Nagash is a minor antagonist from Heroes of Might and Magic III. He was a skeleton lich.
Biography[]
All we can know about Nagash's past is that he was once a powerful wizard, but he sacrificed himself for eternal life and turned into a lich. Shortly thereafter, he became one of the commanders of the undead armires of Deyja. He first appeared when he and a vampire death knight, Tamika, tried to take the throne of Deyja together. Their enemies were two factions. One of its leaders was a vampire, Tamika's former ally, Aislinn, and the pretender to the throne, Duke Alarice, the other has the other claimant to the throne, Finneas Vilmar, and his companion, the lich Sandro. The latter faction defeated their enemies, Alarice died, Aislinn, Nagash, and Tamika accpted Finneas Vilarm, the new king of Deyja and followed him. Nagash only got a more serious role much later, after the final defeat of Deyja, he appeared in the swamps of Tatalia. He and Tamika teamed up again and helped the resurrected Lord Haart and his cult. They burned the areas of the swamps, and the natives were killed and resurrected as the undead. Adrienne, the fire witch how living in the swamp, on the other hand, gathered an army against the invaders and the undead and launched a counterattack. Tamika and Nagash were defeated, but not destroyed, but retreated to the east. Here they met other people who once played an important role in Deyja, including Sandro, and they continued the destruction together. However, Adrienne went after them and although the undead tried to get deeper and deeper into the swamp, she finally caught up with them and defeated the vampire and the lich again. Nagash's fate after this is unknown, implying either he was destroyed by the witch or the Reckoning.