Area	Links
Film	Overview · Runtime · Three acts · Title locks
Scenes	Index · S01 · S02 · S03 · S04 · S05 · S06 · S07 · S08 · S09 · S10 · S11 · S12 END
Production	Package status
Assets	Full gallery

Dept	Page	Folder
Director	Director	`website/docs/depts/director/`
Editor	Editor · Runtime · Transitions	`website/docs/depts/editor/`
Gaffer	Gaffer	`website/docs/depts/gaffer/`
Scene Editor	Scene Editor	`website/docs/depts/scene-editor/`
Dialogue Editor	Dialogue · Lines	`website/docs/depts/dialogue-editor/`
Lore	Lore	`website/docs/depts/lore/`
PM	Project Manager · Residual	`website/docs/depts/pm/`

film

film/index.md

Film overview

Title: Heroes of Might and Magic III — The Nine Banners
Runtime: v7 = 95:30 FROZEN
Status: Document package COMPLETE · Phase 8 SHIP · Phase 9 dialogue DONE · Site LIVE

Queen Catherine Ironfist rallies nine faction banners against the undead army of her reanimated father. The film ends at production S12 (the-clash). SCRIPT Sc.13 (father/daughter) is folded into S12 — no production S13.

S01 open

S12 end

Story spine

King murdered → Lich raised → Catherine lands into ruin
→ nine-banner muster → living factions answer → dark powers answer
→ Conflux council → final clash → daughter frees father → THE END 95:30

Three-act lock

Act	Title	Window	Runtime
I	The Fall	[00:00–26:30]	26:30
II	The Gathering	[26:30–74:30]	48:00
III	The War	[74:30–95:30]	21:00
	Film total		95:30

→ Runtime lock · Act detail · Title / content locks · Scenes S01–S12

Package layers (document)

Layer	Status	Authority path
Picture-lock	READY	`director/` · Editor cut
Delivery SHIP	GREEN	`PRODUCTION_DELIVERY_SIGN_OFF.md`
Directed dialogue	COMPLETE	`PHASE9_DIALOGUE_COMPLETE.md`
Film dialogue package	COMPLETE	`FILM_DIRECTED_DIALOGUE_COMPLETE.md`
Website	LIVE	https://epicmovies.net/homm3/

Load-bearing creative locks (read-only on site)

Lock	Rule
Runtime	DO-NOT-FLIP 95:30/v7
S12 dissolve	ONE green→gold dissolve in the film (Shot 5)
SHATTER	S12 green SHATTER ≠ dissolve
Sc.13	Folded into S12 · no invent
Protected scenes	S04 · S07 · S11 (trim only with Director)

Canon paths (repo)

Package	Path
Plan	`director/PLAN.md`
Screenplay	`director/SCREENPLAY.md`
Storyboard	`director/STORYBOARD.md`
Runtime ledger	`editor/RUNTIME_BUDGET.md`
Cut	`editor/CUT_STATUS.md`
Lighting	`gaffer/LIGHTING_COVERAGE.md` · `NECROPOLIS_GRAMMAR.md`
Dialogue track	`dialogue-editor/DIALOGUE_TRACK_INDEX.md`

Presentation only. This site does not re-open BINDING, cut, or light.

film/runtime

film/runtime.md

Runtime lock

Field	Value
Version	v7
Duration	95:30
Status	FROZEN · DO-NOT-FLIP
Cut authority	Editor (`editor/CUT_STATUS.md` · `RUNTIME_BUDGET.md`)
Creative transition words	Director

Act ledger

Act	Window	Runtime	Scenes
I The Fall	[00:00–26:30]	26:30	S01–S04
II The Gathering	[26:30–74:30]	48:00	S05–S10
III The War	[74:30–95:30]	21:00	S11–S12
Total		95:30	12

Per-scene floors

Sc	Slug	Runtime	Window	Notes
01	the-assassination	6:00	[00:00–06:00]
02	the-rising	6:30	[06:00–12:30]
03	queen-returns	6:00	[12:30–18:30]
04	the-muster	8:00	[18:30–26:30]	🔒 protected
05	a-leaderless-land	8:00	[26:30–34:30]
06	the-elven-bargain	8:30	[34:30–43:00]	trim lever
07	towers-and-barbarians	9:00	[43:00–52:00]	🔒 Fortress only
08	war-drums	8:30	[52:00–60:30]
09	gates-of-fire	7:00	[60:30–67:30]	trim lever
10	underworld-bargain	7:00	[67:30–74:30]
11	elemental-awakening	12:00	[74:30–86:30]	🔒
12	the-clash	9:00	[86:30–95:30]	FILM END

Runtime budget

Cut timeline

Do not flip runtime from this site. Website is presentation only.

film/acts

film/acts.md

Three-act structure

Act I — The Fall · [00:00–26:30] · 26:30

King falls. Undead rise. Queen lands. Muster of the living begins.

Sc	Beat
S01	Poison · body taken · first death that rises
S02	Sandro raises the Lich King
S03	Catherine returns · grief hardens
S04	Nine-banner vow · Act I OUT

S04 nine banners

Act II — The Gathering · [26:30–74:30] · 48:00

Living factions answer. Dark powers answer. Title≠content locks hold for faction diptychs.

Sc	Faction / lock
S05	Rampart / Gelu
S06	Tower / Solmyr
S07	Fortress / Tazar (not Stronghold)
S08	Stronghold / Crag Hack
S09	Inferno / Xeron
S10	Dungeon / Alamar–Sandro

S05 Gelu

Act III — The War · [74:30–95:30] · 21:00

Conflux council. Final clash. Father freed. THE END 95:30.

Sc	Beat
S11	Elemental awakening · council fold · sole green/red collision
S12	Clash · SHATTER · one dissolve · father/daughter · END

S11 council

S12 father

film/title-locks

film/title-locks.md

Title / content locks

Production title slugs can mislead. Content locks (not website invent):

Sc	Production slug	Content lock
S05	a-leaderless-land	Rampart / Gelu
S06	the-elven-bargain	Tower / Solmyr (not Fortress)
S07	towers-and-barbarians	Fortress / Tazar only
S08	war-drums	Stronghold / Crag Hack
S09	gates-of-fire	Inferno / Xeron
S10	underworld-bargain	Dungeon
S11	elemental-awakening	Conflux + council fold
S12	the-clash	Final clash + Sc.13 father/daughter fold

Transition bank

Link	Rule
S12 Shot 5	ONE film dissolve green→gold
S12 SHATTER	Not a dissolve
S10 tease	Must not read as the film dissolve
Sc.13	In S12 · no invent S13 package

See Lore dept notes and Gaffer ladder cards for full grammar.

scenes

scenes/index.md

Scenes S01–S12

Production spine · 12 scenes · FILM END S12 · no S13 invent.

ALIGN status

#	Page	Slug	Runtime	Window
01	The Assassination	the-assassination	6:00	[00:00–06:00]
02	The Rising	the-rising	6:30	[06:00–12:30]
03	Queen Returns	queen-returns	6:00	[12:30–18:30]
04	The Muster	the-muster	8:00 🔒	[18:30–26:30]
05	A Leaderless Land	a-leaderless-land	8:00	[26:30–34:30]
06	The Elven Bargain	the-elven-bargain	8:30	[34:30–43:00]
07	Towers and Barbarians	towers-and-barbarians	9:00 🔒	[43:00–52:00]
08	War Drums	war-drums	8:30	[52:00–60:30]
09	Gates of Fire	gates-of-fire	7:00	[60:30–67:30]
10	Underworld Bargain	underworld-bargain	7:00	[67:30–74:30]
11	Elemental Awakening	elemental-awakening	12:00 🔒	[74:30–86:30]
12	The Clash · FILM END	the-clash	9:00	[86:30–95:30]

Dept deep-dives: Director · Editor · Gaffer · SE · DE · Lore · PM

scenes/s01

scenes/s01.md

S01 · The Assassination

Field	Value
Slug	`the-assassination`
Runtime	6:00
Window	[00:00–06:00]
Act	Act I
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

King Gryphonheart is poisoned; necromancers take the body; the last guard dies and rises.

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Hero

Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/01-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/01-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_001_S01_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/01-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/01-*.md`

On this site

Scene index · S02 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s02

scenes/s02.md

S02 · The Rising

Field	Value
Slug	`the-rising`
Runtime	6:30
Window	[06:00–12:30]
Act	Act I
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Sandro raises the Lich King; Mass Animate Dead takes the first field.

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Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/02-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/02-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_002_S02_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/02-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/02-*.md`

On this site

← S01 · S03 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s03

scenes/s03.md

S03 · Queen Returns

Field	Value
Slug	`queen-returns`
Runtime	6:00
Window	[12:30–18:30]
Act	Act I
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Catherine lands into ruin; first skirmish; grief hardens into resolve.

Cover

Hero

Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/03-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/03-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_003_S03_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/03-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/03-*.md`

On this site

← S02 · S04 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s04

scenes/s04.md

S04 · The Muster

Field	Value
Slug	`the-muster`
Runtime	8:00 🔒
Window	[18:30–26:30]
Act	Act I
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Host assembles; she vows to raise nine banners. Act I OUT.

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Hero

Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/04-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/04-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_004_S04_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/04-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/04-*.md`

On this site

← S03 · S05 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s05

scenes/s05.md

S05 · A Leaderless Land

Field	Value
Slug	`a-leaderless-land`
Runtime	8:00
Window	[26:30–34:30]
Act	Act II
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Rampart — Gelu and the Forest Kin; green-ceiling rumor only.

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Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/05-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/05-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_005_S05_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/05-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/05-*.md`

On this site

← S04 · S06 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s06

scenes/s06.md

S06 · The Elven Bargain

Field	Value
Slug	`the-elven-bargain`
Runtime	8:30
Window	[34:30–43:00]
Act	Act II
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Tower — Solmyr and the Silver Cities; hard cyan OUT to S07.

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Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/06-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/06-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_006_S06_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/06-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/06-*.md`

On this site

← S05 · S07 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s07

scenes/s07.md

S07 · Towers and Barbarians

Field	Value
Slug	`towers-and-barbarians`
Runtime	9:00 🔒
Window	[43:00–52:00]
Act	Act II
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Fortress only (Tazar/Tatalia); not Fortress/Stronghold diptych.

