Terek

Stronghold
Barbarians
Yog
Gurnisson
Jabarkas
Shiva
Gretchin
Krellion
Crag Hack
Tyraxor
Boragus
Kilgor
Battle Mages
Gird
Vey Vey
Dessa
Terek
Zubin
Gundula
Oris
Saurug
Towns

Terek the Battle Mage
Basic information:
	Class:	Battle Mage
	Gender:	Male
	Race:	Human
Terek spent several years as a strong-man in the Circus of the Sun, challenging spectators to see who could throw large rocks the furthest. One day he lost, and was run out of the Circus, but the man who had beaten him recruited him for the Krewlod Army.
Specialty: Haste
Casts Haste with increased effect, based on the level of the target unit.
Starting Level:
Level
Starting primary skills:
2 1 1 1
Starting secondary skills:
Basic Wisdom
Basic Tactics
[[File:{{{skill_3}}} _small.png			link=]] {{{skill_3}}} [[]]
[[File:{{{skill_4}}} _small.png			link=]] {{{skill_4}}} [[]]
[[File:{{{skill_5}}} _small.png			link=]] {{{skill_5}}} [[]]
[[File:{{{skill_6}}} _small.png			link=]] {{{skill_6}}} [[]]
[[File:{{{skill_7}}} _small.png			link=]] {{{skill_7}}} [[]]
[[File:{{{skill_8}}} _small.png			link=]] {{{skill_8}}} [[]]
Starting troops:
Goblin 15–25 Always  Wolf Rider 5–7 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
Starting spell:
	Haste
Starting movement points:
Minimum Maximum HotA 1560 1630 1560

Terek the Battle Mage is a Stronghold hero. Terek starts with a spell book and the spell Haste.

Story

In Retrieving the Cowl, Terek was the first hero Sandro hired to retrieve the Vampire's Cowl. He was captured and imprisoned by bandits until Gem arrived and ransomed him and the cowl.

Appearances

Festival of Life

Clan War as an enemy.

For the Throne as an enemy.

New Beginning

Retrieving the Cowl in a prison.

Birth of a Barbarian

On the Run as a player hero.

The Sword of Frost

A New Enemy as an enemy.

Specialty

Terek's specialty gives in addition to normal Haste speed bonuses
    +3 to creatures on level 1–2
    +2 to creatures on level 3–4
    +1 to creatures on level 5–6
    No additional bonus for creatures on level 7.

Although the in-game description of the specialty states, "based on hero level compared to the level of the target unit", the hero's level has no effect on the specialty.

Trivia

• In For the Throne, Terek was given the portrait of Dessa and has the Scales of the Greater Basilisk.

User commentary

[Show user commentary] [Hide user commentary]

Haste is very useful spell for offense oriented factions like stronghold. Units with low health and defense are much more effective, because they can strike first and at much greater distance. This is great for fragile units like wolf raiders. Haste is also useful for slow units, because they can be in the middle of the map (or close to enemy casters and archers) much faster.

See also:

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