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Walküre:
The new DLC, comprising the Chinese civilisation, has reworked the main theme :)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CdsZ92xUqDg

Walküre:
Another little survey for the gentle attendees of this thread: which is your all-time favourite hero and mythical creature of the game? If you also explained the reason, that would certainly be great. I will unveil mine in good time ;)

AulëTheSmith:
Well my dear Diewalkure, i would say it depends on the culture and on the role of the unit:

Greek : Medusa because the well-known ability  against single targets [ugly]. Colossus because it is tanky and has a unique ability in game :).

Egyptian: Avenger because the Aoe and double sword, they are cool [ugly].
Scarab instead are a very good siege monsters :)

Norse: Mountain and Frost Giants. The first one because are tanky, devasting against structure, and good also against heroes and units. The second one bacause the freezing ability can be very useful strategically speaking, and as i remeber are not bad also against structures. 

About Atlantean i don't remember so much, at least not to give a proper opinion. Because i played less with the expansion.
I cannot say for now about heroes. I didn't use them so much as i remember (outside the campaign of course).
In campaign Arkantos wins because he's versatile and changes many forms  xD

Walküre:
It's really great to hear that you have such a good taste. Unsurprisingly, my favourite mythical monstrosity is Medusa, as her lethal powers are absolutely brilliant and because all of that resulted from Athena's curse. Then, my favourite hero in the game is Athena, even though she's not playable (being her a goddess); apart from the dismay of such a situation, my favourite hero of the campaign is Reginleif, the 1028-year-old valkyrie who aids heroes in their quest and boasts healing abilities.

It has always struck me how it's possible to have mythical creatures that are also heroes, sounding this as a counter-sense (given the bloody relationship existing between the two categories).

AulëTheSmith:
yeah I remember her. The spear-thrower :) I like her too. The healing abilities are more rare in Aom with respect to bfme, so they are strategically very unique :)
You raised a good point: there's an eternal conflict between the two categories. Theoretically they couldn't exist in the same character at the same time  [ugly]. I agree that is a strange interpretation by the creators of the game. Look at Polyphemus for example : how the hell you can see him as an hero. I would define them not as heroes but "chieftain". Very smart and charismatic creatures that are able to guide their own kin, a sort of tribe leader I would say. Something anyway very different from traditional humanoid heroes, distinguishable in game by the characteristic golden aura :)
I would introduce probably this new category if I was a modder. Making these special  creatures recruitable in the temple with some favor cost ;)

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