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Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/07-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/07-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_007_S07_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/07-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/07-*.md`

On this site

← S06 · S08 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s08

scenes/s08.md

S08 · War Drums

Field	Value
Slug	`war-drums`
Runtime	8:30
Window	[52:00–60:30]
Act	Act II
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Crag Hack earned; RED-ONLY near-subliminal; hard-silence OUT.

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Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/08-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/08-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_008_S08_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/08-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/08-*.md`

On this site

← S07 · S09 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s09

scenes/s09.md

S09 · Gates of Fire

Field	Value
Slug	`gates-of-fire`
Runtime	7:00
Window	[60:30–67:30]
Act	Act II
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Inferno — Xeron; spy-glow after SNAP; sting-to-black OUT.

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Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/09-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/09-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_009_S09_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/09-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/09-*.md`

On this site

← S08 · S10 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s10

scenes/s10.md

S10 · Underworld Bargain

Field	Value
Slug	`underworld-bargain`
Runtime	7:00
Window	[67:30–74:30]
Act	Act II
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Dungeon — Alamar/Sandro bargain; ember tease-that-loses.

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Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/10-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/10-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_010_S10_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/10-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/10-*.md`

On this site

← S09 · S11 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s11

scenes/s11.md

S11 · Elemental Awakening

Field	Value
Slug	`elemental-awakening`
Runtime	12:00 🔒
Window	[74:30–86:30]
Act	Act III
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Conflux + council; sole ACTIVE green/red collision; breach to S12.

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Hero

Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/11-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/11-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_011_S11_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/11-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/11-*.md`

On this site

← S10 · S12 → · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

scenes/s12

scenes/s12.md

S12 · The Clash · FILM END

Field	Value
Slug	`the-clash`
Runtime	9:00
Window	[86:30–95:30]
Act	Act III
Package	Phase 9 DIRECTED · BINDING · ALIGN · SE COMPLETE

Final battle; SHATTER ≠ dissolve; ONE green→gold dissolve; father/daughter fold; THE END 95:30.

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Hero

Authority (repo paths)

Dept	Path
Director scene	`director/scenes/12-*.md`
DE dialogue	`dialogue-editor/scenes/12-*-dialogue.md`
Editor ALIGN	`editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_012_S12_*.md`
SE SPEECH	`scene-editor/scenes/12-*-SPEECH_BEATS.md`
Gaffer light	`gaffer/scenes/12-*.md`

On this site

← S11 · Film overview · All scenes

Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent.

production

production/index.md

Production package

Master gates

Gate	Status	Master
Phase 8 final delivery	SHIP	`PRODUCTION_DELIVERY_SIGN_OFF.md`
Phase 9 directed dialogue S01–S12	COMPLETE	`PHASE9_DIALOGUE_COMPLETE.md`
Film directed-dialogue package	COMPLETE	`FILM_DIRECTED_DIALOGUE_COMPLETE.md`
Website VitePress	LIVE	https://epicmovies.net/homm3/
Next production scene	NONE	Sc.13 folded into S12
Sound/Mix	DEFERRED	Interim audio accepted
Binary FINAL export	OPTIONAL	Outside document SHIP
Runtime	95:30/v7 FROZEN	DO-NOT-FLIP

Department matrix

Dept	Package	Site page
Director	PLAN · SCREENPLAY · BINDING	/depts/director/
Editor	CUT · RUNTIME · ALIGN	/depts/editor/
Gaffer	NECROPOLIS · ladders · locks	/depts/gaffer/
Scene Editor	SPEECH_BEATS · NONCANON boards	/depts/scene-editor/
Dialogue Editor	Line IDs · uniqueness · formalize CLOSED	/depts/dialogue-editor/
Lore	Wiki-safe factions/places	/depts/lore/
PM	Tracker · next-step · SHIP	/depts/pm/

Phase history (summary)

0–5 GREEN → 6–7 GREEN → 8 SHIP → 9 COMPLETE → 10 Website LIVE → FILM END 95:30

Residual (non-blocking)

Item	Status
Sound/Mix agent	Deferred
Binary FINAL	Optional
Picture re-cut	Not authorized without Director

See PM residual queue.

assets

assets/index.md

Asset gallery

Curated public-safe presentation assets. Full dumps stay in dept trees.

Route: website/ASSETS_COLLECT.md · Runtime frozen · mood-ref only.

director

Folder: /assets/director/ · 13 media files

`S01_assassination_griffins_hero.jpg`

`S01_assassination_open_hero.jpg`

`S01_shared_act_open_crossref.jpg`

`S03_queen_returns_grave_hero.jpg`

`S03_queen_returns_grief_ride_hero.jpg`

`S04_muster_nine_banners_hero.jpg`

`S11_elemental_council_hero.jpg`

`S12_clash_father_hero.jpg`

`S12_clash_free_hero.jpg`

`S12_clash_light_field_hero.jpg`

`S12_clash_nine_banners_end_hero.jpg`

`S12_shared_catherine_light_crossref.jpg`

`S12_shatter_vs_dissolve_hero.jpg`

editor

Folder: /assets/editor/ · 5 media files

`FILM_align_status_S01-S12.png`

`FILM_cut_timeline_spine.png`

`FILM_runtime_budget_v7.png`

`FILM_transition_chain.png`

`S12_the_clash_end_windows.png`

gaffer

Folder: /assets/gaffer/ · 10 media files

`S00_hero_palette_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_gold_green_seed_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S04_castle_gold_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S08_red_only_lock.svg`

`S08_red_war_drum_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S11_green_red_collision_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_dawn_land_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_shatter_vs_dissolve.svg`

`ladder_gold_ember.svg`

`ladder_green_force.svg`

scene-editor

Folder: /assets/scene-editor/ · 24 media files

`S01_L01_chronicler_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_L02_gryphonheart_toast_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_L03_sandro_outlast_os_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_L04_chronicler_griffins_noncanon.jpg`

`S02_L01_sandro_rise_majesty_noncanon.jpg`

`S02_L02_lich_erathia_noncanon.jpg`

`S03_L01_catherine_grave_noncanon.jpg`

`S04_L02_catherine_raise_nine_noncanon.jpg`

`S04_S05_horizon_dissolve_noncanon.jpg`

`S05_L01_gelu_forest_owes_noncanon.jpg`

`S05_L03_gelu_we_bend_noncanon.jpg`

`S06_L01_solmyr_stars_doors_noncanon.jpg`

`S07_L01_tazar_glory_none_noncanon.jpg`

`S08_L01_crag_hack_begging_noncanon.jpg`

`S09_L01_xeron_two_feasts_noncanon.jpg`

`S10_L01_alamar_dragons_noncanon.jpg`

`S10_L04_sandro_sold_it_noncanon.jpg`

`S11_L01_catherine_elemental_noncanon.jpg`

`S11_L09_catherine_five_hands_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_L01_captain_own_dead_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_L04_catherine_father_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_L06_catherine_free_you_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_L09_chronicler_nine_banners_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_shatter_vs_dissolve_noncanon.jpg`

dialogue-editor

Folder: /assets/dialogue-editor/ · 18 media files

`S01_L02_gryphonheart_toast_mood.jpg`

`S01_assassination_cover.jpg`

`S02_L02_lich_erathia_mood.jpg`

`S02_rising_cover.jpg`

`S03_queen_returns_cover.jpg`

`S04_muster_cover.jpg`

`S05_leaderless_cover.jpg`

`S06_elven_bargain_cover.jpg`

`S07_fortress_cover.jpg`

`S08_war_drums_cover.jpg`

`S09_gates_of_fire_cover.jpg`

`S10_underworld_cover.jpg`

`S11_L09_five_hands_mood.jpg`

`S11_elemental_cover.jpg`

`S12_ADR_RANK1_father_daughter_mood_NONCANON.jpg`

`S12_L07_gryphonheart_outlast_mood.jpg`

`S12_L09_nine_banners_mood.jpg`

`S12_clash_cover.jpg`

lore

Folder: /assets/lore/ · 16 media files

`S01_deyja_sandro_necropolis_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_erathia_feast_castle_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_erathia_griffins_place_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`faction_castle_wiki_ref.svg`

`faction_conflux_wiki_ref.svg`

`faction_dungeon_wiki_ref.svg`

`faction_fortress_wiki_ref.svg`

`faction_inferno_wiki_ref.svg`

`faction_necropolis_wiki_ref.svg`

`faction_rampart_wiki_ref.svg`

`faction_stronghold_wiki_ref.svg`

`faction_tower_wiki_ref.svg`

`place_antagarich_wiki_ref.svg`

`place_deyja_wiki_ref.svg`

`place_erathia_wiki_ref.svg`

`place_steadwick_wiki_ref.svg`

pm

Folder: /assets/pm/ · 0 media files

No media yet.

shared

Folder: /assets/shared/ · 4 media files

`S01_the_assassination_chronicler_open.jpg`

`S05_leaderless_land_gelu_hero.jpg`

`S12_the_clash_catherine_light.jpg`

`S12_the_clash_father_daughter.jpg`

depts/director

depts/director/index.md

Director

Owner: Director (director-3e693) · edit only: website/docs/depts/director/
Film: The Nine Banners · Runtime: v7 = 95:30 FROZEN · THE END

Authority

Layer	Owner	Status
Creative integration · BINDING words	Director	COMPLETE S01–S12
Formal line IDs	Dialogue Editor	58 IDs · formalize CLOSED
Cut / ALIGN	Editor	ALIGN CLEAR 12/12
Light ladders	Gaffer	LOCKED (no re-lock from site)
Next production scene	—	NONE · no S13 invent

Package

Item	Status
Phase 8 Final delivery	SHIP
Phase 9 directed dialogue	COMPLETE
Film directed-dialogue package	COMPLETE · FILM END 95:30
Site	FULL / LIVE · https://epicmovies.net/homm3/
Root CTA	https://epicmovies.net/ → primary Open full film site → `/homm3/`

Spine (S01 → S12 THE END)

