Editing Adrienne

{{Fortress heroes}}{{HeroNew
 | town       = Fortress
 | class      = Witch
 | gender     = Female
 | race       = Human
 | biography  = With a burning desire to gain in power and to protect her homeland, Adrienne risked being a social outcast and hated by her own people to follow her passion.
 | specialty  = Fire Magic
 | s_text     = {{swh|Increases the damage of Fire spells by 50%.|Starts with Expert Fire Magic.}}
 | skill_1    = Basic Wisdom
 | skill_2    = Expert Fire Magic
 | troop_1    = Gnoll
 | troop_2    = Lizardman
 | troop_3    = Serpent Fly
 | nmb_1      = {{swh|noicon=|15–25|10–20}}
 | nmb_2      = 4–7
 | nmb_3      = {{swh|noicon=|3–4|2–4}}
 | spell      = Inferno
 | s_link     = Inferno (spell)
 | s_mp       = 1560
}}

She is not an original {{roe}} hero, but was added in {{ab}} and is also available in {{sod}}.

By default, Adrienne is not playable, but she may be enabled in custom scenarios in the map editor. 

== Story ==

Adrienne is a Fire [[Witch]] of [[Tatalia]] a land fearful of [[fire magic]]. Due to her use of it she is often shunned and mistrusted. Due to this lack of acceptance, Adrienne often studies abroad. She is even rumored to have studied with demons!

One time, when returning to [[Tatalia]] from studying with the [[Cleric]]s in [[Steadwick]], Adrienne discovers that some necromancer is slaughtering the local peasantry to raise an [[undead]] army. She attempts to enlist the aid of local [[Tatalia]]n and [[Erathia]]n lords, but to almost no avail. The only thing the [[Erathia]]ns offer is the services of [[Sir Michael]], a local knight that is being ransomed by the [[NightStalkers]], provided that Adrienne can free him. This she does, and [[Sir Michael]] joins her service.

Adrienne continues to fight the invading necromancer (who turns out to be {{Hn|Haart Lich|0=}}). When another [[Tatalia]]n [[Witch]] does arrive to help, she is disgusted by Adrienne's use of [[fire magic]] and quickly leaves to report this to the [[Tatalia]]n Leaders. To head this off, Adrienne's lieutenants give her a birthday present - a forged letter from {{Hn|Tiva|0=}} explaining the situation. As [[Tiva]] is a trusted [[witch]], this ploy works and the [[Tatalia]]ns send help to the area. After a fierce campaign, Adrienne finally catches and defeats [[Haart Lich]], returning him permanently to the dead.

Once [[Haart Lich]] is defeated, Adrienne enjoys a brief time of respite. She moves to [[AvLee]] and is the lover of {{Hn|Tarnum|image=Tarnum (Ranger)|0=}} and foster mother of {{Hn|Waerjak|0=}} for a time. When the [[Ancestors]] call [[Tarnum]] away, she is left to raise [[Waerjak]] alone.

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=== Alternative biography ===
The following biography appeared on the official (now-defunct) 3DO website: 

:<div style="font-style: italic;">Born near the outskirts of [[Tatalia]], Adrienne has always been fascinated by fire since she first saw it in a campfire. When a lightning strike from a thunderstorm started one of the largest 'swamp fires' in written history, the elders preached fire was a destroyer of nature. Adrienne knew different. Adrienne saw how the fire cleared the dead brush so life could begin anew. She knows fire is part of life's natural cycle, not something outside of nature.

:<div style="font-style: italic;">Studying to be a [[Witch]], and one of the nation's heroes, Adrienne learned the sanctioned schools of [[School of Earth Magic|earth]], [[School of Water Magic|water]], and [[School of Air Magic|air]] magic. When she inquired about fire, she was stifled and at times... punished. Then the [[Kreegan|devils]] fell from the sky.

:<div style="font-style: italic;">Though they were enemies of the state, they could teach her [[School of Fire Magic|fire magic]]. At fifteen years of age, Adrienne left Tatalia and went to [[Eeofol]] where she persuaded some of the clans to teach her what they knew. After two years of study, Adrienne learned fire magic. Adrienne also learned the consequence of elemental imbalance as seen in the hot barren lands of Eeofol. This imbalance was what her people feared... and practiced.

:<div style="font-style: italic;">With her curiosity satiated, and her tolerance of the devils was expended, Adrienne returned to the cool life-filled swamps of Tatalia as war broke out between Tatalia and [[Erathia]].

:<div style="font-style: italic;">Joining her countrymen on the battlefield, Adrienne proved to be 'necessary evil' as she utilized her fire magic to further Tatalia's war effort. In the end, Tatalia was driven back to its borders. People did not remember Adrienne's heroics. They remembered Tatalia was defeated, and Adrienne was a Fire Witch. Shunned for practicing Fire Magic, Adrienne refuses to leave her homeland and still roams the country's borders as a casual outlaw. Looking to help those in need, Adrienne can never go home again, but she will protect it to her dying breath.

=== [[Lost Manuscripts]] ===
In 1172 [[AS]], Adrienne is sent as a diplomat to [[Erathia]], requesting an alliance against the aggression of the newly crowned [[Krewlod]]ian king, {{Hn|Kilgor|0=}}. The [[Erathia]]ns agreed and Adrienne joined forces with {{Hn|Gelu|0=}} to fight [[Kilgor]]. It is a losing battle, however. In 1176 [[AS]]. {{Hn|General Kendal|0=}} writes:
<pre>Tatalia is simply no more. Most of the leaders are gone, we know only of Adrienne and a few others as the last couple of heroes, the king is dead, their troops are numbering in the hundreds and most of their land is scorched beyond recognition.</pre>
Less than a year later, [[Kilgor]] forces [[Gelu]] into a battle, clashing his [[Sword of Frost]] against [[Gelu]]'s {{An|Armageddon's Blade}}, thus bringing about [[The Reckoning]] and rendering [[Enroth (planet)|Enroth]] uninhabitable.

== Appearances ==
;[[Playing with Fire]]
:[[Farming Towns]] as a player hero.
:[[March of the Undead]] as a player hero.
:[[Burning of Tatalia]] as a player hero.
She appears in the epilogue of [[Burning of Tatalia]].

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== Official Renders ==
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{{user commentary|
In original game Adrienne's specialty makes her the only hero that by default starts with an Expert secondary skill. It has no actual gameplay effect in term of that Expert Fire Magic can be removed from her starting skills by the map maker. If Fire Magic was removed and will be learned later by any means it will only be at Basic level.

Hota Version 1.7.2 changes her speciality to increases Fire spell damage by 50%.

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