While producer David Mullich was away on vacation, the team got hold a photo of Mullich wearing a floppy medieval hat that had be taken for use in a Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor (1999) cut scene, and inserted it into HOMM3 as a new hero named "Sir Mullich" with the following description: "Generally stoic, Sir Mullich is prone to spasmodic fits of uncoordinated excitement believed to intimidate his troops into working faster." When Mullich returned to work and discovered this in the game, he decided to let it stay.
Producer David Mullich and lead designer 'Greg Fulton' were both hired to work on this game on the same day. Neither had worked on any previous HOMM or "Might & Magic" game before.