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Gavin Magnus in Heroes IV: skills and tactics

Gavin Magnus in Heroes IV: A campaign opponent linked to Order / Academy. Order / Academy affiliation, sourced skills and specialty, spells, suitable creatures and conditional equipment.

Gavin Magnus — portrait in Heroes 4
Source · Game artwork

Order · Academy · Mage

Gavin Magnus

Campaign profile

Who this character is and where they belong

Gavin Magnus, the Immortal King, opposes Emilia in The Price of Peace. Solymr is central to his story.

This is an Order / Academy campaign character. “Immortal” in the story is not a combat-invulnerability rule. Judge actual spells, defenses and mission objectives; ordinary tavern Mage prices do not establish a hiring price for this campaign character.

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How to use this hero

Home faction: Order / Academy

A campaign opponent linked to Order / Academy

Gavin Magnus is a The Price of Peace campaign character. This analysis prepares for the actual scenario; the Immortal King title establishes neither combat invulnerability nor tavern availability.

What the profile establishes

The complete starting skill list is not established here. The specialty identifies explicitly granted abilities.

Suggested army and further development

The following is our recommendation. Creatures, spells and items must actually be acquired; this does not establish current inventory.

Choose support by the decisive target and remaining casts. Build on a school actually established in the profile; a listed spell alone does not establish every mastery rank.

Creatures I would consider

Equipment I would compare

Compare effect, slot and acquisition conditions on the item card. A suggestion does not establish that the hero starts with it.

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Campaign and use

Heroes IV · The Price of Peace

Order Magic offers different control and support roles. Check the actual learned spell, mana, sight and hero protection; a class inventory does not describe every mission.

Exact starting skills and attributes of this campaign profile are not yet established; the normal class baseline is not substituted.

Spells and suitable equipment

This profile’s individual starting spells are not yet established. A school or recommendation below does not confirm spellbook contents.

Equipment suggestions for the plan (2)

Editorial suggestions based on sourced magic or an army plan. These are not starting inventory or guaranteed finds. Check acquisition, slot and rules on the item card.

  • LeatherSuggestion

    This ordinary light armor adds five to both of the hero’s physical defenses.

    For the hero’s survival on the battlefield. These are personal defenses rather than the same bonus for every creature.

  • LongswordSuggestion

    Adds three points each to the wearer’s Melee Attack and Melee Defense.

    For a hero fighting in melee personally. Heroes IV personal attributes do not automatically apply to the whole army.

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Class baseline · Mage

Creatures connected to this hero

  • Mage
    • Example in a tactical plan
  • Genie
    • Example in a tactical plan
  • Titan
    • Example in a tactical plan

A specialty target, conversion and tactical example are different relationships. Check conversion costs and compare individual upgrade forms on creature cards. A tactical example is not a confirmed starting army.

Encounter preparation · Gavin Magnus: assess the actual mission threat

Our analysis prepares for this campaign character. Listed creatures are recruitment-line examples to assess rather than a confirmed mission army or a promise that the opponent can be hired.

  1. Read the objective and actual encounter conditions

    Gavin Magnus belongs to Order / Academy and campaign characters. Do not infer his current army, spells or personal defenses solely from the Mage class. Check the mission objective, decisive target and battlefield state; an ordinary Mage price does not establish that he can be hired.

  2. Separate control, shooting and support

    For an Order threat, distinguish direct damage, control and support for another stack. The linked spell catalogue gives individual rules rather than confirming Gavin’s spellbook in every mission. Before contact compare the cost of a lost friendly action with removing the caster or its screen.

  3. Creature examples are not a confirmed army

    Mages, Genies and Titans are Academy line examples for comparing reach, casting and shooting. They are not an established total starting army. Inspect actual opponents’ specific abilities and available actions; mutually exclusive town choices belong to the construction analysis.

  4. Do not turn story immortality into a combat rule

    The Immortal King title is not by itself a numerical combat immunity. Choose targets by actual defenses and scenario objectives while protecting your own vulnerable hero. Connections to Solymr and Emilia supply story context rather than automatically changing sides in every battle.

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Roster and source scope

308 profiles: 277 normal name/portrait profiles and 31 documented campaign forms including The Gathering Storm and Winds of War. Normal profiles use 11 class baselines; campaign starts do not inherit them automatically. Bohb has a separately sourced five-school start. Selectable and TGS Dogwoggle have separate portraits. This is not every NPC or every mission-specific starting state.

Development and equipment suggestions are our analysis of the listed profile. A mission may alter the starting state; each relationship distinguishes school access, an actually learned spell and a future acquisition option.