Bracada Academy

Lore & Background

In the story of Heroes of Might and Magic III, the wizards of Bracada are among the first to answer Queen Catherine's call for aid after the assassination of her father, King Nicholas Gryphonheart, and the subsequent fall of Erathia to the dark forces of Nighon and Eeofol. Alongside the elves of AvLee, the wizards of Bracada join Catherine's campaign to push towards the sacked capital of Steadwick and eventually retake it. Their combined efforts also quickly quell a border war in the west involving the nations of Tatalia and Krewlod. Later in the campaign, AvLee invades Eeofol in an attempt to rescue Catherine's husband, King Roland Ironfist, though that mission fails. The wizards of Bracada are not mentioned again in the source beyond their role in the early campaigns.

In Their Own Story

The game's story unfolds through seven playable campaigns set on the continent of Antagarich. After King Nicholas Gryphonheart is assassinated, his daughter Queen Catherine returns home to rally the people of Erathia. The wizards of Bracada and the elves of AvLee answer her call, and together they push towards the capital of Steadwick, which had been sacked by the Dungeon Overlords of Nighon and the Kreegans of Eeofol. They retake the city and quickly quell the border war in the west. No further specific moments involving Bracada are recorded in the source.

Reader's Guide

In Heroes of Might and Magic III, Bracada is one of the eight factions available in the base game. A ninth faction, the Conflux, was added in the Armageddon's Blade expansion. The game is a turn-based strategy title where players control heroes commanding armies of mythic and legendary creatures. Heroes travel across the game world fighting creatures, collecting loot, and developing towns. Combat occurs on a hexagonal grid. The game includes 50 skirmish maps for multiplayer and cooperative play, as well as a series of campaigns. The wizards of Bracada appear as allies in the campaign story, but the source does not detail their specific gameplay mechanics, units, or town features.

Did You Know?

• The wizards of Bracada are one of eight factions in the base game of Heroes of Might and Magic III, with a ninth added in the Armageddon's Blade expansion.
• In the campaign story, Bracada allies with the elves of AvLee to help Queen Catherine retake the capital of Steadwick from the Dungeon Overlords of Nighon and the Kreegans of Eeofol.
• The game was originally released for Microsoft Windows on March 3, 1999, and later ported to Apple Macintosh and Linux in December 1999.
• A Dreamcast port was developed but cancelled in 2000 due to technical issues; a copy of the build was released publicly in 2020.
• The game received two official expansion packs: Armageddon's Blade (1999) and The Shadow of Death (2000), both included in the Heroes III Complete re-release.