Bulwark
Bulwark is a Neutral alignment town, home to the Chieftain and Elder hero classes.
Bulwark represents Vori Islanders.
The native terrain of Bulwark is Snow.
"The Bulwark's inhabitants represent the peoples living on the frozen over island of Vori: Snow Elves, Jotunns, Yeti, and Kobolds. They are joined by their staunch allies, Argali and Mammoths. Their courage and unusual abilities, which they owe to the mysterious forces lurking in the eternal snows, are the stuff of legends and songs." Horn of the Abyss
Bulwark Buildings
Building Tree
Toggle Bulwark Building Tree
Construction Overview
Building Category
Cost 
Common Buildings
37000
45
40
-
-
-
-
Mage Guild
5000
20
20
18
18
18
18
Dwellings
Unique Buildings
Total Building Cost
Weekly Troop Cost
Common Buildings
Halls
-
2500
5000
10000
Fortifications
5000
20
20
2500
-
5
5000
10
10
Miscellaneous Buildings
500
5
-
500
5
-
5000
-
5
1000
5
-
Mage Guild
2000
5
-
1000
5
4
1000
5
6
Banned Spells
Creature Dwellings
Building
Cost
Creature
Max/Wk
Cost/Wk
400
-
10
-
-
-
-
1000
-
-
-
-
-
-
1000
-
5
-
-
-
-
1000
-
-
-
-
2
2
1500
5
5
-
-
-
-
1000
5
5
-
-
-
-
2000
-
10
-
-
-
-
2000
-
5
-
-
5
-
3000
5
5
1
1
1
1
2000
-
5
-
-
2
2
4000
15
-
-
-
-
-
3000
10
-
-
-
-
-
10000
10
10
-
-
-
10
15000
10
10
-
-
-
20
30
18
14
8
6
5
2
1200
1800
2430
3060
3220
3640
2600
3200
2700
3600
4250
5000
4000
-
7000
2
Unique Buildings
Building
Cost
Description
2000
20
-
-
-
-
-
1000
5
-
-
-
-
-
1000
-
5
-
-
2
2
1000
-
-
-
-
2
2
2000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Allows the player to purchase boats if the town is next to water.
Improves the exchange rate of the Marketplace.
Allows local heroes to learn Runes secondary skill.
Adds 1 Rune Level to the player's units at the beginning of combat.
Grail Structure. +5000 Gold/day. +50% creature growth. Gives a garrisoned hero +20 Defense while defending in siege combat.
Heroes
Creatures
| Name | Town | Lvl | Att | Def | Dmg- | Dmg+ | HP | Spd | Grw | AI Val | Cost | Special | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Kobold Kobold
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1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 54 | 40
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Generates 1 Gold per unit per day | |
| Kobold Foreman Kobold Foreman
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1+ | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 84 | 60
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Generates 1 Gold per unit per day | |
| Mountain Ram Mountain Ram
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2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 228 | 135
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| Argali Argali
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2+ | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 250 | 170
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Immune to Ice Bolt and Frost Ring, Adjacent enemies receive +20% Spell Damage | |
| Snow Elf Snow Elf
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3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 370 | 230
|
Ranged (4 shots), No melee penalty | |
| Steel Elf Steel Elf
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3+ | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 526 | 260
|
Ranged (8 shots), No melee penalty, May shoot while adjacent to enemy creatures | |
| Yeti Yeti
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4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 504 | 325
|
Recovers from negative effects in one round of combat | |
| Yeti Runemaster Yeti Runemaster
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4+ | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 751 | 400
|
Recovers from negative effects in one round of combat, Possesses Runes | |
| Shaman Shaman
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5 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 685 | 450
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Ranged (12 shots), Spellcaster (Air Shield) | |
| Great Shaman Great Shaman
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|
5+ | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 818 | 600
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Ranged (24 shots), Spellcaster (Air Shield), Freezing Shot | |
| Mammoth Mammoth
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6 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 120 | 5 | 2 | 1359 | 850
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| War Mammoth War Mammoth
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6+ | 14 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 135 | 6 | 2 | 1601 | 1000
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Receives +100% Defense while defending in combat. | |
| Jotunn Jotunn
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7 | 18 | 18 | 40 | 50 | 165 | 8 | 1 | 4180 | 2000
|
Teleports allies (once per combat), -1 enemy flying units' Speed | |
| Jotunn Warlord Jotunn Warlord
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7+ | 20 | 20 | 40 | 50 | 300 | 10 | 1 | 6694 | 3500
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1
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Teleports allies (unlimited), -2 enemy flying units' Speed |
Town Names
Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Bulwark towns will use one of these following names:
| Alfheim | Anabar | Borea | Ellesmere |
| Everwinter | Halsmere | Ketpall | Meghion |
| Stonefang | Thulekh | Tundara | Varand |
| White Mouth | Windskalir | Winterkill | ??? |
If there are more Bulwark towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.
