The loss in the second week slowed down the momentum; I was recovering from having only a hundred skeletons, which Sandro had summoned in the first week. They didn't give me control for a long time, but I somehow managed to rebuild and started chasing Dess to jump around. I took all the castles, and he eventually came out in the area near Sandro, who was staying in a newly captured castle. The stat and troop advantage did the trick. Thanks for the game.