#	Scene	Binding note (presentation)
01	Assassination	King falls · chronicler frame
02	The Rising	Lich / Sandro rise
03	Queen Returns	Catherine lands · grave
04	The Muster	Nine banners
05	Leaderless Land	Rampart / Gelu (title marketing only)
06	Elven Bargain	Tower / Solmyr (not elves)
07	Towers and Barbarians	Fortress / Tazar (not Stronghold)
08	War Drums	Stronghold / Crag Hack
09	Gates of Fire	Inferno / Xeron · quiet IN · sting OUT
10	Underworld Bargain	Dungeon · HARD CUT OUT
11	Elemental Awakening	Conflux · 12:00 🔒 · breach OUT
12	The Clash	FILM END · Sc.13 fold · SHATTER ≠ ONE dissolve · free-not-win

Full per-scene pages (shared site body): Scenes index · S12 END

Locks (do not flip from website)

Runtime 95:30/v7 FROZEN
S12 Shot 2 SHATTER ≠ Shot 5 ONE dissolve
Final card = title, not spoken line
S04 dawn land · zero residual green into end
No invent S13 · no DIR-SCN re-open without PM

Hero stills

S01 open

S12 nine banners end

S12 shatter vs dissolve

Gallery: /assets/director/ · full site gallery

Cross-links

Link	Path
Film · acts · title locks	/film/ · /film/acts · /film/title-locks
Production package	/production/
Home (Director-owned index)	/

Presentation only. This page does not re-open BINDING, cut, or light.

depts/editor

depts/editor/index.md

Editor

Owner: Editor (editor-94ee0) · edit only: website/docs/depts/editor/
Live: epicmovies.net/homm3/depts/editor/
Status: Film cut package COMPLETE · Phase 9 dialogue ALIGN SHIP · presentation only

Authority

Owns	Does not
Cut plans · `CUT_STATUS` · continuity	Binding transition words (Director)
`RUNTIME_BUDGET` ledger · v7 = 95:30 FROZEN	Picture invent · S13 invent
Dialogue window ALIGN (not re-cut)	Light ladders (Gaffer) · line IDs (DE)

No re-cut from this site. Gallery / VitePress are presentation only.

Runtime ledger (v7 DO-NOT-FLIP)

Field	Value
Version	v7
Total	95:30
Act I	26:30 · S01–S04 · [00:00–26:30]
Act II	48:00 · S05–S10 · [26:30–74:30]
Act III	21:00 · S11–S12 · [74:30–95:30]
THE END	95:30 hard stop

Per-scene cut windows

Scene	Slug	Runtime	Window	Lock
01	the-assassination	6:00	[00:00–06:00]	slow→SNAP→hold
02	the-rising	6:30	[06:00–12:30]	crypt push-in
03	queen-returns	6:00	[12:30–18:30]	HARD CUT OUT + ember pre-lap
04	the-muster	8:00	[18:30–26:30]	🔒 protected
05	a-leaderless-land	8:00	[26:30–34:30]	sea→smoke IN
06	the-elven-bargain	8:30	[34:30–43:00]	trim lever · zero-green OUT
07	towers-and-barbarians	9:00	[43:00–52:00]	🔒 · pair #4 genie · Fortress only
08	war-drums	8:30	[52:00–60:30]	hard-silence Shot 7 OUT
09	gates-of-fire	7:00	[60:30–67:30]	trim · sting-to-black OUT
10	underworld-bargain	7:00	[67:30–74:30]	Shot-3 TEASE-THAT-LOSES
11	elemental-awakening	12:00	[74:30–86:30]	🔒 · breach OUT
12	the-clash	9:00	[86:30–95:30]	SHATTER · ONE dissolve · END

Protected (no trim without Director): S04 · S07 · S11
Trim levers (hold total): S06 · S09 (±0:30 available — not flipped)

Runtime budget v7

Cut timeline spine

Load-bearing transitions

Link	Type	Protect
S01→S02	bone-rattle under · green match	no speech across A1
S02→S03	hooves drop	speech-free OUT
S03→S04	HARD CUT + 1-beat ember pre-lap	NOT dissolve
S04→S05	sea→smoke match-dissolve	speech-free handle · Act I→II
S05→S06	road-wipe	L05 clean · no speech tail
S06→S07	amber→cyan hard cut	ZERO green
S07→S08	firelight smash + drone/drum pre-lap	L04 kill before smash
S08→S09	hard-silence hold → quiet IN	no smash into Inferno
S09→S10	sting-to-black → fade-up	speech-free OUT
S10→S11	HARD CUT to war drums	zero dissolve · TEASE loses
S11→S12	breach → dawn charge	12:00 🔒 held
S12 END	Shot 2 SHATTER · Shot 5 ONE green→gold dissolve	SHATTER ≠ dissolve

Reserved payoff: green→gold dissolve used once (S12 Shot 5 only).
S10 Shot-3 ember = TEASE-THAT-LOSES (flicker-match · not dissolve bank).

Transition chain

Protected silences & speech-free seams

Zone	Rule
S01 battle tail	no dialogue
S02 massacre [~07:35–08:35]	silent
S02 Lich SNAP	L02 P0 lip · protect
S03 skirmish / flashback	silent · HARD CUT speech-free OUT
S05 dragon uncoil (L02→L03)	SILENCE
S06 Titan battle	silent · no invent combat lines
S07 Hydra + pair #4 genie	SILENT
S08 hard-silence Shot 7	OUT free of speech
S09 SNAP + fire barrage	SNAP silent · spy-glow after SNAP
S10 Shot-3 TEASE	silent · not S12 dissolve
S11 drums IN · three-greens peak	no invent speech
S12 charge / SHATTER / dissolve	silence protected · father/daughter P0

Dialogue ALIGN (Phase 9 SHIP)

All per-scene Editor ALIGN files verdict ALIGN CLEAR (window only · no re-cut).

Scene	Status
S01–S12	ALIGN CLEAR ×12
Next DE-SCN route	NONE unless PM re-opens
Next production scene	NONE · no S13 invent

DE owns line IDs · Director owns BINDING CONFIRM · Editor owns cut timing windows.

ALIGN status S01–S12

S12 FILM END (title card · not speech)

Lock	Rule
Window	[86:30–95:30] 9:00
Shot 2	SHATTER SNAP ≠ dissolve
Shot 5	ONE green→gold dissolve (sole film dissolve bank)
Dawn land	S04 dawn land clean
THE END	95:30 · DO-NOT-FLIP

S12 end windows

Package status

Layer	Status
CUT_STATUS	CLEAR
Phase 8 delivery	SHIP / READY
Phase 9 dialogue ALIGN	COMPLETE · SHIP
Interim audio spine	ACCEPTED until Sound seated
Website assets	5 curated heroes · `MANIFEST.md`
Editor disposition	Stand down unless PM re-opens

Child pages

Repo authority (not overridden by this site)

editor/CUT_STATUS.md
editor/RUNTIME_BUDGET.md
editor/scenes/EDITOR_CUT_INDEX.md
editor/ALIGN_DE_SCN_001…012

When ready (this page): message Director with paths edited → Director updates home index + rebuilds.

depts/editor/runtime

depts/editor/runtime.md

Runtime ledger — Editor

Owner: Editor (editor-94ee0) · parent: Editor dept
Runtime: v7 = 95:30 FROZEN · DO-NOT-FLIP

Spine check

Act	Window	Duration	Status
I	[00:00–26:30]	26:30	CLEAR
II	[26:30–74:30]	48:00	CLEAR
III	[74:30–95:30]	21:00	CLEAR
Total		95:30	FROZEN ✓

Policy

Any re-lock = one-row ledger edit + CC Director + Editor
Protected locks: S04 8:00 · S07 9:00 · S11 12:00
Trim levers only on S06 / S09 — total not flipped without Director
Retired: v6/98:30 (do not cite)

Diagram

Runtime budget v7

Source of truth: repo editor/RUNTIME_BUDGET.md — this page is presentation only.

depts/editor/transitions

depts/editor/transitions.md

Transition chain — Editor

Owner: Editor (editor-94ee0) · parent: Editor dept
Binding words: Director · Cut windows: Editor

Chain (locked)

Link	OUT → IN	Type
S01→S02	bone-rattle under → crypt	audio bridge + green match-dissolve
S02→S03	hooves drop → shore	audio drop
S03→S04	ruin → sunlit sea	HARD CUT + ember audio pre-lap
S04→S05	sea-horizon → smoke	match-dissolve (Act I→II)
S05→S06	road-wipe	dissolve
S06→S07	amber → cyan	hard tonal cut · zero green
S07→S08	firelight smash	smash + drone/drum pre-lap
S08→S09	hard-silence → quiet IN	silence bridge
S09→S10	sting-to-black → fade-up	hard reset
S10→S11	gold gutters → war drums	HARD CUT · zero dissolve
S11→S12	breach → dawn charge	core-arrival
S12 END	SHATTER · ONE dissolve	THE END 95:30

Audio bridges (interim → Sound)

S01→S03 gasp — bone-rattle under S02
S03→S04 pre-lap — 1-beat ritual-green/ember (replaces dissolved green→gold early)
S07→S08 — drone↔drum pre-lap under smash

Reserved dissolve

Green→gold ONCE at S12 Shot 5. S10 Shot-3 = TEASE-THAT-LOSES only.

Transition chain

Source: editor/scenes/EDITOR_CUT_INDEX.md · editor/AUDIO_SPINE.md.

depts/gaffer

depts/gaffer/index.md

Gaffer

Owner: Gaffer (gaffer-e4ff8) · edit only: website/docs/depts/gaffer/
Live: epicmovies.net/homm3/depts/gaffer/
Canon package: gaffer/NECROPOLIS_GRAMMAR.md · LIGHTING_COVERAGE.md · CUT_LIGHT_SEAMS.md · scenes/01–12

Presentation only. Site mood stills and ladder cards do not re-lock lighting. Runtime v7 = 95:30 FROZEN.

