"Congratulations. You have simultaneously weakened our enemies the wizards and strengthened our friends the necromancers. The Necromancer's guild sends its undying gratitude, and wishes to inform you that one of their best practitioners will always be available to serve you for as long as you serve me. And now I must direct you to an urgent military matter involving the Lorendale valley barons. Two have openly declared support for my rebel brother - a crime that I cannot tolerate. You must generate an army from scratch using the castles of two of my loyal supporters. Do not fail me."
—Archibald's intro, if arriving from Necromancers
"Well done, general. The King of the Dwarves was so unhappy with your work that he has sent me some hate mail. It reads: "To Archibald Ironfist, Murderous and Vile Usurper: We bid you down, down, down to burn forever in the fires of eternal damnation! We pray that your foul general, who we name forevermore Dwarf-Bane joins you in this fate." (chuckles) How charming! The King of the Ogres has also sent a message on this matter. It seems that they were pleased with the outcome, and have offered to permanently ally with us and send us troops. And now I must direct you to an urgent military matter involving the Lorendale valley barons. Two have openly declared support for my rebel brother - a crime that I cannot tolerate. You must generate an army from scratch using the castles of two of my loyal supporters. I will view failure with displeasure."
—Archibald's intro, if arriving from Slay the Dwarves
"General, this is Roland, your rightful king. I have a proposal for you. Come and fight on my side. You and I both know that you are wrong to work for my evil brother. It must gnaw at your conscience to know that you serve an unjust usurper, and for what reward? Money? I can give you money too. I offer not just riches, but honor, duty, and purpose. Come join me and serve the cause of justice. Now, what say you?"
—Roland's intro
Betrayal is a scenario of Roland's campaign in Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars. The player can choose this instead of the fifth scenario of Archibald's campaign, Turning Point. They'll then continue with Roland's campaign, without any of the awards earned in Archibald's campaign.
Switching sides leaves you with three castles against the enemy's one. This battle will be the easiest one you will face for the rest of the war...traitor.OffBck
After receiving an offer to join Roland's rebellion, the commander chose to leave Archibald's army and follow his brother instead. He took control of the Lorendale valley, an important supply route for Archibald's army, which strengthened Roland's position.
Walkthrough[]
The commander has three castles: one wizard, one necromancer, and the last one depends on player choice. Archibald's forces have a single barbarian castle.
Betrayal is one of the easiest scenarios in the game, as the commander has three times the income and creature growth of the opponent, meaning that Archibald stands little chance of winning. Building up an army and capturing the last castle will quickly end the scenario.