Ubisoft sent today the third Chronicles of Ashan newsletter to its customers. If like myself you haven't received it yet, here is a quick summary with links, when the article is available online:

Jeff Spock and Erwan Le Breton talk about the origins of the Necromancers.

Fabrice Cambounet talks about his visits to Moscow.

Jeff tells Labyrinth why Xana asked Sareth to not bring the 7th Dragon's skull to Kha Beleth.

Liviu Galateanu talks about the Heroes V testing process.

Fabrice announces that patch 1.5 is coming soon, and announces the winners of the official mapmaking contest: Ogo, Razeriel and Datarush.

Alastair Halsby talks about Dark Messiah mapmaking, and provide tips on how to create good maps.

Important: Regarding patch 1.5, Fabrice tells us that there was a last minute change: "The tournament tool being described will not be delivered in the upcoming 1.5 patch. We decided to take more time to finetune it, and it will be delivered later."