Solmyr

Tower Heroes

Alchemists

Dracon

Solmyr the Wizard

Male

Genie

0

2

3

Solmyr was trapped in a genie bottle for over a millennium, and was so grateful to the human who finally released him that he accidentally swore to serve the man for eternity. As fate would have it, that man is Gavin Magnus, the immortal ruler of the Bracada Highlands.

Casts Chain Lightning with damage increased by 5%

3%

for every N hero levels, where N is the level of the target creature.

Basic

Wisdom

Basic

Sorcery

30–40 Gremlin (100%)

5–73–5 Stone Gargoyle (100%)

(88%)

4–52–3 Stone Golem (100%)

(25%)

Chain Lightning

1500

1500–1560

Story[edit | edit source]

Solmyr plays a major role in Heroes of Might and Magic IV in the "Price of Peace" campaign.

Horn of the Abyss [edit | edit source]

In All In, Solmyr is in charge of the Bracadan force attempting to trap and defeat Kilgor. He is bested by Dargem, who successfully rescues Kilgor.

In All Hands on Board!, Solmyr appears as Gavin Magnus' messenger. He demands that Bidley surrender the Horn of the Abyss, but also informs him that he knows he will not. Solmyr then heads the Tower's forces in their failed attempt to recover the Horn from Bidley.

Heroes of Might and Magic IV

Solmyr survived The Reckoning and appeared as a Mage on Axeoth.

	[[File: Hero {{{image2}}} (Heroes IV).png]]	"Solmyr ibn Wali Barad is legendary among the genies for his strong sense of honor and duty. He believes so strongly in keeping his word that for centuries he served the Immortal King, Gavin Magnus, after a hasty promise. Solmyr has seen the distant past and the destruction of an entire world, and he hopes to live long enough to witness the end of time as well." — Biography

The Dream[edit | edit source]

This recounting of Solmyr's prophetic dream of The Reckoning was added to the manual of Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

I had a dream last night for the first time in over eight hundred years, and I am afraid my dream might be true…In a dark tower, floating in the nothingness at the end of time, Fate lives. She is an enigma. She has the eyes of an elder who has seen too much, the voluptuous body of a woman grown, and the innocent smile of a happy child. She is alone. No man, elf, demon or god survived whatever calamity brought about the end of everything. Fate gets up from the dinner table where there is only a single chair,and ascends a small staircase that will take her to the top of the tower. Her feet are bare against the cold stone, and I shiver, for unforgiving rock is all that her flesh has ever known. She is stunningly beautiful, I decide, although I cannot determine what she is wearing because her image shimmers before me. Finally, she reaches her destination – a simple room with a huge, glass loom and a stool. She stares at the loom solemnly. She hesitates. But Fate knows she cannot wait forever and sits at the chair. Methodically, she chooses a ball of black yarn from a bag at her feet and she frowns. She threads it into the loom, and then selects another ball. This one is purple, and her frown deepens. A tear forms in one eye as she threads it into the loom as well. One by one, she chooses more yarn and attaches it to the loom. Next blue, then red, then green, and finally orange. Then her hands work furiously, pulling and twisting and spinning,as she begins weaving a tapestry. I desperately want to see the images formed by her craft, but my vision blurs every time I try. So I look at her face instead, and notice her single tear has become many. Fate doesn’t want to weave this pattern, but she continues anyway. It is her destiny – her purpose...And that is how it ends. I am not a genie prone to premonitions, but I find it difficult to believe this was only a dream. Please, pray that I am wrong!

- Solymr ibn Wali Barad

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Heroes III Complete	Heroes Chronicles	Horn of the Abyss
		All In : The Life Guard Horn of the Abyss : All Hands on Board!
/ / / : Player/Enemy/Allied/Mentioned hero : Hero begins imprisoned/encamped Note: Campaigns are listed in chronological order.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

The Dream
(HoMM4 manual p11)
Solmyr
(RoE manual p115)
Solmyr
(used on the MM7 Map)

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Solmyr is a very potent hero depending on the size of the map. He has access to Chain Lightning, a level 4 spell, which speeds up early exploration and eases mid game fights, the reason why he is considered to be one of the best heroes available and also one of the best Tower hero, along Neela (he does need to recharge his Spell Points often in early game after using Chain Lightning, though). Especially in small and medium size maps this can give the needed advantage to achieve victory. At higher levels, his Chain Lightning may become as powerful as Implosion in terms of pure damage output over the first two targets. However, in large and extra large maps, one of his starting skills, Sorcery, is considered somewhat useless. While it helps further increase the damage of his Chain Lightning, the issue is that as the game progresses direct damage from spells tends to be outweighed by the damage output of creature stacks.

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