Loads of impostors believe they are heroes, but only a few really are. Among them, stand out three legendary, Grand Heroes, who allowed for the creation of and civilization (!) on Samoth.

!!PiRzeBoss (human) When the subject of heroes rolls into the conversation, PiRzeBoss immediately comes to mind. Once, he lifted two mountains to throw them like javelins onto legendary monsters; he destroyed ten thousand crusted pies with one blow; eradicated a horde of Baims and had sex with10 000 arpeis (1) (and the Gods know bravery is needed to do that!). At the age of 67, as he was taking care of a small minotaur, he tripped on his cloak and smash his skull on the ground (2). On a side note, he created the Untl'ming race (following his numerous sexual experimentations).

(1) Very ugly, human-looking animal. (2) What an idea to go around in a cloak.

!!Phic Zator (undetermined race) Extraplanar (and also high) hero, he is known and feared par everyone. He only has one "skill" (hum) : his pathetic and unintelligible humour, that plunges his foes into such confusion, it is almost infinite. That gives him time to aim his shabby axe blows right between the enemy's teeth until the latter dies (1). Despite being a legendary hero, he is in fact weak and could be killed by anybody if… he runs out of joke! Or if, some day, his opponent understands his humour, which happens only once when confronted by Hal Ecsyss : another legendary hero who gave him a somewhat decent burial (2).

(1). Which can take a few hours. (2) To orcs, a decent burial consists of very few things: beheading the corpse if not done yet, then taking out the internal organs before eaten the body.

!!Hal Ekzyss (probably an Elf) The last of the Three Grand Heroes, and, in many more ways than one, the most enigmatic. Far for putting forward his physical prowess – very impressive by the way -, Hal Ekzyss was furthermore gifted with a penetrating intelligence, and had mastered most of the mundane crafts. This atypical hero, always decked in black, could be fierce and ruthless, albeit never unfair: he was seen more than once assaulting a castle side by side with the rebellious peasants, guiding them to victory and butchering the whole garrison without a blink. No mortal or any other creature never defeated him.

He went as far as challenging Fate to a duel, and survived: he kept from the experience eyes as luminous as a tomb and a mirthless smile: none ever knew if he had won.

His blade is responsible for the death of numerous of tyrants and all sorts of evil beings: everywhere he went, oppressed people dared to hope again; but everyone locked up their door.

According to rumours, when comes the Apocalypse, Hal Ekzyss will be seen again, riding side by side with Death.

Apart from these three mythical heroes, which stories originates in the fluffy Down of Time, there are less famous heroes, who roam the Disk and brand their red-hot mark over people's minds…

!!Olyrh the Killer

One of the major barbarian heroes, and doubtlessly the most famous of them. Bards generally agree in situating his birth in the Turtle Century, Year of the One-legged, Chimera with a raging Toothache; these favourable auspices, as well as his half-human, half-giant, half-homicidal maniac, would explain his unbelievable skills in weapon wielding, temple pillaging, and sacrificial virgins rescuing (1).

During his long career, Olyrh has presumably pillaged two hundreds and seventy-two sanctuaries, killed about thirteen dragons (2), and, on one occasion, brought down a stronghold with his bare hands. Apart from his physical prowess and his feats worthy of being told during the long winters watches, Olyrh is considered among the barbarian community as a intelligent and learned hero (3), and enjoy some amount of respect from most of the other heroes (4).

Olyrh the Killer can be identified by his bulging, rock-hard muscles, by his dress of animal skins (5), by his nonchalant air, by the enemy corpses littering his way, ad by his grin as reassuring as one from some yellow-and-black-streaked animals, with generous amounts of fangs and claws.

On a side note, Olyrh the Killer is said to owe his name to a light skirmish with a God, three balrogs and twelve ice giants: the hero came out of it with a slightly redder axe and somewhat mussed hair.

Some says Olyrh finally died, and that the Walkyries themselves came to collect what pass off as his soul. Some others claim he is still alive despite his canonical age, and that the Walkyries vanished into a bloodbath.

(1). Who quickly escaped their sacrificial and virgin fate. (2). Including three with his teeth. (3). He can count up to 16, and utter – sometimes – more-than-four-syllabled words. (4). This means they apologise before trying to kill or loot him. And before dying. (5). Which have an uncanny ability to conceal the fifteen weapons they hold.

!!Seïga No-Arm

When he began his career as a young, impetuous hero, he had the foolish idea to challenge some creature, yet unknown albeit known for being smarter, faster, and far more powerful than he (which, in truth, was far for being difficult).

The creature began the fight with ripping off Seïga's left arm; the latter, far from relenting, decided to keep on fighting, and insulted generously the beast (What an Holy Grail Seïga !). It just ripped off the other arm.

And that's when a miracle happened: like blind people compensate for their handicap with their sharper-than-usual other senses, Seïga discovered that he *drum roll* ran faster.

Keen on living on, he opted for a strategic retreat; however, he had insulted the creature so much that it wanted to have a nice, heart-to-heart chat with him; so it chased him down. In addition to running faster, Seïga must have increased his endurance, because it chased itself completely out-of-breath. Literally.

And that how Seïga became the Hero of the God Philimon, perfecting his tactics of Insulting – Strategically Retreating – Winning by Exhaustion.

Unluckily for him, Seïga misjudged his speed and endurance one day when he challenged a dragon, moreover a starved dragon, and even more a breeding female. The legend has it that his ghost still haunts the dragon's cavern.

!!Bill Tages

This Dwarf is the inventor of the infamous abacus with spiky ball, completely unusable, albeit unluckily very widespread, to the point it is difficult to find any other kind of abacus.

Tired of being seen as an asocial nerd, and of being called «Munch Kin» because of his sloppy table manners, he started weight-lifting and axe-wielding. So, very quickly, he could kill all these moronic bullies that had bothered him, and became an asocial hero. His new nickname, "Killer Bill", is often shortened into "Kiki", just like the body of whoever uttered that pet name, suddenly one head – its head – shorter.

His sworn enemy is called Maya, always wears yellow-and-black-stripped clothes and wields a sabre, although she is also gifted with hand-to-hand combat.

!!Adsum, the Air Guard

Every time he introduces himself, people can't help saying "God Bless you!", which has a way of irritating him, generally. However, most often, people called him "the Air Guard", in reference to his sword's swiftness: no sooner as he blocked an attack, than his blade has already dismembered the miscreant who dared to attack him; his guard thus seems to be made of thin air rather of steel. Indeed, he also studiously studied Air Spells to live up more up to his nickname.

He's rather famed among adventurers, his signature line being If you don't come to the Air Guard, the Air Guard will come to you!". His most precious possession is the Back Boot, a powerful magical item which is somewhat responsible for his skills. Unfortunately, one day, after "visiting" the Ice Cavern, on the Central Peak, and getting out of them a bit hurriedly, he tripped and only realised once in a safer place that he had lost his boot. Since then, he's looking for it.

!!Brittany of the Spear

Although she only welds a average spear, this Elf warrior is a formidable foe, not to be taken lightly. Her main weapons are indeed her appeal and her quite womanly forms. Thus, her favoured tactics consists in ripping off her – scant – clothes, then take advantage of the hebetude and shock induced in her opponents by her natural assets to kill them.

Against creatures insensible to this kind of enticement (dragons, females humanoids…) Brittany uses her voice: her strident singing has busted more than one eardrum, leaving the dizzy victim at the mercy of the Elf's spear.