Gelu

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Gelu the Ranger
Basic information:
	Class:	Ranger
	Gender:	Male
	Race:	Half Vori-Elf, half Human
Little is known about Gelu. Gelu was found and raised by General Morgan Kendal when he was serving under Catherine Ironfist. Gelu now commands Erathia's guerilla forces known as the Forest Guard. He is believed to be half Human, half Vori Elf.
Specialty: Sharpshooters
Can upgrade Archers, Marksmen, Wood Elves and Grand Elves to Sharpshooters.
Starting Level:
Level
Starting primary skills:
1 3 1 1
Starting secondary skills:
Basic Leadership
Basic Archery
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Starting troops:
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Starting movement points:
1900

Gelu the Ranger is a Rampart hero.

"Gelu had barely graduated from the Forest Guard, ready for a fight and eager to prove himself. His seriousness was surprising in one so young and contrasted greatly against the boisterous Crag Hack." - Yog's letter to the Wizards of Bracada ^{SoD manual}

Introduced in Armageddon's Blade, and appears also in Shadow of Death. Gelu is typically only available in the campaigns, unless the map-maker has enabled him in custom scenarios.

Specialty

The cost of upgrading units to sharpshooters is:

Archer	→	300	→
Marksman	→	250	→
Wood Elf	→	200	→
Grand Elf	→	175	→

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Gelu's special ability is formidable. Even so powerful that he is typically disabled in custom made maps. While you should have no reasonable difficulty using Gelu as a main hero during the single player campaign, he could also be used as a sharpshooter-upgrading-support-hero sitting in a town garrison or following your main hero.

See also:

• List of heroes
• Hero class
• Hero biographies
• Hero specialty
• List of hero specialties