STROM

Real Name: Strom

Identity/Class: Extradimensional dwarf

Occupation: Adventurer

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Akron, Galadrus, Mentor, Zull

Enemies: Morcar, orcs, animated skeletons, mummies, zombies

Known Relatives: Unidentified ancestors

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Heroquest: The Marvel Winter Special (1991)

Powers/Abilities: A dwarf, Strom was stronger than most humans twice his size. He was a skilled fighter, especially with his preferred weapon, a large axe.

 

Height: 4'6" (by estimation)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Brown
Hair: White

 

History:
(Heroquest: The Marvel Winter Special) - Strom was one of a party of adventurers gathered by the grand wizard Mentor to retrieve the Sword of Zalmir, a mystical artifact recently stolen by orcs working for the dark lord Morcar. Along with the barbarian Zull, elf Galadrus and mage Akron (Mentor's apprentice), Strom was teleported to the catacombs the orcs had fled to, an underground labyrinth originally built by Strom's ancestors.

   Appearing in a crypt, Strom noticed a chest by one wall with a strange design on its lock and wondered if it could contain their prize, so Akron used his spells to try and circumvent the magic keeping it locked. The chest exploded, badly injuring the junior sorcerer, but Strom spotted the Sword of Zalmir where the container had been. Seconds later the tombs in the room began opening, disgorging zombies, skeletons and mummies. While Galadrus grabbed up both the Sword and Akron, Zull and Strom battled the undead. Zull disparaged their foes as no warriors, but Strom pointed out the threat was in their numbers. The adventurers beat a hasty retreat out the room, with Zull blocking up the door to keep their foes from pursuing.

   Strom and Zull argued momentarily over what way to go, unaware this disagreement was being caused by a spell of confusion Morcar had cast over them, observing remotely via a scrying pool. Akron chastised the pair, pointing out they had to co-operate to survive, and the group went the way Zull wanted, only to suddenly be beset by orcs. Strom took this as another reason to berate Zull, stating it was his fault for choosing to come that way, but the dwarf's whinging was stopped by Akron again reminding him that dissent only aided Morcar. Galadrus located a secret door and the group slipped through it into another passageway; Zull held the door shut against the orc's attempts to push it open until Strom found some wood to wedge it closed.

   However, a new threat appeared, in the form of a skeletal reaper wielding a scythe. When Zull tried to attack it easily blocked his blow and injured him with a freezing touch, and Strom admitted his axe would not prevail against it either, but it recoiled when Galadrus drew the Sword of Zalmir from its sheathe, and was easily destroyed by the magical blade. As Strom helped Zull back to his feet Mentor managed to open a portal to his study nearby the group, and they used it to escape the catacombs. Back in Mentor's study the mage congratulated them on their victory, and noted that in working together they had learned a valuable lesson in the fight against Morcar. To which Strom responded:

   "Yes. Never trust a barbarian's sense of direction!"

Comments: Created by Ian Abinett, Alan Cowsill, Gary Frank and Cam Smith. Though a dwarf is a standard member of the HeroQuest game's team, the character is a generic one and not named in the game, so Strom is unique to the comic strip. In the novels based on the game the dwarfs have various names, such as Anvil in the Fellowship of Four book that also came out in 1991.

   HeroQuest was a Milton Bradley adventure board game developed in conjunction with Britain's Games Workshop. To tie in with the game's release in the UK, Marvel published a licensed one-shot magazine which included a prose short story ("The Monstrous Regiment") and a comic strip ("United We Stand") based on the game. Despite its success and editor John Freeman's pushing for a regular RPG/gaming magazine from Marvel UK, the characters and setting were not revisited.

   This profile was completed on 08/15/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary's celebratory event to represent Heroquest.

Profile by Loki.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Strom has no known connections to:

images: (without ads)
Heroquest Winter Special, p5, pan1 (main image)
Heroquest Winter Special, p26, pan2 (headshot)
Heroquest Winter Special, p24, pan2 (swinging axe)
Heroquest Winter Special, p23, pan1 (standing by chest)

Appearances:
Heroquest Winter Special (1991) - Ian Abinett, Alan Cowsill (writers), Gary Frank (pencils), Cam Smith (inks), John Freeman (editor)

First Posted: 09/18/2026
Last updated: 08/15/2026

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