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== Thematic Sets ==
* Interesting table you have here! Is there some hard metric you are using to make these sets or just inferring them from the names/descriptions? --[[User:Legate|Legate]] ([[User talk:Legate|talk]]) 14:07, 22 January 2026 (UTC)
** [[Ring of the Magi]] fits with Tower, but the [[Ring of Conjuring]] flavor text says it belonged to a warlock.
** [[Admiral's Hat]] is probably either Cove or Castle.
** [[Wizard's Well]] could be Tower
** Several of the pendants feel connected to a town (i.e. [[Pendant of Death]] - Necropolis, [[Pendant of Holiness]] - Castle)
The thematic sets come from a discussion between Celestial Heavens user Amelrix and Greg Fulton, you can read it [https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/topic/18778 here]. Basically when you order the weapons, armors, helmets, and shields by the strength of their bonuses, you find that these items end up corresponding to a town, well mostly (the Helm of Chaos is kind of a weak fit for Fortress, best one can argue is "chaos" is also found in "Chaos Hydra"). Much less true for other slots and especially when the numbers don't match. I've used the names; the flavor text was done separately and not always connected to the idea behind the item. So if you got an artifact called Turtleneck Sweater of the Hydra, I'd put it in the Fortress, even if the description said it was knit by a Gremlin. Admiral's Hat can't be Cove because it's a vanilla artifact so it wasn't made with Cove in mind.

Certainly one could fill the table more and even try to associate every artifact in the game to one of the factions; but I'm not sure it'd be pertinent; or clear-cut: e.g. is the [[Pendant of Life]] Rampart or Fortress? Maybe it's even [[Pavilion (VCMI)|Pavilion]], but cf. my point about the Admiral's Hat... --[[User:Turnam|Turnam]] ([[User talk:Turnam|talk]]) 15:04, 22 January 2026 (UTC)