Roland

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Roland the Knight
Basic information:
RolandRoland Class: Knight
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Recently freed from the Kreegans, Roland respectfully serves as a general in Erathia's military under his wife Catherine. Someday soon these conflicts will end, and he and Catherine will return to Enroth. However, both must decide what will happen to the Erathian throne.
Specialty: Swordsmen
Specialty Swordsmen Increases the speed of any Swordsmen or Crusaders by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
Starting Level:
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Starting primary skills:
Attack 2 Defense 2 Spell Power 1 Knowledge 1
Starting secondary skills:
Leadership Basic Leadership
Armorer Basic Armorer
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Starting troops:
Pikeman Pikeman 10–20 Always
Archer Archer 4–7 88% (Always Horn of the Abyss)
Griffin Griffin 2–3 25% (Always Horn of the Abyss)
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Starting movement points:
1560

Roland the Knight is a Castle hero.

He is not an original Restoration of Erathia hero, but was added in Armageddon's Blade and is also available in Shadow of Death.

By default, Roland is not playable, but he may be enabled in custom scenarios in the map editor.

Story[edit | edit source]

Hero Roland (Heroes II).png Roland as he appears in Heroes II.

King Roland Ironfist is married to CatherineCatherine Queen Catherine Ironfist.

Alternative biography Lost Lore[edit | edit source]

The following biography appeared on the official (now-defunct) 3DO website:

As a young man Roland was far too trusting of other people. While his brother, Archibald, plotted and killed several seers, Roland did not believe these deaths could be anything but accidents. Betrayed by his brother, who accused Roland of killing the seers, he was forced to flee in order to escape imprisonment. Mustering together loyal followers, the beloved Roland led a revolution against his brother. Roland won the war. Archibald became a stone statue and was placed in the Library.
Following the Succession Wars, Roland received an offer from King Gryphonheart of Erathia to marry his daughter, Catherine. Impressed by her beauty and incredible skill as a warrior and leader, he accepted. They soon wed and happiness became his. Not until the birth of his son, Nicolai was this happiness topped. For Roland, life had become perfect.
For ten years all was peaceful until the appearance of devils on the Enrothian border, and Roland was forced to drive their presence from the land. Taking a company of well-trained men he attempted, and failed, to drive the Devils out. Instead, he was captured and transported to Erathia. Roland was not freed until seven years later when a group of adventurers came to his aid. He then rejoined his wife and son for a brief reunion.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Armageddon's Blade
Return of the King as a player hero.
To Kill A Hero as a player hero.
Oblivion's Edge as a player hero.

Specialty[edit | edit source]

Roland's specialty is bugged. It does not give bonuses to Swordsmen, only to Crusaders. (This bug has been fixed in Horn of the Abyss Horn of the Abyss).

The in-game description "Increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Swordsmen or Crusaders for each level attained after 4th level." is erroneous in "each level attained" moment, and lacks the speed bonus information. (Description is fixed in HotA Horn of the Abyss).

Unlike the native terrain speed bonus, the creature specialty speed bonus can affect the hero's movement points in case the creature is the slowest one in the army.

Roland Swordsman Crusader
Level Attack Defense Attack Defense
Level 10 12 12 12
4 +1 +1 +1 +1
8 +1 +2 +2 +2
12 +2 +2 +2 +2
16 +2 +3 +3 +3
20 +3 +3 +3 +3
24 +4 +4 +4 +4
28 +4 +5 +5 +5
36 +5 +6 +6 +6
44 +6 +7 +7 +7
48 +7 +8 +8 +8
56 +8 +9 +9 +9
64 +8 +10 +10 +10
68 +9 +11 +11 +11
75/88 +11 +14 +14 +14

Official Renders[edit | edit source]

  • Roland render.jpg
  • Roland box render.jpg

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King Roland is an exact copy of Sorsha the Knight, except he has Armorer secondary skill instead of Offense.

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