Heroes Chronicles: Clash of the Dragons

Story

In Clash of the Dragons, the good dragons leave AvLee. After living with these green and golden dragons for twenty years, Tarnum sets out to find them. He leaves Adrienne, the Fire Witch, to care for the orphan boy Waerjak while he is away. Tarnum appoints the dwarf Kurbon as his supply master, and the elves appoint the druid Aspen as Tarnum's advisor. Tarnum and Aspen often play chess together, but Tarnum's aggressive tactics cause him to lose every time. Tarnum talks to the dragon talker about the disappearance of the good dragons. The dragon talker tells Tarnum about Mutare, a ruler who used the vial of dragon blood to transform herself into the Dragon Queen of Nighon, bending all dragons, good and evil, to her will. Tarnum steals this vial and uses it on the ten kidnapped golden dragon mothers to restore the good dragons to their normal selves. While he is doing this, he rescues the ranger Valita from a demonic prison. Aspen, once a great spy, suspects Captain Valita of spying for Nighon, but Tarnum refuses to believe it. Tarnum continues to fight Mutare even after gaining power over the powerful Rust, Crystal, and Azure Dragons. To gain an advantage over Mutare, Tarnum seeks the help of the fairy dragons. Aspen captures the Harpy messenger who brings the spy reports to and from Nighon. The Harpy claims that the notes are attached to a tree with an arrow with green and black fletching (the colors of Valita's arrows). Tarnum realizes that Kurbon is the spy because he knows all the troop movements and supplies the arrows for Valita, whom he trained during his time in the Forest Guard. Kurbon shoots Aspen (who dies a few weeks later) before fleeing to Nighon. Tarnum's lightning attack pushes Mutare back into Nighon territory, but now she concentrates all her forces against him. Valita is captured by Kurbon, the traitor. Tarnum eventually frees her by reminding Kurbon who he really is, leading to the dwarf's second betrayal, this time to Mutare. Kurbon sacrifices his troops and his own life to free Valita. After Tarnum's victory on the border, Mutare is forced to retreat further into Nighon to plot Tarnum's death. Tarnum advances further into Nighon and fights Mutare himself, crushing her armies and forcing her to flee. While the weakened Mutare plots her revenge in Nighon, she is killed by an unknown in a power coup, just as she herself once ruled the dungeons. Tarnum is called away again by the ancestors, but he will always remember the time he spent in AvLee as the happiest time of his life.