I know this is a really noob questions, but how do conquest tokens work?

I am under the impression that each hero starts with 5 tokens and everyime they open a chest or activate glyhps, they all get additional tokens.

For example they all get 3 tokens for activating glyph, so each now has 8 if no one has died.

And for chests, each hero gets the number indicated.

Or is it all heroes share a pool of 5 tokens to start and this pool is added to or subtracted from?

Thanks!

When talking about a standard game of 'vanilla' Descent, conquest tokens are shared among the group. Most quests start you out with 5 conquest tokens for the party, not per individual. The party gains 3 conquest for the glyphs and the party loses the appropriate amount of conquest when a hero dies.