Authority

Layer	Status
Lighting / VFX / NECROPOLIS grammar	Gaffer owns
S01–S12 light packages	LOCKED (12/12)
Green-force · gold-ember · sole S12 dissolve	HOLD
Site assets	Mood-ref / NONCANON — not BINDING re-open
Film package	COMPLETE · stand down creative

Green-force ladder

Order (ascending force):

S05 ≤ S09 < S03 < S10 < S11

Scene	Role (one-line)
S05	GREEN-CEILING — Rampart rumor emerald ≤ S03; not Necro mass
S09	Spy-glow after Shot-4 SNAP · intrusion ≤ S05 · presence-not-spell
S03	Ritual / horizon green seed (Enroth sea)
S10	Ember TEASE-THAT-LOSES — flicker-match not the film dissolve
S11	Sole ACTIVE green/red collision · Mass · 12:00 protected

Green-force ladder card

Gold–ember ladder

S03/S04 living gold → S10 40–50% ember tease → S12 dawn land #FFF3D0

ONE green→gold graded dissolve in the entire film is banked at S12 Shot 5.
S10 tease must not read as that dissolve.

Gold–ember ladder card

S08 — RED-ONLY

Lock	Rule
World	Stronghold red war-drum · not Fortress swamp
Shots 5–6	RED-ONLY · zero Necropolis green frame-level
OUT	Hard-silence light drop · not smash green into S09

S08 RED-ONLY card

S08 red war-drum mood

S12 — SHATTER ≠ DISSOLVE

Two distinct green exits at FILM END:

Beat	Light rule
Shot 2 SHATTER	Hard SNAP · not the dissolve
Shot 5 DISSOLVE	Sole film green→gold graded dissolve
Dawn land	Castle gold / sea-blue · zero residual Necro green · ember `#FFF3D0`

SHATTER vs DISSOLVE card

S12 dawn land mood

Palette cards (mood)

Hero / ladder mood stills only — not light canon.

Hero palette

S01 gold vs green seed

S04 castle gold

S11 green/red collision

Scene light register (summary)

#	Scene	Light one-liner
01	Assassination	Gold feast vs toxic green seed · Death Ripple grammar
02	Rising	Lich rise SNAP · Mass Animate Dead
03	Queen returns	Enroth sea-light · HARD CUT OUT (dissolve banked S12)
04	Muster	Castle gold · sea-horizon match-dissolve OUT
05	Leaderless land	GREEN-CEILING rumor only
06	Elven bargain	Tower cyan · ZERO green S06→S07
07	Towers & barbarians	Fortress swamp → firelight smash-prep to S08
08	War drums	RED-ONLY 5–6 · hard-silence OUT
09	Gates of fire	Spy-glow after SNAP ≤ S05
10	Underworld bargain	Ember tease · HARD CUT OUT
11	Elemental awakening	Sole ACTIVE green/red · 12:00
12	The clash	SHATTER ≠ DISSOLVE · ONE dissolve · dawn land

Full specs live under monorepo gaffer/scenes/ · coverage: gaffer/LIGHTING_COVERAGE.md.

Asset manifest

Drop folder: website/docs/public/assets/gaffer/ · see MANIFEST.md there.

Kind	Count
Mood stills (jpg)	6
Ladder cards (svg)	4

Constraints (held)

No ladder re-lock from this page
No S13 invent · no Phase 9 re-open
Runtime 95:30/v7 FROZEN
Site = presentation · Gaffer stands down creative unless PM re-opens

Paths ready for Director index + rebuild:

website/docs/depts/gaffer/index.md
website/docs/public/assets/gaffer/* (stills + SVGs + MANIFEST)

depts/scene-editor

depts/scene-editor/index.md

Scene Editor

Owner: Scene Editor (scene-editor-0c49c) · edit only this folder: website/docs/depts/scene-editor/
Route: website/DEPT_PAGES.md · Assets: /assets/scene-editor/
Live: https://epicmovies.net/homm3/depts/scene-editor/

Authority (support only)

Item	Status
Role	Per-scene assembly support · SPEECH_BEATS · NONCANON boards
Not	Cut rewrite · binding invent · light re-rule · dialogue ownership
Line IDs	DE owns formal S##-L##
Runtime	v7 = 95:30 FROZEN
Next production scene	NONE · no S13 invent · SCRIPT Sc.13 folded into production S12
Film SPEECH support	COMPLETE S01–S12

Editor owns cut timing · Gaffer owns light · Director owns BINDING words. SE flags speech windows for assembly boards only.

Film SPEECH map (S01 → S12 · THE END)

Sc	Slug	Formal IDs	Content truth
S01	the-assassination	L01–L04	Erathia feast · king fall · Sandro seed
S02	the-rising	L01–L04	Crypt rise · Lich “…Erathia.”
S03	queen-returns	L01–L03	Catherine lands / grave
S04	the-muster	L01–L03	Nine-banner muster
S05	a-leaderless-land	L01–L05	Rampart / Gelu (title marketing only)
S06	the-elven-bargain	L01–L04	Tower / Solmyr (not elves)
S07	towers-and-barbarians	L01–L04	Fortress / Tazar (not Stronghold)
S08	war-drums	L01–L04	Stronghold / Crag Hack
S09	gates-of-fire	L01–L02	Inferno / Xeron
S10	underworld-bargain	L01–L05	Dungeon / Alamar–Sandro
S11	elemental-awakening	L01–L11	Conflux / Ignissa + council · 12:00 🔒
S12	the-clash	L01–L09	Clash + free-not-win father/daughter · FILM END

Totals: 12 SPEECH packages · 58 formal DE line IDs · 58 production NONCANON stills (scene-editor/boards/) · site heroes 24 · exact full-line collisions 0.

Story follow (assembly spine)

S01 king falls → S02 Lich rise → S03 Catherine lands
→ S04 nine banners → S05 Rampart → S06 Tower → S07 Fortress
→ S08 Stronghold → S09 Inferno → S10 Dungeon bargain
→ S11 Conflux + council → S12 clash + free father → THE END 95:30

Silence locks (not speech IDs)

Scene	Protected silent
S01	Battle stretch
S02	Massacre after rise command
S09	SNAP + spy-glow picture-only
S10	Shot-3 flicker (NOT dissolve) · HARD CUT OUT speech-free
S11	Three-greens is light, not dialogue
S12	SHATTER ≠ DISSOLVE · final card not spoken after L09

Title ≠ content (do not re-board)

Scene	Content truth	Do not re-board
S05	Rampart / Gelu / AvLee	Tower / Solmyr
S06	Tower / Solmyr / Bracada	Elves / Rampart forest
S07	Fortress / Tazar / Tatalia	Krewlod war-drums
S08	Stronghold / Crag Hack	Swamp / hydra
S11	Conflux / Ignissa + council	Dungeon bargain cavern
S12	Clash + father fold	Conflux nexus · conflate SHATTER with dissolve

NONCANON boards (site heroes · `/assets/scene-editor/`)

Policy: curated heroes for the site · not full dump · not picture-lock.
Full per-line stills remain in production repo scene-editor/boards/.

S01 feast (full set on site)

S01 L01 Chronicler war of kings

S01 L02 Gryphonheart toast

S01 L03 Sandro O.S.

S01 L04 Griffins settle

Act I–II seams & allies

S02 rise

S02 Lich Erathia

S03 grave

S04 raise nine

S04→S05 horizon

S05 Gelu forest

S05 we bend

S06 Solmyr stars

S07 Tazar

S08 Crag Hack

Act III → FILM END

S09 Xeron

S10 Alamar dragons

S10 Sandro sold it

S11 elemental

S11 five hands

S12 own dead

S12 Father

S12 free you

S12 nine banners END

S12 SHATTER ≠ DISSOLVE

Hero file list (24)

S01_L01_chronicler_noncanon.jpg · S01_L02_gryphonheart_toast_noncanon.jpg · S01_L03_sandro_outlast_os_noncanon.jpg · S01_L04_chronicler_griffins_noncanon.jpg · S02_L01_sandro_rise_majesty_noncanon.jpg · S02_L02_lich_erathia_noncanon.jpg · S03_L01_catherine_grave_noncanon.jpg · S04_L02_catherine_raise_nine_noncanon.jpg · S04_S05_horizon_dissolve_noncanon.jpg · S05_L01_gelu_forest_owes_noncanon.jpg · S05_L03_gelu_we_bend_noncanon.jpg · S06_L01_solmyr_stars_doors_noncanon.jpg · S07_L01_tazar_glory_none_noncanon.jpg · S08_L01_crag_hack_begging_noncanon.jpg · S09_L01_xeron_two_feasts_noncanon.jpg · S10_L01_alamar_dragons_noncanon.jpg · S10_L04_sandro_sold_it_noncanon.jpg · S11_L01_catherine_elemental_noncanon.jpg · S11_L09_catherine_five_hands_noncanon.jpg · S12_L01_captain_own_dead_noncanon.jpg · S12_L04_catherine_father_noncanon.jpg · S12_L06_catherine_free_you_noncanon.jpg · S12_L09_chronicler_nine_banners_noncanon.jpg · S12_shatter_vs_dissolve_noncanon.jpg

Completeness ledger

Gate	Result
SPEECH_BEATS packages S01–S12	12/12
Per-line NONCANON boards (production)	58/58
VitePress curated heroes	24
Uniqueness exact collisions	0
Title≠content guards S05–S08	HELD
Next scene	NONE
Support-only idle	YES

Repo (production): scene-editor/scenes/*-SPEECH_BEATS.md · scene-editor/boards/ · SCENE_ASSEMBLY_INDEX.md

Status

Film SPEECH + boards support COMPLETE for site presentation.
95:30/v7 FROZEN · no S13 invent · no cut/light/binding rewrite.

Director: this page ready for home-index link + rebuild (npm run build → public_html/homm3).

depts/scene-editor/speech

depts/scene-editor/speech.md

SPEECH_BEATS packages (S01–S12)

Owner: Scene Editor · support docs only · DE owns formal IDs
Runtime: 95:30/v7 FROZEN · next scene NONE

Each package lives in the production repo as scene-editor/scenes/<nn>-<slug>-SPEECH_BEATS.md.

