The five heroes

The Steam page and the Grindstone fact sheet both say you choose from five heroes. Three are named: Conan, Solomon Kane, and Dark Agnes. The other two names are unconfirmed. A Wccftech press demo from the same announcement day says Conan is playable at launch and that other Howard heroes, including Solomon Kane, Kull of Atlantis, and Dark Agnes de Chastillon, arrive later. Sources disagree on whether the full five are in the 2027 launch build.

Who is actually named

Use the names the store prints, then read the one page that matches the hero you care about. Conan is the face of the key art and the only hero with a portrait label on a store screenshot: Old Conan. Solomon Kane and Dark Agnes are named in the store copy and the fact sheet, and they are also in the "later" list from the press demo. Kull of Atlantis appears in that press demo list and in a Polygon aside about Howard's bibliography. Kull is not printed on the Steam "about this game" text. El Borak appears in the trademark line on the store and on the official site, which reserves the name. A trademark line is not a roster slot.

What "five" is allowed to mean

The announcement says you will have five heroes, and that some crush enemies up close, some fence, some shoot, and some use sorcery. It does not assign those styles to named people. A Warrior Memory can change weapons on the same hero, so a style may be a loadout rather than a permanent class. Read Warrior Memories before you lock a friend into "the gun character." The press demo showed Conan on a two-handed weapon and later on sword and shield. That is one hero wearing two kits, which fits the Memory idea and does not prove the other four heroes.

How to pick while the roster is unfinished

If you are wishlisting for Conan himself, the store is unambiguous: he is the lead. If you are wishlisting to play Solomon Kane beside a friend, say so knowing the press demo put him after launch. Co-op lets two players pick different characters once those characters exist. It does not promise the pair you want on day one.

The official library art shows three figures: Conan in front, a woman with a sword behind him, and a cloaked figure marked with a cross. The art does not print their names. The match stays unmade.

Verdict: Plan around Conan. Treat Solomon Kane and Dark Agnes as named, and treat their presence in the launch build as a live disagreement. Leave the last two slots blank until a store update names them.

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