Editing Marcus Finch

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A professor and colleague of [[Xanthor]] at the [[University of Erathia]]. He serves as a narrator for several legendary accounts of events around [[Antagarich]] during the events of {{homm3}}.

==Stories==
* [[Deyja#Necromancy origin|Necromancy origin]]
* [[Inferno#The Inferno|The Inferno]]
* [[Rampart#The Rampart|The Rampart]]
* [[Kreegan#Kreegan reference|Kreegan reference]]
* [[Antagarich#Geography|Geography]]
* [[Catherine#Queen Catherine|Queen Catherine]]
* [[Marcus Finch#Parallel world|Parallel world]]

== Parallel world {{wll}} ==
The following is a short story that was written by a New World Computing employee and published on the now-defunct fansite "The Nether Gods".

:<div style="font-style: italic;">"*cough!* *cough!* Oh, thank goodness I'm finally in the right place. I think I've been stuck in some sort of "parallel world" for the last week. It was all very strange - filled with people who looked just like you, but acted very differently. I thought I was going mad when I spotted [[Guthwulf]] in the middle of the [[University of Erathia|University]] building a dollhouse out [[StormMaster]]'s supply of, what did he call them… nukes? It was dreadful, I barely made it out through a portal before he blew up the place, and I've been portal hopping ever since!

:Well, now that I appear to be back in reality, I can only hope that some of the things I have seen in the last week are not happening here as well. You see, my last hop took me to a [[Gremlin]] [[skyship]] (believe me, they were just as surprised as I was) that was on a sulfur gathering expedition to the [[Eeofol]] volcanic range. After I told them my tale of what had happened, they said they might be able to return me to the correct world, and began to work on opening a portal. While I waited, I decided to take in some of the scenery, especially since I had never actually seen [[Eeofol]], either before or after the [[Kreegan]]s arrived.

:I was amazed by what I saw. Instead of admiring the stark scenery of the many volcanic ranges, I saw a massive army gathered below! I informed the [[Gremlin]]s, who seemed unconcerned, saying that this army had been gathering for nearly two months. I had never seen so many of the [[Inferno]] creatures in one place, and I became so frightened I had to look away. I laid down on the deck of the [[skyship]], choosing instead to watch the smoke from the ship's furnace swirl around the twin balloons that held us aloft.

:Perhaps an hour later, one of the [[Gremlin]]s approached me to say that they were almost ready with the portal. He took me to the back of the [[skyship]] where half a dozen of his shipmates were working some bizarre machine with dozens of moving parts and gears. They told me to get ready, and one of them took hold of a long lever that looked like some sort of switch. The machine buzzed and whirred, and as the [[Gremlin]] threw the switch there was a blinding flash of light but… no portal.

:Not sure what had gone wrong, the [[Gremlin]]s began looking around, convinced that a portal should have appeared. Finally a shout of "I found it!" at the back of the [[skyship]] got our attention, and I realized that the [[Gremlin]] who had spotted it was pointing over the railing behind us. With a gulp, I approached and cautiously looked over the rail. There, nearly twenty feet below us, was a flat, black square, slowly floating along behind us.

:I flatly refused to jump. One of them said, "okay, if that's the way you want it." When I told them it was, they surrounded me, picked me up, and threw me off the ship. I suppose I should be glad their aim was true, yes?

:Regardless, I'm home now, and I must send word to [[King Nicolas Gryphonheart|King Gryphonheart]]. I only hope that what I saw in that other world is not going on in this one as well!"

:-Finch"</div>
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