Per-scene line IDs

Scene	Window (assembly)	Formal IDs	Silence locks (not speech)
S01 the-assassination	[00:00–06:00]	S01-L01–L04	Battle stretch silent
S02 the-rising	[06:00–12:30]	S02-L01–L04	Massacre stretch silent after command
S03 queen-returns	[12:30–18:30]	S03-L01–L03	Skirmish silent
S04 the-muster	[18:30–26:30]	S04-L01–L03	Sea horizon OUT speech-free
S05 a-leaderless-land	[26:30–34:30]	S05-L01–L05	Content = Rampart/Gelu
S06 the-elven-bargain	[34:30–43:00]	S06-L01–L04	Content = Tower/Solmyr · zero green seam OUT
S07 towers-and-barbarians	[43:00–52:00]	S07-L01–L04	Fortress/Tazar · hydra call action-only
S08 war-drums	[52:00–60:30]	S08-L01–L04	Stronghold/Crag · hard-silence OUT
S09 gates-of-fire	[60:30–67:30]	S09-L01–L02	SNAP + spy-glow picture-only
S10 underworld-bargain	[67:30–74:30]	S10-L01–L05	Shot-3 flicker silent · HARD CUT OUT
S11 elemental-awakening	[74:30–86:30]	S11-L01–L11	Three-greens light not speech · 12:00 🔒
S12 the-clash	[86:30–95:30]	S12-L01–L09	SHATTER≠DISSOLVE silent · THE END

58 formal lines · uniqueness 0 exact full-line collisions across packages.

Story follow (assembly)

S01 king falls → S02 Lich rise → S03 Catherine lands
→ S04 nine banners → S05 Rampart → S06 Tower → S07 Fortress
→ S08 Stronghold → S09 Inferno → S10 Dungeon bargain
→ S11 Conflux + council → S12 clash + free father → THE END 95:30

What SE does / does not

Does	Does not
Flag speech windows for boards	Edit CUT_STATUS / RUNTIME_BUDGET
Point to DE line IDs	Invent dialogue or S13
Protect silence zones	Re-rule light or binding words

← Dept home · Boards

depts/scene-editor/boards

depts/scene-editor/boards.md

NONCANON boards (site heroes)

Authority: Assembly mood only · not picture-lock · not cut
Site policy: curated heroes (not full dump) · full stills in repo scene-editor/boards/

Hero gallery

Act I

S01 open

S01 toast

S01 Sandro

S01 settle

S02 rise

S02 Erathia

S03 grave

S04 nine

S04→S05 horizon

Act II

S05 Gelu

S05 bend

S06 Solmyr

S07 Tazar

S08 Crag Hack

Act III

S09 Xeron

S10 dragons

S10 sold

S11 elemental

S11 five hands

S12 own dead

S12 father

S12 free

S12 nine

S12 SHATTER≠DISSOLVE

Inventory

See also site public/assets/scene-editor/MANIFEST.md (24 heroes). Production tree holds one still per dialogue line (58).

← Dept home · SPEECH packages

depts/dialogue-editor

depts/dialogue-editor/index.md

Dialogue Editor

Owner: Dialogue Editor (dialogue-editor-78e1b) · edit only: website/docs/depts/dialogue-editor/
Live: depts/dialogue-editor · Assets: /assets/dialogue-editor/
Runtime: v7 = 95:30 FROZEN · presentation only · no S13 invent

Authority

Item	Status
Role	Formal line IDs · dialogue sheets · uniqueness · ADR priority notes
Not	Picture cut · lighting re-rule · inventing spoken text
Source	`PLAN/HOMM3/SCRIPT.md` + `director/SCREENPLAY.md` (path-qualified)
Formalize queue	CLOSED · S01–S12 done · next scene NONE
Sc.13	Folded into production S12 (not a 13th scene ID)

DE owns formal line IDs. Director owns BINDING CONFIRM. Editor owns cut timing / ALIGN. Gaffer owns light. Scene Editor owns NONCANON boards / SPEECH support stills.

Film dialogue map (S01 → S12 · THE END)

Sc	Slug	Line IDs	Count
S01	the-assassination	L01–L04	4
S02	the-rising	L01–L04	4
S03	queen-returns	L01–L03	3
S04	the-muster	L01–L03	3
S05	a-leaderless-land	L01–L05	5
S06	the-elven-bargain	L01–L04	4
S07	towers-and-barbarians	L01–L04	4
S08	war-drums	L01–L04	4
S09	gates-of-fire	L01–L02	2
S10	underworld-bargain	L01–L05	5
S11	elemental-awakening	L01–L11	11
S12	the-clash	L01–L09	9

Totals: 12 scene packages · 58 formal DE line IDs · film dialogue track COMPLETE.

Full exact-line tables: lines.md

Uniqueness (film-wide)

Check	Result
Formalized exact-line cores	58
Unique normalized cores	58
Exact full-line duplicate pairs	0
Ledger	`dialogue-editor/DIALOGUE_UNIQUENESS_AUDIT.md` · UNIQUE-CLEAR

Intentional motif echoes (distinct wording each)

Motif	Occurrences (not exact repeats)
Outlast	S01 Gryphonheart toast · S01 Sandro O.S. · S12 Gryphonheart “Outlast me”
Erathia	S01 toast · S02 Lich “…Erathia.” · S02 Sandro · S05 Gelu
Dead / rest	S02 dead keep oaths · S12 Captain own dead · S12 Catherine reason to rest
Nine banners	S04 raise nine · S12 Chronicler nine banners rose

Motif echoes must remain different takes / different intent — never collapsed to one recorded take.

Cover gallery (curated site assets)

S01 assassination

S02 rising

S03 queen returns

S04 muster

S05 leaderless

S06 Tower/Solmyr

S07 Fortress

S08 war drums

S09 gates of fire

S10 underworld

S11 elemental

S12 clash

Key line moods (site)

S01 L02 toast

S02 L02 Erathia

S11 L09 five hands

S12 L07 Outlast me

S12 L09 nine banners

S12 ADR Rank1 father/daughter

18 curated NONCANON stills under /assets/dialogue-editor/ · full per-line boards remain with Scene Editor.

Title ≠ content (dialogue truth)

Scene	Content truth (SCRIPT)
S05	Rampart / Gelu — not Tower
S06	Tower / Solmyr — not elves
S07	Fortress / Tazar — not Stronghold
S08	Stronghold / Crag Hack — not Fortress
S12	Clash + father/daughter free-not-win · SHATTER ≠ DISSOLVE (picture/light — DE does not re-rule)

Completeness ledger

Gate	Result
DE sheets S01–S12	12/12
Formal line IDs	58
Uniqueness exact collisions	0
VitePress curated covers/moods	18
Next scene formalize	NONE · CLOSED
S13 invent	REJECTED

Repo pointers: dialogue-editor/DIALOGUE_TRACK_INDEX.md · dialogue-editor/scenes/*-dialogue.md · DE_NEXT_SCENE_ae69bd314fa80271_FILM_COMPLETE_NO_NEXT_2026-07-19.md

Status

Film directed-dialogue COMPLETE. Formalize CLOSED. Presentation only · 95:30/v7 FROZEN · THE END.

depts/dialogue-editor/lines

depts/dialogue-editor/lines.md

Dialogue line IDs (S01–S12)

Owner: Dialogue Editor (dialogue-editor-78e1b)
Authority: SCRIPT + SCREENPLAY · DE-owned formal IDs · no invent
Totals: 58 lines · 0 exact film-wide duplicates · next scene NONE

Parent: Dialogue Editor index

01-the-assassination-dialogue

Status: L01–L04 BINDING — CONFIRMED

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S01-L01	CHRONICLER	V.O.	They will tell you this was a war of kings. It was not. Every banner is a story a people tells itself about why it is right — and this is where the first story ended.
S01-L02	GRYPHONHEART	ADR (spoken)	To Erathia. May she outlast her king.
S01-L03	SANDRO	O.S.	Oh, she will outlast you, old man. You will see to it yourself.
S01-L04	CHRONICLER	V.O.	A king once believed the gods loved the just, and so he could not fall. That was the morning he stopped counting his griffins.

02-the-rising-dialogue

Status: BINDING (Director 468176 / SE confirm + DE-SCN-002)

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S02-L01	SANDRO	ADR	Rise, Majesty. Your kingdom still needs you. (softer, cruel) It simply no longer needs you willing.
S02-L02	LICH KING	ADR P0	…Erathia.
S02-L03	SANDRO	ADR	Yes. Erathia. Go and give it to me.
S02-L04	CHRONICLER	V.O.	The dead keep every oath. That is what makes them terrible. He had sworn to protect his land — and now he would keep that oath by ending it.

03-queen-returns-dialogue

Status: BINDING · peer cascade closing (Director + Editor ALIGN + Gaffer)

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S03-L01	CATHERINE	ADR	I left a kingdom. I’ve come back to a grave.
S03-L02	CATHERINE	ADR	Then I’ll dig it up with my own hands.
S03-L03	CHRONICLER	V.O.	You cannot outrun grief on a fast horse. But you can ride it — into something worth the doing.

04-the-muster-dialogue

Status: DIRECTED — awaiting Director BINDING + Editor ALIGN

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S04-L01	CAPTAIN	ADR	They are ten times our number, my Queen. And they do not tire. They do not fear. They do not stop.
S04-L02	CATHERINE	ADR	Neither will we. (raising her sword) One banner cannot hold the dark. So we will raise nine.
S04-L03	CHRONICLER	V.O.	Every empire begins by believing it is the good. Hers began by knowing it was not enough — and that is a rarer, better beginning.

05-a-leaderless-land-dialogue

Status: CHAIN COMPLETE — Director BINDING + Editor ALIGN GREEN

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S05-L01	GELU	ADR	The forest owes Erathia nothing, Queen. We have stood a thousand years without your walls.
S05-L02	CATHERINE	ADR	The oak said the same to the storm. (she gestures to the undead crows overhead) Their rot is already in your streams, ranger. You can bend with me — or break alone.
S05-L03	GELU	ADR	…Then we bend. But we do not kneel.
S05-L04	CATHERINE	ADR	I’d think less of you if you did.
S05-L05	CHRONICLER	V.O.	What will not change to meet the world is broken by it. Even the ancient must, at last, learn to bow.

06-the-elven-bargain-dialogue

Status: CHAIN COMPLETE — Director BINDING + Editor ALIGN GREEN

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S06-L01	SOLMYR	ADR	We saw this hour in the stars a hundred years ago, Queen Catherine. We wrote it on our doors.
S06-L02	CATHERINE	ADR	Then why are you still here, and not already marching?
S06-L03	SOLMYR	ADR	Because knowing the hour of the storm… is not the same as knowing what to do in it. That, it seems, you have come to teach us.
S06-L04	CHRONICLER	V.O.	To know a thing and to understand it are two different countries. The wise are those who know they have only visited the first.

