Dark Agnes

Dark Agnes is the third hero printed on the Steam page and on Grindstone's fact sheet, beside Conan and Solomon Kane. The fact sheet counts five playable heroes from Howard's universe and includes Conan, Solomon Kane, and Dark Agnes by name. Wccftech's press demo uses the longer name Dark Agnes de Chastillon and groups her with heroes arriving after Conan. Sources disagree on timing, the same way they disagree about Solomon Kane.

What the pages do not say

They do not give her a weapon, a Memory, or a portrait with her name on it. The woman with a sword in the official library art stands behind Conan and is not captioned. She might be Agnes. She might not. Assigning the face would be a guess, so the face stays unassigned. Howard's Agnes is a swordswoman from his historical stories. The game's own text has not yet said which of those traits it keeps.

The style menu in the announcement, up-close crushing, fencing, shooting, and sorcery, is a cast-wide menu. It is not a class select with Agnes locked to fencing. Warrior Memories are how a single hero changes weapons. If she ships, expect more than one kit, because that is what the store promises for every character, not because a demo showed her.

Why her timing matters more than a trivia page

A lot of the marketing weight is on the weird Howard roster, not only on Conan. Heroic Signatures' president talked about players finally getting the wider cast. That promise can be kept in 2027 even if the first months are Conan-only, which is the press demo version, or it can mean all five at launch, which is the plain reading of "choose from 5." You should know which reading you bought with your wishlist. If Agnes is the reason you care, the honest status is named, and launch-day play is unconfirmed.

Co-op does not fix the gap. A friend cannot pick a hero the build does not contain. Conan is the safe pick for a first session plan.

What would count as an update

A store sentence that says "playable at launch," a playtest roster, or a screenshot with her name the way Old Conan is labeled. Until one of those appears, the update log stays on the 11 November reveal. The playtest is the earliest place the question might get a practical answer.

Verdict: Keep Dark Agnes on the named list of five. Do not promise a friend she is in the first build. The press demo says later, the store copy reads like a launch roster, and those two claims are still side by side.

How Dark Agnes compares with other heroes

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