Thant

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Thant the Necromancer
Basic information:
	Class:	Necromancer
	Gender:	Male
	Race:	Vampire
No one is really sure how long Thant has been alive. Some say he fought for Erathia during the Timber Wars, but fell prey to a Vampire during an all-night march through Phynaxia.
Specialty: Animate Dead
Casts Animate Dead with increased effect, based on hero level compared to the level of the target unit.
Starting Level:
Level
Starting primary skills:
1 0 2 2
Starting secondary skills:
Basic Necromancy
Basic Mysticism
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Starting troops:
Skeleton 20–30 Always  Walking Dead 4–6 88% (Always )  Wight 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:
	Animate Dead
Starting movement points:
Minimum Maximum HotA 1500 1560 1500

Thant the Necromancer is a Necropolis hero. Thant starts with a spell book and the spell Animate Dead.

Story

Thant does not appear in the story text of any campaign levels.

Appearances

Long Live the King

From Day to Night as a player hero.

New Beginning

After the Amulet as an enemy.

Elixir of Life

A Thief in the Night as an enemy.

Hack and Slash

A Cage in the Hand as an enemy.

The World Tree

A Distant Cry as an enemy.

Specialty

Thant's specialty increases the effect of Animate Dead as follows:

   Animated HP = (SP*50+30)*(1+[N/n]*0.03) - for Basic Earth Magic

   Animated HP = (SP*50+60)*(1+[N/n]*0.03) - for Advanced Earth Magic

   Animated HP = (SP*50+160)*(1+[N/n]*0.03) - for Expert Earth Magic

Where N is Thant's level and n is the creature level. Thus, the effect is stronger for lower-level creatures.

User commentary

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Thant is one of the most powerful Necropolis heroes. He starts with Animate Dead and, as a Necromancer, typically learns Earth Magic. His specialty in Animate Dead allows him to raise units more efficiently as well. Thanks to this, Thant tends to lose far less units in battle, which in combination with the Necromancy ability can let him raise a fearsome army faster than other heroes. Unfortunately, one of his valuable skill slots is wasted by the less valuable Mysticism skill. However, in HotA, thanks to buffed Mysticism, Thant is arguably the most fearsome hero in the entire game, being able to recover his mana quickly and cast Animate Dead again and again, marching through map without any losses and harvesting bodies of neutral creatures for his Army of Darkness.

See also:

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