Jarg the Conqueror

An ancient Barbarian leader who conquered all the lands in Antagarich from ocean to ocean, including Bracaduun. Stories of Jarg inspired Tarnum to rebel against the Wizard-Kings. Ancestor of Kurl.

Trivia

• Not much is revealed on the games about the details of Jarg's conquests and reign, but he was most likely not nearly as brutal as Tarnum.
• Jarg's conquests most likely somewgere in the first or second century AS, as it is alluded to that Enrothbefore the Silence. However, there is room to interpret them as happening before it, albeit with some post-rationalization.
• Description for Lion's Shield of Courage found only in the Heroes of Might and Magic IV game files mentions that the artifact belonged to a member of the Lionheart dynasty that ruled Antagarich long before the Gryphonheart dynasty of Erathia. The Lionhearts are described as brave, but expansionistic. Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven features the Lionheart Sword, an artifact from the Time of Wonders.
• Given all of the above, the Lionhearts may have ruled all or much of Antagarich before Jarg Jarg's Horde conquered their lands.
• Alternatively, Jarg himself is possibly a Lionheart. The detail about expansionism and ruling long before the Gryphonhearts fits well with that interpretation.