I'd be very suprised if you can't, that's what I have to say. I doubt there's anything in the game you won't be able to rename with some amount of ease.

That being said, I'm still hoping that we won't have to go hunt for heroes, or "summon" them "from somewhere far away", but will be able to create them from scratch, instead.

Yeah, master of magic always asked what you wanted to name any new towns and many games have had it sense.   Missing that feature would be mind blowing, and probebly added in a patch if somehow overlooked.  You almost MUST be able to name nows if you are in charge of managing many self-placed cities.

I think it would be pretty silly if they don't let us name hero units and towns. You should be able to name towns when you settle them and when you conquer them.

Also something that might be fun to mess around with in terms of heroes is give the player the ability to give them their name, but any title or nickname would be assigned by the computer based on the traits/actions of the hero (like in that screenshot with Martin Longstrider, Martin would be the name, longstrider would be the title/nickname). I'm not even sure if I like that idea, but I thought I'd throw it out there .

And to respond to Luckmann, even though it's off topic, I hope that you can't just design a hero whenever you want one. I'd like to see an upgraded "fame" system like in AoW:SM. But among other things, instead of getting a one-time offer, once they offer their services to you you should be able to recruit them any time afterwards.

Naming your hero, but renaming? Perhaps

Awsome, "Lord Humpadumpa, Master of the Bear Cavalry"

It would also be cool if your heroes kept gaining more pre and postfixes and you could choose wich ones you wanted to be displayed on the unit "Lord-Commander Humpadumpa, Conqueror of the Forbidden forest, Defender of Tinytown and Herald of the Growling Kittens"

There should be like a hero scroll, listing all his accomplishments, together with the names he earned