07-towers-and-barbarians-dialogue

Status: CHAIN COMPLETE — Director BINDING + Editor ALIGN GREEN

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S07-L01	TAZAR	ADR	Kings send men to die for glory. I’ve none to spare.
S07-L02	CATHERINE	ADR	I’m not here for glory. Neither are you. The Dead are poisoning your water — I’m here because you’d rather live.
S07-L03	TAZAR	ADR	…Huh. A royal who speaks plain. Marsh’ll follow you, Queen. Not for the crown. For the water.
S07-L04	CHRONICLER	V.O.	Glory is loud and brief. The reed drinks the same water as the sword — and it is the reed that remains.

08-war-drums-dialogue

Status: CHAIN COMPLETE — Director BINDING + Editor ALIGN GREEN

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S08-L01	CRAG HACK	ADR	Ha! A queen, come begging in my badlands! Give me one reason my axe should care about your dead king.
S08-L02	CATHERINE	ADR	Because your axe has never met an enemy it couldn’t kill. Until now.
S08-L03	CRAG HACK	ADR	An enemy that won’t STAY dead?! Queen, you had me at the poison, but that — that’s a fight worth singing about! The tribes are yours!
S08-L04	CHRONICLER	V.O.	A fist holds no water. But point the strongest fist in the world at the one thing it cannot break, and you will never need to ask it twice.

09-gates-of-fire-dialogue

Status: CHAIN COMPLETE — Director BINDING + Editor ALIGN GREEN

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S09-L01	XERON	ADR	Two feasts, laid out and fighting over the tablecloth. How generous. I’ll take both.
S09-L02	CHRONICLER	V.O.	A guest was given bread, and ate the house. Some hungers are not fed by feeding — they are only taught how large they may grow. The demons did not come for the crown. They came for the ash.

10-underworld-bargain-dialogue

Status: CHAIN COMPLETE — Director BINDING + Editor ALIGN GREEN

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S10-L01	ALAMAR	ADR	My dragons are the finest in the world, necromancer. What does your master offer for them?
S10-L02	SANDRO	ADR	A share of everything that lives. Soon — a share of everything that doesn’t.
S10-L03	ALAMAR	ADR	Then we are agreed. I sell to the winning side.
S10-L04	SANDRO	ADR	Wise. Only remember, warlock — the winning side never has need of the man who sold it.
S10-L05	CHRONICLER	V.O.	He who sells to every hand is held by none of them — defended by none, and mourned by none. But that lesson always comes due later than the coin.

11-elemental-awakening-dialogue

Status: CHAIN COMPLETE — Director BINDING + Editor ALIGN GREEN

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S11-L01	CATHERINE	ADR	Elemental! Fight with us — help us end them!
S11-L02	IGNISSA	ADR	We do not fight with, daughter of griffins. We fight between. Take away our striving and you take away the world.
S11-L03	IGNISSA	ADR	…But a fire that eats all fires is no longer balance. That one, we will thin. Consider it a gift you did not earn.
S11-L04	CHRONICLER	V.O.	Balance is not peace. It is the endless, equal contest that keeps all things from falling into one. Do not pray for it to end. Pray only to survive it.
S11-L05	CRAG HACK	ADR	We charge at dawn and break them on the open field!
S11-L06	GELU	ADR	Charge a foe that raises your own dead behind you, and by noon you fight your own front rank.
S11-L07	TAZAR	ADR	Out there’s no swamp to swallow them. Poison the ground and let it do the killing.
S11-L08	SOLMYR	ADR	The stars give us a narrow hour near dawn. No more.
S11-L09	CATHERINE	ADR	You’re all right — that’s the problem, and the answer. Not five wars. One, with five hands. I’m not asking you to fight like me. I’m asking you to fight like yourselves, at the same time, in the same place. That’s all an alliance ever was.
S11-L10	CATHERINE	ADR	Two things end this. I take back the Sun’s Tear, or my father can only be killed and raised again, forever. And Gelu denies Xeron the blade that ends worlds.
S11-L11	IGNISSA	ADR	There is no ending. Only which fire burns after. But the fire that eats all fires — that one, even balance would see thinned.

12-the-clash-dialogue

Status: CHAIN COMPLETE — Director BINDING + Editor ALIGN GREEN · FILM END

ID	Speaker	Type	Exact line (canon)
S12-L01	CAPTAIN	ADR	Our dead — he’s raising our own dead!
S12-L02	CATHERINE	ADR	Then we give them a reason to rest! LIGHT THE FIELD!
S12-L03	CHRONICLER	V.O.	Steel decides who kneels. It never decides who was right. All nine banners burned that morning — and somewhere in the smoke, a daughter finally saw her father’s face.
S12-L04	CATHERINE	ADR	…Father.
S12-L05	LICH KING	ADR	Catherine. Run… while it is still me who asks.
S12-L06	CATHERINE	ADR	No. I won’t run from you. I’ll free you.
S12-L07	GRYPHONHEART	ADR	…My good girl. Outlast me.
S12-L08	CHRONICLER	V.O.	She struck the blow not to win — but to free. Any fool can raise an army. It takes a queen to know the last enemy worth defeating is the one you love… and the last mercy is to let them rest.
S12-L09	CHRONICLER	V.O.	Nine banners rose that day. Some fell. But the land does not keep banners. It keeps what was done beneath them — and remembers them all.

Notes

Exact wording is SCRIPT canon (stage directions stripped in sheet tables where marked).
Final S12 title card is not a spoken line ID.
Sc.13 father/daughter lines are production S12-L04–L09.
Uniqueness: dialogue-editor/DIALOGUE_UNIQUENESS_AUDIT.md.

95:30/v7 FROZEN · presentation only.

depts/lore

depts/lore/index.md

Lore

Owner: Lore (lore-4da4d) · edit only: website/docs/depts/lore/index.md (this page)
Agent: lore-4da4d · Live: https://epicmovies.net/homm3/depts/lore/
Route: website/DEPT_PAGES.md · Assets: /assets/lore/
Runtime: 95:30/v7 FROZEN · presentation only · no S13 invent · no Wave re-open

Authority

Owns	Does not own
Wiki-safe factions · places · title≠content guards	Cut · runtime · BINDING · light locks
Film-vs-game divergence notes	Creative rulings (Director)
Scene lore PASS / NOTE	Invented dialogue or production Sc.13

Wiki = game canon baseline (Miraheze HoMM3 · lore/HOMM_WIKI_LORE.md). Director rulings may diverge — document; do not silently rewrite SCREENPLAY.

Factions — nine town banners (wiki-safe)

Town	Homeland	Capital / seat	People (wiki)	Terrain	Film scene(s)	Content hero
Castle	Erathia	Steadwick	Humans · knights · clerics	Grass	S01 court · S03–S04 · S12	Catherine · Gryphonheart
Rampart	AvLee	Pierpont	Wood elves · dwarves · fae	Forest	S05	Gelu
Tower	Bracada	Celeste	Wizards · genies · gremlins	Snow / silver	S06	Solmyr
Fortress	Tatalia	Tidewater (wiki)	Lizardmen · gnolls · beastmasters	Swamp	S07	Tazar
Stronghold	Krewlod	Ulgak	Barbarians · orcs · ogres	Rough	S08	Crag Hack
Inferno	Eeofol	Kreelah	Kreegan · efreet	Lava	S09	Xeron
Dungeon	Nighon	Underworld seats	Warlocks · minotaurs · dragons	Subterranean	S10	Alamar
Necropolis	Deyja	Moulder	Necromancers · undead	Dirt	S01 seed · S02 · S12	Sandro · Lich King
Conflux	Elemental Confluence	Planar tear (AB)	Elementals · planeswalkers	Highlands	S11	Ignissa

HotA Cove / Factory / Bulwark: out of film scope.

Faction refs (SVG · `/assets/lore/`)

Castle Rampart Tower Fortress Stronghold Inferno Dungeon Necropolis Conflux

Banner notes (content truth)

Banner	Film note
Castle	Assassination court · queen’s return · muster · final clash
Rampart	S05 = forest kin / Gelu — not empty Steadwick
Tower	S06 = Solmyr / Titans / cyan — title “elven” is marketing only
Fortress	S07 = Tazar / swamp / Hydra · Gorgon — not Tower or Stronghold
Stronghold	S08 = Crag Hack / war-drums / Behemoth · might culture
Inferno	S09 = Xeron / fire-gates · third power (Blade race framing per CANON)
Dungeon	S10 = Alamar bargain · dragons · Sandro continuum
Necropolis	S01–S02 raise Lich King · S12 field vs Castle · death-green cite (Gaffer owns ladders)
Conflux	S11 Ignissa / Phoenix / council · ninth banner · AB wild card (droppable for 8-banner cut)

Places — Antagarich geography (wiki-safe)

Place	Role	Faction	Film use
Antagarich	Continent (primary geography)	—	Whole film setting
Erathia	Largest human kingdom	Castle	S01 · S03–S04 · S12
Steadwick	Erathia capital / seat	Castle	Court-implied S01 · restoration goal
Deyja	Necromancer realm	Necropolis	S01 seed · S02 · S12
AvLee · Pierpont	Forest homeland	Rampart	S05
Bracada · Celeste	Wizard skycity	Tower	S06
Tatalia	Swamp realm	Fortress	S07
Krewlod · Ulgak	Barbarian homeland	Stronghold	S08
Eeofol · Kreelah	Kreegan land	Inferno	S09
Nighon	Underground empire	Dungeon	S10
Elemental Confluence	Planar tear (AB)	Conflux	S11

Gotchas: Erathia ≠ Antagarich (kingdom vs continent). Catherine = Queen of Enroth by marriage · heir/restorer of Erathia by blood.

Place refs (SVG · `/assets/lore/`)

Antagarich Erathia Steadwick Deyja

Mood stills (NONCANON · presentation only · not picture-lock)

Erathia feast · NONCANON Deyja / Sandro seed · NONCANON Griffins settle · NONCANON

Title ≠ content guards

Marketing slugs must not drive boards or dialogue factions. PLAN path + unit/hero names win.

