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Sandro the Necromancer

Male

Lich

1

0

2

2

Sandro first studied Necromancy under the tutelage of the wizard, and later the lich, Ethric. Sandro has seen nearly all of Enroth and Erathia, and now serves Finneas Vilmar, leader of the Necromancers of Deyja.

Receives a 5% per level bonus to Sorcery skill percentage.

Basic

Necromancy

Basic

Sorcery

20–30 Skeleton (100%)

6–84–6 Walking Dead (100%) (88%) 

4–6 Wight (100%) (25%) 

Slow

1500 1500-1560 

Story

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Note: See Heroes from other games

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

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

• 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

Heroes III Complete	Heroes Chronicles	Horn of the Abyss
New Beginning : After the Amulet : Retrieving the Cowl : Driving for the Boots Hack and Slash : Bashing Skulls : Black Sheep : A Cage in the Hand : Grave Robber Rise of the Necromancer : Target : Master : Finneas Vilmar : Duke Alarice Unholy Alliance : Harvest : Gathering the Legion : Search for a Killer : Final Peace : Secrets Revealed : Agents of Vengeance : Wrath of Sandro : Invasion : To Strive, To Seek : Barbarian Brothers : Union : Fall of Sandro Specter of Power : Poison Fit for a King : To Build a Tunnel : Kreegan Alliance : With Blinders On Long Live the King : Season of Harvest Playing with Fire : March of the Undead	Conquest of the Underworld1 : Truth Within Nightmares
/ / / : Player/Enemy/Allied/Mentioned hero       : Hero begins imprisoned/encamped 1: This campaign occurs long before the Restoration Wars; these appearances are non-canonical. Note: Campaigns are listed in chronological order.

Gallery

• Gem meets with a disguised Sandro
  (After the Amulet  prologue)
• Crag Hack meets with a disguised Sandro
  (Bashing Skulls  prologue)
• Finneas and Sandro join forces
  (Finneas Vilmar  prologue)
• Finneas and Sandro plot the downfall of Lord Alarice
  (Duke Alarice  prologue)
• The king of Deyja lauds Finneas and Sandro on their accomplishments
  (Duke Alarice  epilogue)
• Sandro and Skeleton Warriors prepare for battle
  (Invasion  prologue)
• Sandro preparing to "harvest" some peasants
  (Poison Fit for a King  prologue)
• Sandro and Walking Dead
  (Kreegan Alliance  prologue)
• King Finneas and Sandro
  (With Blinders On  prologue)
• Sandro in prison
  (With Blinders On  epilogue)

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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.

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See Also:

• List of campaign heroes
• List of heroes
• Hero class
• Hero biographies
• Hero specialty
• List of hero specialties
• Comparison of Creature Specialties
• Heroes from other games