Heroes V: Hammers of Fate Q&A

WorthPlaying has conducted an interview with Heroes of Might and Magic V producer Fabrice Cambounet about the RTS/RPG hybrid's upcoming Hammers of Fate expansion pack.
Q: It seems some of the dwarves will look like gigantic dwarves, is it due to gameplay or design?

A: One of the dwarf units is a giant dwarf indeed ending up as quite a normal height?. We are talking about the Thane, who is a clan elder, a warrior imbued with magical abilities. They actually need to be quite big if they want to be able to wield the huge axe they carry around. This axe is imbued with magical runes of thunder and his allows them to add a chain lightning effect to each of their strike or to cast once per battle a Storm Bolt attack.