Scene	Marketing title	Content truth
S05	a-leaderless-land	Rampart / Gelu / AvLee forest
S06	the-elven-bargain	Tower / Solmyr / Bracada
S07	towers-and-barbarians	Fortress / Tazar / Tatalia
S08	war-drums	Stronghold / Crag Hack / Krewlod

Scene lore rollup · status

Item	State
S01–S12 lore	12/12 production-safe · 0 blocking CONFLICTS
Next production scene	NONE · SCRIPT Sc.13 folded into S12
Film package	COMPLETE · Phase 8 SHIP · Phase 9 DONE
Wave consults	No re-open (PM)
Assets drop	`/assets/lore/` · 9 faction SVG · 4 place SVG · 3 NONCANON moods · MANIFEST (repo)
Runtime	95:30/v7 FROZEN

Sources (repo): lore/HOMM_WIKI_LORE.md · lore/gathered/TOWN_HOMELANDS_MIRAHEZE.md · lore/reviews/SCENE_LORE_INDEX.md · lore/FILM_VS_GAME_DIVERGENCES.md

Ready for Director

Path edited (this PM pass — ONLY index):

website/docs/depts/lore/index.md

Assets (prior c47ba5 · unchanged):

website/docs/public/assets/lore/

Please: home index link holds · npm run build → https://epicmovies.net/homm3/depts/lore/

depts/lore/factions

depts/lore/factions.md

Factions — nine town banners (wiki-safe)

Owner: Lore (lore-4da4d) · parent: Lore home
Sources: Miraheze HoMM3 · lore/HOMM_WIKI_LORE.md · lore/gathered/TOWN_HOMELANDS_MIRAHEZE.md
Constraint: No invent · no HotA Cove/Factory · 95:30/v7 FROZEN

Town ↔ homeland lock

Town	Homeland	Capital / seat (wiki)	People (wiki)	Terrain	Film scene(s)
Castle	Erathia	Steadwick	Humans · knights · clerics	Grass	S01 court · S03–S04 · S12
Rampart	AvLee	Pierpont (Tularean Forest)	Wood elves · dwarves · fae	Grass / forest	S05
Tower	Bracada	Celeste (skycity)	Wizards · genies · gremlins	Snow / silver	S06
Necropolis	Deyja	Moulder	Necromancers · undead	Dirt	S01 seed · S02 · S12
Inferno	Eeofol	Kreelah	Kreegan · efreet	Lava	S09
Dungeon	Nighon	Island / underworld seats	Warlocks · troglodytes · minotaurs	Subterranean	S10
Stronghold	Krewlod	Ulgak	Barbarians · orcs · ogres	Rough	S08
Fortress	Tatalia	Tidewater (wiki)	Lizardmen · gnolls · beastmasters	Swamp	S07
Conflux	Elemental Confluence	Planar tear (AB)	Elementals · planeswalkers	Highlands	S11

Banner cards (SVG refs)

Castle · Erathia

Castle

Film: Assassination court · queen’s return · muster · final clash under nine banners.
Heroes (film): Catherine Ironfist · Nicolas Gryphonheart (living then Lich) · Lord Haart.
Units (wiki-safe sample): Pikeman → Archangel; Griffin → Royal Griffin.

Rampart · AvLee

Rampart

Film S05 content truth: Forest Kin / Gelu alliance — marketing title “a-leaderless-land” is not empty Steadwick.
Units: Centaur · Elf · Dendroid · Unicorn · Green/Gold Dragon.

Tower · Bracada

Tower

Film S06 content truth: Solmyr / Titans / arcane cyan — title “the-elven-bargain” is marketing only (elves = S05).
Units: Gremlin · Gargoyle · Mage · Genie · Naga · Giant/Titan.

Fortress · Tatalia

Fortress

Film S07 content truth: Tazar / swamp / Hydra · Gorgon — title “towers-and-barbarians” misleads (Tower = S06 · Stronghold = S08).
Units: Gnoll · Lizardman · Basilisk · Gorgon · Wyvern · Hydra.

Stronghold · Krewlod

Stronghold

Film S08: Crag Hack · war-drums · Behemoth · might culture (not crusade).
Units: Goblin · Wolf Rider · Orc · Ogre · Roc · Cyclops · Behemoth.

Inferno · Eeofol

Inferno

Film S09: Xeron · gates of fire · third power / Blade race framing (CANON: Gelu good-hands preferred over Xeron completed Blade).
Units: Imp · Gog · Hell Hound · Demon · Efreet · Devil.

Dungeon · Nighon

Dungeon

Film S10: Alamar underworld bargain · dragons sold · Sandro scheme continuum.
Units: Troglodyte · Harpy · Beholder · Minotaur · Manticore · Red/Black Dragon.

Necropolis · Deyja

Necropolis

Film: Sandro will-behind-throne · raised Lich King · S12 field against Castle.
Units: Skeleton · Vampire · Lich · Black/Dread Knight · Bone/Ghost Dragon.
Palette cite: death green — Gaffer owns NECROPOLIS_GRAMMAR ladders.

Conflux · Elemental Confluence

Conflux

Film S11: Ignissa · Phoenix · council fold (11A) · ninth banner / AB wild card.
Units: Pixie · Elementals · Firebird/Phoenix.
Note: Expansion material; droppable for eight-banner cut (Director).

Magic school colors (cite only)

Castle holy/gold · Necropolis death/green · Rampart nature · Tower arcane/cyan · Fortress beast · Stronghold fury · Inferno fire/red · Dungeon destruction/violet · Conflux prismatic.

Gaffer owns light ladders · Lore cites only.

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depts/lore/places

depts/lore/places.md

Places — Antagarich geography (wiki-safe)

Owner: Lore (lore-4da4d) · parent: Lore home
Sources: Miraheze · Might & Magic wiki (Antagarich / Erathia) · lore/HOMM_WIKI_LORE.md
Constraint: No invent continents · 95:30/v7 FROZEN

Cosmology (film-relevant)

Term	Wiki role	Film use
Enroth (planet)	Classic M&M / HoMM world	Background
Enroth (continent)	Northern; Catherine as Queen of Enroth with Roland	Origin of Catherine’s voyage home
Antagarich	Southern continent · RoE / AB / SoD setting	Primary film geography
Jadame / Vori / etc.	Other lands	Out of scope unless V.O. texture

Antagarich

Core places

Erathia

Largest human kingdom of Antagarich · Castle faction.
Borders (high level): Tatalia, Krewlod, Bracada, AvLee, Eeofol, Deyja; Nighon via straits/tunnels.
Film: Court assassination (S01) · queen’s return (S03) · muster (S04) · final field (S12).
Gotcha: Erathia ≠ Antagarich — kingdom vs continent.

Steadwick

Capital / seat of Erathia (wiki).
Film: Court-implied in S01; restoration goal of the campaign spine.
Do not board S05 as “empty Steadwick alone” — S05 content is AvLee forest / Gelu.

Deyja

Necromancer realm · Necropolis · seat Moulder (wiki).
Film: Sandro schemes · raise Lich King (S02) · undead pressure through S12.

Other homelands (no dedicated SVG drop)

Place	Faction	Film
AvLee · Pierpont	Rampart	S05 forest alliance
Bracada · Celeste	Tower	S06 silver cities / Titans
Tatalia	Fortress	S07 swamp wardens
Krewlod · Ulgak	Stronghold	S08 war-drums
Eeofol · Kreelah	Inferno	S09 fire-gates
Nighon	Dungeon	S10 underworld
Elemental Confluence	Conflux	S11 planar council

Mood stills (NONCANON · presentation)

From SE S01 boards — not picture-lock · not new canon.

Erathia feast · NONCANON

Deyja / Sandro seed · NONCANON

Griffins place settle · NONCANON

Restoration Wars spine (wiki summary)

King Nicolas Gryphonheart poisoned (Lord Haart / Deyjan plot).
Heir Catherine away in Enroth; multi-front invasion.
Catherine lands · Restoration · reclaim Steadwick · confront undead king.
Film sharpens father/daughter duel form in production S12 (SCRIPT Sc.12+13 fold).

Full character locks: repo lore/HOMM_WIKI_LORE.md §4.

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depts/lore/divergences

depts/lore/divergences.md

Film vs game — divergence notes

Owner: Lore (lore-4da4d) documents · Director owns creative rulings
Register: lore/FILM_VS_GAME_DIVERGENCES.md · scene index lore/reviews/SCENE_LORE_INDEX.md
Rule: Lore annotates; Director rules. No silent SCREENPLAY replace.
Runtime: 95:30/v7 FROZEN

Legend: ✅ aligned · ✳️ film extension · ⚠️ deliberate change · NOTE label drift

Register (presentation)

ID	Topic	Class	Film treatment	Game baseline
D1	S05–S07 titles	NOTE	Marketing slugs	PLAN content: Rampart / Tower / Fortress
D2	S07 “diptych” wording	NOTE	Some plans said Fortress+Stronghold	S07 = Fortress · S08 = Stronghold
D3	Sun’s Tear	✳️	Frees bound dead / climax device	No such artifact name
D4	Nine Banners + Chronicler	✳️	Narrative frame	Not a historical event
D5	Lord Haart merge	⚠️	One poisoner → Death Knight arc	Two Haarts in game data
D6	Father/daughter duel form	✳️	Personal duel climax S12	RoE ends Lich King; full Haart arc longer
D7	Gwenllian / Beatrice	✳️	S03 flashback warmth	Silent in game cutscenes
D8	Blade framing	✅	Xeron seeks; coalition deny	Gelu good-hands; Kreegan forge race
D9	Tatalia / Krewlod	✅	Survival / might, not crusade	Multi-front Restoration pressure
D10	Conflux wild card	✅	Ninth banner / AB	Armageddon’s Blade expansion

Title ≠ content (always apply)

Scene	Do not board as…	Board as…
S05	Empty Steadwick / leaderless Erathia map only	Rampart · Gelu · AvLee forest
S06	More elves / forest bargain	Tower · Solmyr · Bracada · Titans
S07	Tower cyan or barbarian drums	Fortress · Tazar · Tatalia swamp
S08	Swamp hydra reprise	Stronghold · Crag Hack · Krewlod

Authority when titles fight content: PLAN source path + unit/hero names win over marketing titles.

