Galthran

Necropolis
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Galthran
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Necromancers
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Aislinn
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Thant
Xsi
Vidomina
Nagash
Towns

Galthran the Death Knight
Basic Information:
	Class:	Death Knight
	Gender:	Male
	Race:	Vampire
Over the years, Galthran has developed new methods of creating and commanding skeletons which provides him with a distinct advantage in combat.
Specialty: Skeletons
Increases the speed of Skeletons or Skeleton Warriors by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills for each level attained after 1st level.
Level:
Level
Primary Skills:
1 2 2 1
Secondary Skills:
Basic Necromancy
Basic Armorer
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Troops:
Skeleton 20–30 Always  Skeleton 20–30 Always 88%   Skeleton 20–30 Always 25%  [[File:Mini Portrait {{{troop_4}}} (HotA).png|{{{troop_4}}}|link={{{troop_4}}}]][[File:Mini Portrait {{{troop_4}}}.png|{{{troop_4}}}|link={{{troop_4}}}]] [[{{{troop_4}}}|{{{troop_4}}}]] Always [[File:Mini Portrait {{{troop_5}}} (HotA).png|{{{troop_5}}}|link={{{troop_5}}}]][[File:Mini Portrait {{{troop_5}}}.png|{{{troop_5}}}|link={{{troop_5}}}]] [[{{{troop_5}}}|{{{troop_5}}}]] Always [[File:Mini Portrait {{{troop_6}}} (HotA).png|{{{troop_6}}}|link={{{troop_6}}}]][[File:Mini Portrait {{{troop_6}}}.png|{{{troop_6}}}|link={{{troop_6}}}]] [[{{{troop_6}}}|{{{troop_6}}}]] Always [[File:Mini Portrait {{{troop_7}}} (HotA).png|{{{troop_7}}}|link={{{troop_7}}}]][[File:Mini Portrait {{{troop_7}}}.png|{{{troop_7}}}|link={{{troop_7}}}]] [[{{{troop_7}}}|{{{troop_7}}}]] Always
Spell:
	Shield
War Machine:
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Starting Movement Points:

Story

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

Horn of the Abyss

In Horn of the Abyss, Ranloo replaces Galthran by default. You can read more here.

Specialty

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Creature Specialty
Level	5	4	6	6	Level	5	4	6	6
1	+1	+1	+1	+1	37	+10	+8	+12	+12
4	+1	+1	+2	+2	41	+11	+9	+13	+13
5	+2	+1	+2	+2	44	+11	+9	+14	+14
6	+2	+2	+2	+2	45	+12	+9	+14	+14
7	+2	+2	+3	+3	46	+12	+10	+14	+14
9	+3	+2	+3	+3	47	+12	+10	+15	+15
11	+3	+3	+4	+4	48	+13	+10	+15	+15
12	+4	+3	+4	+4	51	+13	+11	+16	+16
14	+4	+3	+5	+5	53	+14	+11	+16	+16
16	+4	+4	+5	+5	54	+14	+11	+17	+17
17	+5	+4	+6	+6	56	+15	+12	+17	+17
21	+6	+5	+7	+7	57	+15	+12	+18	+18
24	+7	+5	+8	+8	61	+16	+13	+19	+19
26	+7	+6	+8	+8	64	+16	+13	+20	+20
27	+7	+6	+9	+9	65	+17	+13	+20	+20
28	+8	+6	+9	+9	66	+17	+14	+20	+20
31	+8	+7	+9	+9	67	+17	+14	+21	+21
32	+8	+7	+10	+10	69	+18	+14	+21	+21
33	+9	+7	+10	+10	71	+18	+15	+22	+22
34	+9	+7	+11	+11	73	+19	+15	+23	+23
36	+9	+8	+11	+11	75/88	+22	+18	+27	+27

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Skeletons are often the main power of Necropolis, despite their low level, and are unavoidably present in every native hero's army even if not, which makes Galthran's skeleton specialty incredibly useful. The speed boost alone is worth at least 70 movement points, assuming Zombies are not present in the army. Together with his good starting skill, this makes him one of the best Death Knights.

The reason for the default replacement of Galthran with Ranloo was probably balance - the huge bonuses which Galthran provides for Skeletons made his Skeletons immensely powerful in mid- and late-game.

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See Also:

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