Heroes Chronicles: Revolt of the Beastmasters
Heroes Chronicles: Revolt of the Beastmasters is the seventh game in the Heroes Chronicles series. Like all Heroes Chronicles games, Revolt is based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III engine and consists of a campaign and a tutorial. Unlike Heroes III, in Revolt it is not possible to import additional scenarios or play in multiplayer mode. Tarnum travels to the mudlands of Tatalia and becomes the Beastmaster to free the mud dwellers from the oppression he brought upon them centuries ago. This campaign was one of two included in the single-disc version of Heroes Chronicles: The Final Chapters.
Story
In Revolt of the Beastmasters, the Ancestors send Tarnum to free the Mudlanders from Erathian control. Even after hundreds of years of slavery, the Mudlanders are determined to overthrow their masters. Tarnum appoints the gnoll Brellick as captain and the witch Adamina as his advisor. He also trains Droglo, a human boy raised by the Mudlanders. The Mudlanders defeat the resistance of Lord Onsten and Baron Paglon before the Mad King Gryphonheart of Erathia takes the rebellion seriously. Mad King Gryphonheart sends his son Niven to put down the rebellion in Count Rambert's territory, though he secretly believes his son will fail. Tarnum captures Prince Niven and shows him what slavery has done to the Mudlanders. Niven eventually sides with Tarnum and is released from his prison. The Mudlanders force Rambert to retreat to another castle, leaving many of his prisoners behind. When Rambert threatens to kill the remaining prisoners, including Adamina, if Tarnum does not bring Niven back, Tarnum sends Brellick, Droglo, and Niven to make the exchange after injuring Niven to look like a real prisoner. However, Rambert ambushes their army and kills Brellick. Droglo then kills Rambert, and the Mudlanders win the battle. To prepare for the final battle against Mad King Gryphonheart, Tarnum sends Droglo to ask the barbarians of Krewlod (the Wastelands) for help. Adamina and the other wise women name the new Mudlander people "Tatalia," a word that means "community" in the forgotten language of the Mudlanders, who know only witches. In Erathia, the nobles, unhappy with the mad King Gryphonheart, appoint Niven as their new king. King Niven raises an army to join Tatalia's army in the fight against the old king's remaining followers. Droglo eventually discovers Tarnum's identity as the Immortal Hero, but accepts that he has changed. Tarnum and the Mad King Gryphonheart meet in battle, inflicting seemingly fatal blows on each other. But Tarnum is immortal and slips away before his body can be buried. Droglo becomes the new leader of Tatalia.