Spelling & naming locks

Item	Film standard
King	Nicolas Gryphonheart (first mention)
Continent vs kingdom	Antagarich continent · Erathia kingdom
Catherine	Queen of Enroth by marriage · heir/restorer of Erathia by blood
HotA towns	Cove / Factory / Bulwark — out of film scope

Production end state

Claim	Status
Scenes S01–S12 lore	12/12 PASS (NOTES only)
Production S13 invent	NONE
SCRIPT Sc.13	Folded into S12
Next Wave consult	Only if PM re-opens

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depts/pm

depts/pm/index.md

Project Manager

Owner: Project Manager (project-manager-102cf)
Edit only: website/docs/depts/pm/
Film: The Nine Banners · Runtime: v7 = 95:30 FROZEN

Mission

Tracker · next-step · SHIP gates · department coordination.
No invented production routes. No S13 invent. No picture-lock re-open.

Package status (authoritative paths)

Layer	Status	Master
Phase 8 Final delivery	SHIP	`PRODUCTION_DELIVERY_SIGN_OFF.md`
Phase 9 Directed dialogue	COMPLETE S01–S12	`PHASE9_DIALOGUE_COMPLETE.md`
Film directed-dialogue	COMPLETE · FILM END	`FILM_DIRECTED_DIALOGUE_COMPLETE.md`
Website VitePress	COLLECT COMPLETE · LIVE	`website/` · https://epicmovies.net/homm3/
Sound/Mix	DEFERRED	no Sound agent · interim audio accepted
Binary FINAL export	OPTIONAL	outside document SHIP

Gate matrix (document film)

Gate	Count	Result
DE dialogue sheets	12	PASS
Director BINDING CONFIRMs	12	PASS
Editor ALIGN CLEAR	12	PASS
SE SPEECH_BEATS	12	PASS
Gaffer light locks	12	PASS
Next production scene after S12	—	NONE

SCRIPT Sc.13 (father/daughter) is folded into production S12 — not a 13th scene.

Phase map

0–5 GREEN → 6–7 GREEN → 8 SHIP → 9 COMPLETE → 10 Website LIVE → FILM END 95:30

Phase	Status
0–5 Bible → integration	GREEN
6–7 Audio · lock · Act II	GREEN
8 Final delivery	SHIP
9 Per-scene directed dialogue	COMPLETE
10 Website VitePress + assets	LIVE `/homm3`
Optional Sound	DEFERRED

Act spine (runtime lock)

Act	Window	Runtime
I The Fall	00:00–26:30	26:30
II The Gathering	26:30–74:30	48:00
III The War	74:30–95:30	21:00
Total		95:30

DO-NOT-FLIP.

Live routes

Resource	Path
This site	https://epicmovies.net/homm3/
Gallery (public_html)	https://epicmovies.net/gallery.html
Next-step plan	repo `NEXT_STEP.md`
Latest PM next-step receipt	`PM_NEXT_STEP_FILM_SITE_LIVE_71b877_2026-07-19.md`

Status docs (static assets)

Doc	Image / file
Package status	PACKAGE_STATUS
Phase map	PHASE_MAP
Act spine	ACT_SPINE
Asset collect manifest	ASSET_MANIFEST

Residual (non-blocking · honest queue)

Item	Owner	Status
Sound/Mix agent	PM (if onboarded)	DEFERRED
Binary FINAL export	PM / Editor	OPTIONAL
Dept page expansions	Each dept	ACTIVE (`website/DEPT_PAGES.md`)
Production scene formalize	—	CLOSED unless PM re-opens

Constraints (always)

Runtime 95:30/v7 FROZEN
No S13 invent
No BINDING / cut / light re-open from website work
Site = presentation only

Department coordination

Dept	Page	Role
Director	/depts/director/	Creative authority · home index owner
Editor	/depts/editor/	Cut · ALIGN · runtime ledger
Gaffer	/depts/gaffer/	Light ladders · mood
Scene Editor	/depts/scene-editor/	SPEECH support · NONCANON boards
Dialogue Editor	/depts/dialogue-editor/	Line IDs · formalize CLOSED
Lore	/depts/lore/	Wiki-safe faction/place refs

THE END · 95:30. Standing for optional Sound/Mix only.

Item	Blocks ship?	Status
Sound/Mix agent	No	Deferred · interim audio accepted
Binary FINAL package	No	Optional
Picture re-cut	N/A	Not authorized without Director ruling
S13 invent	N/A	REJECTED
Further DE-SCN / DIR-SCN	N/A	CLOSED unless PM re-opens

Field	Value
Runtime	v7 = 95:30 FROZEN
Phase 8	SHIP
Phase 9 directed dialogue	COMPLETE S01–S12
Next scene	NONE · Sc.13 folded into S12
S13 invent	REJECTED
Sound/Mix	Deferred (non-blocking)
Site role	Presentation only · no picture-lock re-open

Phase	Status
0–5 Bible → integration	GREEN
6–7 Audio · lock · Act II	GREEN
8 Final delivery	SHIP
9 Per-scene directed dialogue	COMPLETE
Optional Sound	DEFERRED
Binary FINAL	OPTIONAL

Date	2026-07-19
Route	`website/ASSETS_COLLECT.md` · `director/ROUTE_WEBSITE_VITEPRESS_c47ba5_2026-07-19.md`
Runtime	95:30/v7 FROZEN

Folder	Files	Source
`pm/`	PACKAGE_STATUS · PHASE_MAP · ACT_SPINE · this MANIFEST	PM authored
`scene-editor/`	S01 L01–L04 NONCANON (prior SE) + S12 hero stills	`scene-editor/boards/`
`shared/`	Act hero picks S01 / S05 / S12	SE NONCANON boards
Other depts	README placeholders	Awaiting dept drops

Format	Download	Notes
HTML (online)	nine-banners-full.html	All pages · TOC · images via live `/homm3/assets/`
HTML + assets ZIP	nine-banners-full-with-assets.zip	Offline package: `index.html` + full `assets/` tree
PDF	nine-banners-full.pdf	Print-ready single PDF
ODT (ODF)	nine-banners-full.odt	OpenDocument Text

index

Film · scenes · production (shared site body)

Department pages

film

Film overview

Story spine

Three-act lock

Package layers (document)

Load-bearing creative locks (read-only on site)

Canon paths (repo)

film/runtime

Runtime lock

Act ledger

Per-scene floors

film/acts

Three-act structure

Act I — The Fall · [00:00–26:30] · 26:30

Act II — The Gathering · [26:30–74:30] · 48:00

Act III — The War · [74:30–95:30] · 21:00

film/title-locks

Title / content locks

Transition bank

scenes

Scenes S01–S12

scenes/s01

S01 · The Assassination

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s02

S02 · The Rising

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s03

S03 · Queen Returns

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s04

S04 · The Muster

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s05

S05 · A Leaderless Land

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s06

S06 · The Elven Bargain

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s07

S07 · Towers and Barbarians

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s08

S08 · War Drums

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s09

S09 · Gates of Fire

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s10

S10 · Underworld Bargain

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s11

S11 · Elemental Awakening

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

scenes/s12

S12 · The Clash · FILM END

Authority (repo paths)

On this site

production

Production package

Master gates

Department matrix

Phase history (summary)

Residual (non-blocking)

assets

Asset gallery

`S01_assassination_griffins_hero.jpg`

`S01_assassination_open_hero.jpg`

`S01_shared_act_open_crossref.jpg`

`S03_queen_returns_grave_hero.jpg`

`S03_queen_returns_grief_ride_hero.jpg`

`S04_muster_nine_banners_hero.jpg`

`S11_elemental_council_hero.jpg`

`S12_clash_father_hero.jpg`

`S12_clash_free_hero.jpg`

`S12_clash_light_field_hero.jpg`

`S12_clash_nine_banners_end_hero.jpg`

`S12_shared_catherine_light_crossref.jpg`

`S12_shatter_vs_dissolve_hero.jpg`

`FILM_align_status_S01-S12.png`

`FILM_cut_timeline_spine.png`

`FILM_runtime_budget_v7.png`

`FILM_transition_chain.png`

`S12_the_clash_end_windows.png`

`S00_hero_palette_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_gold_green_seed_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S04_castle_gold_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S08_red_only_lock.svg`

`S08_red_war_drum_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S11_green_red_collision_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_dawn_land_mood_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_shatter_vs_dissolve.svg`

`ladder_gold_ember.svg`

`ladder_green_force.svg`

`S01_L01_chronicler_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_L02_gryphonheart_toast_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_L03_sandro_outlast_os_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_L04_chronicler_griffins_noncanon.jpg`

`S02_L01_sandro_rise_majesty_noncanon.jpg`

`S02_L02_lich_erathia_noncanon.jpg`

`S03_L01_catherine_grave_noncanon.jpg`

`S04_L02_catherine_raise_nine_noncanon.jpg`

`S04_S05_horizon_dissolve_noncanon.jpg`

`S05_L01_gelu_forest_owes_noncanon.jpg`

`S05_L03_gelu_we_bend_noncanon.jpg`

`S06_L01_solmyr_stars_doors_noncanon.jpg`

`S07_L01_tazar_glory_none_noncanon.jpg`

`S08_L01_crag_hack_begging_noncanon.jpg`

`S09_L01_xeron_two_feasts_noncanon.jpg`

`S10_L01_alamar_dragons_noncanon.jpg`

`S10_L04_sandro_sold_it_noncanon.jpg`

`S11_L01_catherine_elemental_noncanon.jpg`

`S11_L09_catherine_five_hands_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_L01_captain_own_dead_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_L04_catherine_father_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_L06_catherine_free_you_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_L09_chronicler_nine_banners_noncanon.jpg`

`S12_shatter_vs_dissolve_noncanon.jpg`

`S01_L02_gryphonheart_toast_mood.jpg`

`S01_assassination_cover.jpg`

`S02_L02_lich_erathia_mood.jpg`

`S02_rising_cover.jpg`

`S03_queen_returns_cover.jpg`

`S04_muster_cover.jpg`

`S05_leaderless_cover.jpg`

`S06_elven_bargain_cover.jpg`

`S07_fortress_cover.jpg`

`S08_war_drums_cover.jpg`

`S09_gates_of_fire_cover.jpg`