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Edric the Knight

Male

Human

2

2

1

1

Edric's ancestor¹great grandfather¹ was the first man in Erathia to domesticate and train a wild Griffin. Now, Edric's family maintains Erathia's largest Griffin breeding grounds for use in the King's armies.

Increases the Speed of allied Griffins and Royal Griffins by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 20% 5%  for every 3 levels (rounded up).

Basic

Leadership

Basic

Armorer

10–20 Pikeman (100%)

4–52–3 Griffin (100%) (88%) 

4–52–3 Griffin (100%) (25%) 

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Story

Edric does not appear in the story text of any campaign levels.

¹ Gregory Fulton has suggested in his Tavern of Might and Magic Interview that griffins being tamed by Edric's "great-grandfather" is probably an error and should likely be replaced by "ancestor", as that happened during or before Rion Gryphonheart's time, which was much more than three human generations ago. Alternatively, this great grandfather, or another ancestor of Edric, may have been a non-human or an unusually long-lived human.

Trivia / Lost Lore 

In an early build of the game, Edric was named Desslock. A knight by that name appears in Kreegan reference . This Desslock serves as Xanthor's guide on a trip to the Contested Lands. He may or may not be a different person than Edric. The name is a reference to the Gamespot reviewer Stefan Janicki (aka "Desslock"). Desslock was likely also the inspiration for the default seer name Esslock.

Appearances

Heroes III Complete	Heroes Chronicles	Horn of the Abyss
Hack and Slash : Black Sheep Spoils of War : Gold Rush Seeds of Discontent : The Road Home	Revolt of the Beastmasters1 : The First Law : Naming a Nation	Horn of the Abyss : Frontier
/ / / : Player/Enemy/Allied/Mentioned hero       : Hero begins imprisoned/encamped 1: This campaign occurs long before the Restoration Wars; these appearances are non-canonical. Note: Campaigns are listed in chronological order.

Gallery

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  Edric as he appears in the Heroes of Might and Magic TTRPG.

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Compared to other level 3 units, both Griffins have adequate stats with the only weakness being their relatively low damage. Edric's specialty will not only make Royal Griffins the 2nd fastest level 3 unit at 10 Speed (only Dragon Flies are faster), but also somewhat mitigate their low damage thanks to the increased attack. His secondary skills make him a decent starting hero while further improving the performance of the Griffins as Armorer leads to less casualties (improving the strength of the Griffin's retaliations) and Leadership can allow for extra attacks (along with mitigating the chance of losing turns due to low morale). Keep in mind that as a Knight, Edric has the lowest chance of all the hero classes to learn Earth Magic which can cause issues later in the game if he doesn't learn it due to the improvements spells such as Resurrection, Town Portal, and Slow get when cast with Expert Earth Magic.

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See Also:

• List of heroes
• Hero class
• Hero biographies
• Hero specialty
• List of hero specialties
• Comparison of Creature Specialties