Tarnum

Tarnum is the main hero throughout the eight campaigns of the Heroes Chronicles. He remains a male human throughout, but goes through several different classes.

Class	Barbarian	Knight	Wizard	Ranger	Beastmaster	Overlord
	File:Hero Tarnum Barbarian.png	File:Hero Tarnum Knight.png	File:Hero Tarnum Wizard.png	File:Hero Tarnum Ranger.png	File:Hero Tarnum Beastmaster.png	File:Hero Tarnum Overlord.png
Special Ability	Offense Tarnum receives a 5% bonus per level to his Offense skill.	Ballista Tarnum increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Ballista he commands for each level he attains after the 4th level.	Enchanters Tarnum has the ability to upgrade any Monks/Zealots and Magi/Arch Magi into Enchanters for a large sum of gold	Sharpshooters Tarnum has the ability to upgrade any Wood/Grand Elves and Archers/Marksmen into Sharpshooters for a small sum of gold.	Basilisks Tarnum increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Basilisk or Greater Basilisk he commands for each level he attains after the 4th level.	Dragons All Dragons gain +5 Attack and +5 Defense
Secondary Skills	Advanced Offense	Basic Leadership Basic Artillery	Advanced Wisdom	Basic Archery Basic Leadership	Basic Armorer Basic Resistance	Basic Tactics Basic Estates
Equivalent Hero	Crag Hack	Christian	Dracon	Gelu	Bron	Mutare
Notes		Starts with Ballista	Starts without a spell book!
Campaigns	Warlords of the Wasteland, The World Tree, The Fiery Moon	Conquest of the Underworld	Masters of the Elements	Clash of the Dragons	Revolt of the Beastmasters	The Sword of Frost

Biography

Before his death: Tarnum is a young Barbarian who has spent his entire life under the oppression of the Wizard-Kings of Bracaduun, but he has always dreamed that life could be better - should be better.

After his death: Judged by the Ancestors as unworthy of entering Paradise, Tarnum wanders the land seeking redemption for the crimes of his past. He is the Immortal Hero, a timeless protector, but personally troubled by the doubt that he can ever make up for the tremendous wrongs that he performed in his youth.

Sisters: Tarnum had two sisters which were taken away from his family by Bracaduun, as they forbade Barbarian families from having more than one child. When Tarnum discovered another nation of Barbarians who refused to join his war against the Wizards, he ordered the extermination of these "traitors", unaware that his sisters had been sent there and were among his newest enemies. One of them was killed by his own troops, but the other was rescued just in time by Rion Gryphonheart, the founder of Erathia, and the man who defeated Tarnum in single combat. He would later marry her, and they would have Allison as their only child. Tarnum did not discover before his death and resurrection as an Immortal Hero that he was slain by his brother-in-law.