Search of the Horn

6. Treachery

⏵ Horn of the Abyss

⏷ Horn of the Abyss

1. Frontier

2. Heart of Water

3. Horn of the Abyss

4. All Hands on Board!

⏵ Forged in Fire

⏷ Forged in Fire

1. World on Fire

2. Beyond the Horizon

3. Dead or Alive

4. Tomb Raiders

5. Deus Ex Machina

6. Tarred and Feathered

7. New Order

8. Homecoming

Heroes Chronicles

⏵ Warlords of the Wasteland

⏷ Warlords of the Wasteland

1. A Barbarian King

2. The Criminal King

3. Ultimatum

4. The War for the Mudlands

5. Siege of the Wallpeaks

6. Trapped!

7. Slash and Burn

8. Steelhorn

⏵ Conquest of the Underworld

⏷ Conquest of the Underworld

1. Cerberus Gate

2. The Boatman

3. Truth Within Nightmares

4. Twisted Tunnels

5. Jorm's Ambush

6. Old Wounds

7. The Queen's Command

8. Never Deal with a Demon

⏵ Masters of the Elements

⏷ Masters of the Elements

1. The Trouble with Magic

2. Walking on Clouds

3. Don't Drink the Water

4. Hard Place

5. The Secret in the Flames

6. The Magic that Binds

7. Birds of Fire

8. Masters of the Elements

⏵ Clash of the Dragons

⏷ Clash of the Dragons

1. The Dragontalker

2. Dragon's Blood

3. The Dragon Mothers

4. Dragons of Rust

5. Distrust

6. Dragons of Gossamer Wings

7. Dragons of Deepest Blue

8. Clash of the Dragons

⏵ The World Tree

⏷ The World Tree

1. A Distant Cry

2. Senseless Destruction

3. The World Within

4. The Roots of Life

5. Rebirth

⏵ The Fiery Moon

⏷ The Fiery Moon

1. The Endless Sands

2. The Nameless Land

3. The Sparkling Bridge

4. The Fiery Moon

5. Vorr, the Insane

⏵ Revolt of the Beastmasters

⏷ Revolt of the Beastmasters

1. Hopewielder

2. The First Law

3. By Royal Decree

4. The King's Son

5. The Ransom

6. Beyond the Borders

7. Naming a Nation

8. The First Tatalian War

⏵ The Sword of Frost

⏷ The Sword of Frost

1. Tarnum the Overlord

2. The Land of the Vori

3. A New Enemy

4. A New Ally

5. The Capture

6. Tunnels of Ice

7. The Barbarian's Wife

8. The Protectors of the Sword

Warlords of the Wasteland (Barbarian, 8 maps, tutorial, previews of COTU, MOTE, and COTD)
Conquest of the Underworld (Knight, 8 maps, tutorial, previews of MOTE, COTD, and WOTW)
Masters of the Elements (Wizard, 8 maps, tutorial, previews of WOTW, COTU, and COTD)
Clash of the Dragons (Ranger, 8 maps, tutorial, previews of WOTW, COTU, and MOTE)
The World Tree (Barbarian, 5 maps, no tutorial or preview)
The Fiery Moon (Barbarian, 5 maps, no tutorial or preview)
Revolt of the Beastmasters (Beastmaster, 8 maps, tutorial, previews of WOTW, COTU, MOTE, and COTD)
The Sword of Frost (Overlord, 8 maps, tutorial, previews of WOTW, COTU, MOTE, and COTD)

WOTW, COTU, MATE, and COTD were sold independently. TWT was a free download for people having bought at least two of the Chronicles titles, and TFM was free for those having bought at least three. ROTB and TSOF were bundled together as "The Last Chapters". They are now all sold together on GOG.com as "Heroes Chronicles: All Chapters".

Tarnum[edit | edit source]

As a Barbarian (WOTW, TWT, TFM), Tarnum is like Crag Hack: a specialty in Offense and starting skill of Advanced Offense.
As a Knight (COTU), he is like Christian: a specialty in Ballista and starting skills of Basic Leadership, and Basic Artillery. He starts with a ballista.
As a Wizard (MOTE), he is like Dracon: a specialty in Enchanters and starting skill of Advanced Wisdom. However, he starts without a spell book.
As a Ranger (COTD), he is like Gelu: a specialty in Sharpshooters and starting skills of Basic Leadership and Basic Archery.
As a Beastmaster (ROTB), he is like Bron: a specialty in Basilisk and starting skills of Basic Armorer, and Basic Resistance.
As an Overlord (TSOF), he is like Mutare: a specialty in Dragons and starting skills of Basic Tactics and Basic Estates.