My respawn was in the underground with decent roads; on day 111 a Dragon Fly Hive and a Griffin Conservatory were immediately visible at my spawn, and a bit later another Griffin Conservatory.
A spread of 7 heroes, half a day one road out of the Castle, but then good forks.
I started playing as Ciele, but then switched to Pyre because of logistics; as it turned out later, her level-up was pretty good — she took Earth in the 5th slot and expertised it, then Air.
In the first week, I decided to build both Efreeti and Devils, fortunately I had enough resources and gold.
I made a hard mistake on day 127 due to the short timer — at the end of the turn I didn't have time to trade for gold and place a Castle, but I could have done it at the start of the turn.
As for the good stuff, I found scrolls of Disrupting Ray, Resurrection, Meteor Shower, and Mass Slow.
In the second week, I started checking the Griffin Conservatories (I didn't take them because they could have been max-level, and there was no Mass Slow) and began claiming the Dragon Fly Hives; later I collected 28 Dragon Flies and could have taken a couple more Dragon Fly Hives.
There were 4 heroes fairly well leveled, so I planned to quickly claim the Griffin Conservatories in a chain by hauling the army (further opening showed that out of 6 Griffin Conservatories there would have been 14 Angels).
One Dragon Utopia was visible on the way to the green player's Castle.
Right in that area, the opponent's Kyrre popped up off-road; my Pyre was located nearby and I could have run to him, but I decided to continue with my own plans.
On day 137, the opponent crashed while taking the green player's Castle; as I later found out, the layout was more favorable for me.
Thanks to The_Sonic for the game!