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Former pupil of 
Ethric. Former best friend of 
Jeddite. Teacher of 
Vidomina. Sandro (or self-identified as Sandro the Great) is a powerful lich with plans to take over the world. He is the main and most important character of Shadow of Death.
In Shadow of Death, Sandro began his plans to take over the world by disguising himself as a wizard and hiring/tricking several heroes into recovering artifacts for him:
Terek (fail) / 
Gem (Sorceress) (success) - 
Cloak of the Undead King
Crag Hack (success) - 
Armor of the Damned
Tyranell (fail) - 
Statue of Legion
Once he has the Cloak of the Undead King and the Armor of the Damned, he enacts the second phase of his plan. He reveals himself as a necromancer, allies with 
Finneas and takes on Vidomina as an apprentice. He fights his way to Deyja where he and Finneas are welcomed into the king's inner circle. In short order, Sandro disposes of the reigning king and installs Finneas as a puppet.
Sandro then assassinates several border lords (Lord Fayette and Lord Falorel) and begins using the armies of Deyja and the power of his artifacts to prepare for an invasion of Erathia and AvLee. He is opposed, however, by four heroes: 
Gelu, 
Gem, 
Yog and Crag Hack. These heroes assemble the 
Angelic Alliance and, using it, manage to defeat Sandro and recover the Cloak of the Undead King and the Armor of the Damned from him. They disperse the components of these artifacts throughout Antagarich to end their corrupting influence.
Thwarted, but still dreaming of world conquest, Sandro hatches another plan. He smuggles poison to 
Lord Haart with which he assassinates King Nicolas Gryphonheart of Erathia. He also makes alliances with Nighon and Eeofol. He funds the dungeon overlords' construction of a tunnel into the heart of Erathia and recovers the 
Eversmoking Ring of Sulfur for the devils to ensure the support of their armies. As one of the last steps to prepare for the invasion, Finneas secretly tasks Sandro with removing an over-ambitious Deyjan lord, Lord Smedth. Once Sandro does, Finneas reveals this as his plan for getting rid of Sandro and imprisons him for assaulting an innocent lord. Setting the stage for Restoration of Erathia, Finneas, the necromancers, the dungeon overlords and the devils invade Erathia.
In Season of Harvest, Sandro is released from prison to aid in the assault on Erathia.
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Sandro survived The Reckoning and appeared as a Necromancer on Axeoth.
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"Sandro's instinct to survive is almost as strong as his tireless ambition. His network of power in the old world was destroyed by the Reckoning, so now he has to start all over. Unfortunately, many of his old allies perished as well. But no one can say Sandro isn't up to the challenge." — Biography |
Historical counterpart[edit | hide]
A character named Sandro was defeated by Tarnum's Erathian forces in the Underworld. Although represented by Sandro in-game, he is probably only a namesake, since according to Ethric and Jeddite, their Sandro became a necromancer decades before the Restoration Wars, and those events happened centuries prior. Also, the scenario description strongly hints that Tarnum killed the Underworld Sandro.
Trivia[edit | hide]
- Sandro has been in each of the first four games of Heroes of Might and Magic; his picture even donned one side of the box of Heroes I.
Appearances[edit | hide]
Heroes III Complete  
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Heroes Chronicles 
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User Commentary
Sandro is similar to the Warlock Malekith, but necromancers have different use than warlocks. Most important spells for necromancers are focused on improving durability like stone skin, slowing enemies and resurrecting undead armies (animate dead). None of them are a destructive spells. Even with high spellpower and sorcery speciallist, undead-specific spells do very little damage. Necromancers simply do not have much time to cast destructive spells.