Gallery
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Evolution of the design for the male Chieftain, Bulwark's Might class.
(models by DrSlash) -
Evolution of the design for the female Chieftain, Bulwark's Might class.
(models by DrSlash) -
Evolution of the design for the female Elder, Bulwark's Magic class.
(models by DrSlash) -
Bulwark Castle (model by Alex-ander and Balkron) -
Likely the Town Hall (center, above), Mage Guild (right), Mammoth stables (center, below), and the city's unique building (horn monument on the left).
(render by Alex-ander) -
Presumably Castle as seen in the Youtube teaser.
(render by Alex-ander) -
Dhuin going to Borea. -
Kynr going to reclaim a Sawmill from some Seamen. -
Todd in an unfamiliar land. -
Bulwark units fighting other Bulwark units. -
Bulwark unit lineup (photoshopped) -
Todd's ill-fated fight against the Bulwark army. -
Bulwark units fighting Ice Elementals. Oddity: Stal has Knowledge 8, but only 32/60 spell points. Knowledge nerf? -
Bulwark non-upgraded lineup leaked on stream by one of Russian Heroes 3 content creators. Also includes a different version of it with a bit different coloration.
Trivia
Bulwark was also known as Kronverk (crownwork). The English name since has been changed to Bulwark. The Russian name, Кронверк, still transliterates to Kronverk (crownwork).
- Judging by the previous concepts, the faction will probably be slow and defence-oriented.
- It will not have any flying units, which will make the sieges harder. But some units will make up for it with shooting/magic abilities.
Some random observations:
- The name "bulwark" literally means "beamwork" and originally designated city walls reinforced with wooden beams. The name "boulevard" comes from cities where bulwarks were dismantled to create broad streets in their place. The name "crownwork" designates a forward fortified position which is separate from the main fort, and directly exposed to fire from it. Attackers who manage to breach into the crownwork and seize it will not be able to use it against the main fort.
- The first Youtube teaser for the Bulwark, here, is a direct sequel to the first teaser for the Factory here.
- It seems the Mage Guild will only have four levels.
- The Elder Futhark runes on the massive horn building transliterate to "fukïzt", which is meaningless.
- Although associated with the Vori elves, the architectural style of the fort, mages guild, and horn support is more typically associated to dwarves in pop culture (e.g. the Moria/Khazad-Dûm from Peter Jackson's movie adaptation of The Fellowship of the Rings, or from The Rings of Power series, Orzammar and the Deep Roads from Dragon Age, etc.) with sharp angles and straight lines that are visually reminiscent of the Futhark runes.
- Previous point is because Bulwark is a fusion of Crownwork of a faction of mountain dwarves, and a newer project of making a Vori elf town. The dwarves have been replaced with elves, but part of their aesthetic remain.
- Several units that had been created for the old dwarven Kronverk project have been preserved/reanimated in the VCMI town mods Highlands and Ark.
- A very different interpretation of the Vori from Day of Reckoning's Palace.