Editing Talk:Heroes from other games

I'm all for tables, but this one looks horribly messy compared to the simple list we had before. The portraits are already on the heroes' pages now - I think I prefer the previous list unless we can tidy this up. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=user:phasma|→ Phasma]] 23:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
* Any better? I think it is nice to have all the pics on one page if possible (as well as on the hero pages) --[[User:Legate|Legate]] ([[User talk:Legate|talk]]) 13:11, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
** So much better! It's clean and concise, well done! [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=user:phasma|→ Phasma]] 13:35, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
* Other ideas:
** Add "|frame" to the picture descriptions to always show the caption.
** Change images to something like this: <pre><gallery heights=64px mode=packed-hover>Image:Hero Lord Haart (Heroes I).png|[[Knight]]</gallery></pre>
 <gallery heights=64px mode=packed-hover>Image:Hero Lord Haart (Heroes I).png|[[Knight]]</gallery>

==Portraits==
* The 58x64 are bad quality, personally I would change them to 101x93 what do you guys think?
** They are not bad quality as they are taken directly from the game's files and downscaled without aliasing to preserve their original style; in their original size they would not nicely fit in with the rest of the pages and templates without becoming blurred when resized and losing the homogeneous design of the template/page [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=user:phasma|→ Phasma]] 12:48, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

==Maximus==
I'm not sure if Maximus should be in the table as it seems that like with Kastore there is two (one from Enroth and one from Terra) of them: https://mightandmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Maximus_(Enroth)
: <s>This Maximus is the same one - his design is the same despite the difference in art styles.</s> Similarly, Balfour is a reference to Heroes IV where you play as Tawni Balfour, who is this Balfour's (adopted) daughter (Tevye, a HOTA crew member, confirmed this). [[File:Hero Cosmos small.png|link=user:phasma|→ Phasma]] 23:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
: Tevye has since confirmed: "To clear things up, we are aware that Maximus of Enroth from H1 and H2 and Maximus of Terra from MM7 are not the same person; Maximus from All In is the '''latter''', but he is similar enough to the former in appearance, so we decided to incorporate some features from both in our portrait, for better in-HoMM coherence." – so the person is not the same, you are correct, and they merged the styles of both into Maximus (Terra)'s new appearance! [[File:Hero Cosmos small.png|link=user:phasma|→ Phasma]] 03:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

== Same but different ==

Two of these hero portraits are very unlike the "original" they're supposed to be based on, and the same applies to the character concept. I'm referring to Valeska and Ajit, as depicted in Ashan. Are these meant to be the same character, if their race or class are completely different? Valeska is clearly an Angel and Ajit is a Barbarian. - [[User:Csaros|Csaros]] ([[User talk:Csaros|talk]]) 20:06, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

A look at Ajit's biography in Heroes 7 confirms that he is the same character. Valeska in Heroes 6 is a human priestess of Elrath, the "wings' are a part of her attire. [[User:Halib|Halib]] ([[User talk:Halib|talk]]) 22:48, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

== Falagar ==

Perhaps we should add him, as one can say that [[Falagar]] ''is'' present in Heroes III through [[The Mandate of Heaven]] scenario. On the other hand, it could look a bit weird not having an H3 portrait, but still not something out of the question, I think. Could be elaborated in the notes section of the page.

[[File:FalagarH1.gif]] [[File:FalagarH2.webp]] [[File:FalagarMM6.png]]

Here are his portraits in Heroes I-II and MM6. --[[User:XEL|XEL]] ([[User talk:XEL|talk]]) 00:13, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

* I was waiting on more Day of Reckoning news before adding him to this list, but I'll upload the H3 size portraits for him. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.png|link=user:phasma|→ Phasma]] 01:54, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks! --[[Special:Contributions/91.108.248.191|91.108.248.191]] 03:51, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

== Alamar Heroes 1 portait ==
Why is the generic warlock picture present in the table as Alamar's H1 portait? Is there any reason for this besides similarity? - [[User:Halib|Halib]] ([[User talk:Halib|talk]]) 23:04, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
* In homm1, Alamar was the leader of the warlocks. Although not present as a hero, he was one of the 4 selectable avatars for the player, so it would stand to reason that this is his picture. I want to even say that portrait is next to his name when selecting a faction at the beginning of the game (same as [[Lord Slayer]], [[Queen Lamanda]] and [[Lord Ironfist]]). Feel free to correct me if any of that is wrong! --[[User:Legate|Legate]] ([[User talk:Legate|talk]]) 13:02, 18 September 2025 (UTC)