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Emperor Nicolai Griffin is a major protagonist from Heroes of Might and Magic V and the main antagonist in the Ranger campaign. He was the ruler of the Holy Griffin Empire and after his death, the necromancer Markal resurrected him as a vampire lord.

Biography[]

Nicolai Griffin was the child of the previous emperor, Alaxei Griffin and Fiona Unicorn. After his father was killed by Kha-Baleth and the demons of Sheogh, his uncle, Godric Unicorn took care of him and the young prince became the new king of the Griffin Empire. When he grew up he became a great general and knight and fell in love with a girl, Isabel Greyhound. At the wedding, Nicolai was finally able to rest a little, wishing this moment was not about war but about peace, but the ceremony was disturbed by an archdevil. After the civilians fled the building, Godric took care of Isabell, and the emperor fought against the devil. Eventually, he successfully defeated the monster and then gathered all his armies to defend the empire.

The emperor then gathered all his armies to stop the invasion of demons and the defense successfully resisted, but an attack had already come from another direction. Godric Unicorn went to Nicolai and told him that Isabel was trying to stop an army of demons, whose main leader was a demon lord named Agrael. Then Nicolai with all his armies retreated and destroyed a garrison of the demons. The armies of the emperor and Agrael clashed and both sides inflicted enormous losses on the other. There were almost only the two warlords left, but Nicolai used the Heart of the Griffin, but Agrael was not affected, because he was a dark elf. He then attacked with his magic and mortally wounded Nicolai, then he retreated. When Isabel and Godric arrived to the emperor, it was too late, but Nicolai believed his death was necessary to win and his last will was for his empire and everything to become Isabelle's, then he died. His body was then taken to a huge mausoleum. The Hall of Heroes, however, the demon sovereign, Kha-Beleth, sent one of his minions, Veyer, to steal the Heart of Griffin from the mausoleum, but Agrael, who joined the forces of good, stopped the demon lord and he took the artifact with him. The news of the death of the king of the empire spread quickly, and a necromancer named Markal, Godric's old enemy, learned of this. He then planned to take revenge for his master, Sandro and also strike back at Godric and would use Nicolai for that. He found Isabel and lied to her that he could fully bring the emperor back to life as a human, but to do so he had to perform a special ritual that requires several artifacts. The Queen supported him in everything, but Godric did not trust him and was against him, and after the relics were collected and Markal killed his old enemy, Cyrus, the knight revolted. However, Markal defeated and imprisoned Godric, after which everything was ready for the ritual. Isabel and Markal then went to the Hall of Heroes, and the necromancer prepared everything and performed the Rite of the Night.

Markal resurrected the emperor, but not quite as he had promised the queen. Nicolai was very angry because his peace had been disturbed and Isabel cursed him. He tried to attack the queen, but Markal stopped him. Isabel was very shocked to feel Nicolai's skin cold. The emperor did not return to life, but was resurrected by the necromancer as a vampire lord. Markal then used him to lead the huge armies of necromancers and liches who had attacked the kingdom of the sylvan elves, Irollan. The invasion was very successful at first, with the undead advancing almost unstoppably with the soldiers of the Griffin Empire. An army of the necromancers, led by Raven, also captured one of the elves' capitals, Syris Thalla, but an elf ranger, Findan recaptured it. In the battle, King Alaron was exhausted and died, and Findan launched a counterattack with his army and the emerald dragons. The armies of the undead were defeated, their leaders Orson and Zoltan retreated, and two elf leaders, Dirael and Talanar freed from the prison. The elves then successfully strengthened their defenses and prepared for the other attacks as well. Findan often encountered hordes of spectral dragons, but he observed that the more such creatures perished, the more the emperor’s power diminished and the less he could resurrect the dead. Eventually, the elves won a huge victory, capturing all the necromancer towns, destroying their armies, and Nicolai suffered his last defeat.

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Findan and his rangers surrounded the emperor.

The elves surrounded the emperor, whose sudden old personality had suddenly appeared again. Nicolai asked Findan to free him, but he worried about what would happen to his soul. Then the dark force took control of him again, and Findan and the elves all shot him. Then Nicolai's body began to ignite, then finally exploded and burned completely.

Personality[]

Nicolai was a brave, noble, persistent, and reckless knight. A lot of people respected him, he loved Isabel and Isabel very much and appreciated Godric. However, after being resurrected by Markal, as a vampire lord, Nicolai became a very wrathful, brittle, ruthless and frustrated personality. He was extremely angry with his wife because by his actions he disturbed his composure and his death was a necessary evil, and his soul rested beside his father. After Findan defeated him, he and the elves saw that his original personality was still minimal, but was overwhelmed by the evil force that was within him.

Powers and abillities[]

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Nicolai unleash a dark energy wave after Findan defeat him for the first time.

Emperor Nicolai Griffin was a very strong person in the history of Heroes. He was an excelent strategist, intelligent, strong paladin and the decided ruler of the Griffin Empire. With the Hearth of the Griffin, he was able to send back several demons into the world of Sheogh. As a vampire lord, Nicolai became much stronger than as a human. He was able to use necromancy, especially the reanimation and the raise dead spell, became very powerful in the magic, and was able to use several spells that required dark magic.

Gallery[]

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