Lord Darnem is a minor antagonist from Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Strom, Another Bard's Tale campaign. He was a death knight, general and a minion of the mad wizard Hexis.
Biography[]
Darnem was one of the minions of the power-hungry, crazy dark wizard Hexis. However, the evil wizard wanted to be stopped by five heroes and they began searching for various legendary artifacts. Hexis recognized the danger and feared the power of the artifacts, so he ordered his allies and minions to find these artifact before the heroes. Lord Darnem's mission was to find Aiffe's Mandolin on the Isle of the Dawn. Not far from his castle, Twin Pines, was the small mining town of Verdigris. Darnem attacked the miners' settlement with a huge undead army (made up mostly of skeletons), demolishing everything and killing anyone who confronted him. The lord found the artifact and took it to his castle, but the danger did not pass. One of the five heroes, the bard, Agraynel with her friend Larinath and an army of the nature creatures approached him. The lord wanted to finalize Hexis' victory in an open battle, so he left the castle with all his forces to fight the enemy. Darnem underestimated his opponent, believing his headcount would be plenty enough to win, but he suffered a huge defeat and he also died in the battlefield. Agrayel then occupied his castle and obtained the Harmonic Chainmail.