A legendary Archangel General, killed during the war of the Elder races, is resurrected. Under the cover of preparations for the upcoming Demon invasion, he plots to recover his powers and take control of Ashan while eradicating his ancient enemies. He underestimates, however, the power of the all-too-human Griffin dynasty...

Heroes VI tells the story of the Griffin dynasty, when they were still Dukes of the Holy Empire, and not yet sitting on the Imperial throne (like in Heroes 5 and Clash of Heroes). The Griffin Duchy is east of the Empire, a region that would correspond to the Slavic nations in our own world.

At the dynasty’s origins, The Griffin Duke Pavel* was a zealous servant of the Light and a trusted lieutenant of the Falcon Emperor. He met his demise defending his own duchy from a Demon host summoned by the dying wish of a desperate enemy. Pavel’s heroic last stand would ensure the survival of his son, Slava, who was only a boy at the time of these events.

Pavel’s sister Sveltana*, who had left her homeland to become a prominent Necromancer in the Seven Cities, was called back to act as regent to Slava and educate him in the ways of the Griffin.

Fifteen years and a war have past. Duke Slava of Griffin is now the father of five promising children. These are the main Heroes of the Heroes 6 campaign, and they will lead different factions to battle.

The current reckoning of years in Ashan is YSD – Year of the Seventh Dragon. All dates are reckoned from the day when the legendary prophet Sar-Elam achieved enlightenment and underwent apotheosis, becoming known as the Seventh Dragon. Before that, little is recorded, though it is certain, from the ruins of ancient civilizations that dot the landscape, that Ashan is thousands of years old.

"Go in peace, father. The Duchy is in able hands. May Elrath scorch the hearts of your murderers"

Anton becomes the Duke of Griffin at the age of 21, moments after the assassination of his father, Slava. He begins to suspect all those whose faith in Elrath, the Dragon God of Light, is not as strong as his own. Encouraged by strange voices that whisper to him in his mind, he immediately declares all forms of unorthodox worship outlawed.

“I didn’t sell my soul... someone else did. I don’t care if it was to save the world… I’m getting it back.”

Kiril, assists helplessly to the assassination of his father, Slava, the Duke of Griffin, and the subsequent execution of the presumed murderer, his twin-sister Anastasya. Overwhelmed in anger, he agrees to accompany the Angel Sarah on a dangerous mission into Sheogh, the demon prison-world.

His goal is to find for the mysterious power that is responsible for the death of his father and sister.

“I may be better off dead. But that doesn’t mean I have to like it.”

Anastasya is awoken by her Great Aunt Sveltana, and discovers that she has been brought back to life as an Unliving.
Apparently she had a hand in the assassination of her father Slava, the Duke of Griffin, and was executed by her own brother Anton.
Anastasya is convinced of her innocence and sets out to learn the dark arts of Necromancy in order to bring the true murderers of her father to justice.

“I will not, and you cannot force me to. I decide...“

As a child Irina fell in with her rough-and-tumble half-brother, Sandor, and learned swordplay instead of courtly manners. They trained with the Orc Kraal, Duke Slava's Master-of-Arms, and caused gleeful havoc in the castle.

Betrothed to the lustful Duke Gerhart of the Wolf duchy, Irina was attacked on their wedding night. Reacting more like a warrior than a maiden, she wounded him severely and was thrown into his dungeons. Out of pride she would have died there, had Sandor not come to her rescue.

The two of them fled south toward the islands of the Jade Sea, where Irina found herself once more embroiled in politics. But this time she could raise her own army and look north -- to where Gerhart still lived, awaiting her vengeance...

“You might find my proposals more interesting with my weapon at your throat. “

Sandor is the bastard child of Duke Slava Griffin and his first love, the beautiful lady Elisabeth. A political burden since birth, he soon became a troublemaker, and found an outlet for his frustration and anger alongside his father’s master-of-arms… the Orc, Kraal. Standing up for his family during a feud with his father’s neighbor, Gerhart, the Duke of the Wolf, Sandor will be exiled from the Holy Empire. Kraal will lead him to his original homeland: the savage Pao islands, floating in the Jade Sea...