"In my operations, information is always scarce, and never given full trust. Now I am told the elemental Confluxes we have encountered, have allied with Queen Catherine in her war to destroy King Lucifer Kreegan. I have orders to move deep into Eeofol, behind the main Kreegan force Catherine holds at the border. There I am to cut off any potential escape route. I pray this is not a trap."
—Gelu
A Blade in the Back is the sixth scenario of the campaign Armageddon's Blade in Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade.
Walkthrough[]
Gelu must defeat all of the Eeofol armies in this region and cut off any escape route. Without him, this quest shall fail. Gelu will be allowed to advance to 24th Level and all of his skills, spells, and experience will be carried over to his next scenario.OffBck
Gelu is tasked to defeat the remaining demon forces so they may not escape the area. Simply he needs to capture the four towns: Moortanis, Zanidon, Ultana and Jagos. However, he receives word from Catherine Erathian support is beginning to falter. Gelu also finds the sage Sleen, who admits Xeron does have Armageddon's Blade and will destroy the world, per King Lucifer's orders. For cooperation with the kreegans, Sleen has been sent to Steadwick for trial.
Gelu, however, finds a note that Xeron personally wishes to see him dead for his mother's death. Gelu remembers only a succubus, who wanted to drink his soul. More, interesting, however, is the report of Gelu's scout, Kieran, who reports some small people, the halflings, have fought demons and retreated underground. Despite Roland's praises, Gelu thinks he should learn more and asks Judge Fairweather for more info about these elite kreegan forces, called Sons of Erebus. He learns it is a monastic order, led by Xeron himself, who was chosen by King Lucifer to carry out his orders to the word and will always find a way to trick enemies.
When Gelu arrives to Jagos, he finds Khazandar, dead and crucified, but he sees he had been taunted and mocked first, put to display for anyone daring to usurp against the kreegans. His apprentice explains that before Xeron came, some strange creatures arrived to warn Khazandar. Some weeks later, Xeron came to Khazandar to finish the Blade. Khazandar did so, though Xeron captured him and the apprentice, then had them jailed in Jagos. The apprentice, however, managed to get out of Jagos.
Once Gelu has captured all towns and defeated all heroes, he is ready to meet up with Catherine and Roland to finish off the demons.
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Strategy[]
A simple scenario, where Gelu is aided by Erdamon and Ciele. While they protect the Conflux and Rampart towns, Gelu can pick off the demonic towns and heroes, one by one, then return back for reinforcements and repeat until all demons are dead. The problem is the lack of gold to buy new troops, though that can be compensated by training Gelu. Gelu is limited to level 24.
