recently successfully escaped from a trap near the Sanctuary, where I was surrounded.
I collected https://c2n.me/3SzKMIB, http://c2n.me/3SzKBpj, https://c2n.me/3SzKL4n, and all the Necromancer units without the Banshee.
The abandoned mine near the Dungeon gives me mercury instead of gold, so I won't be able to gather much gold for a mentor, I'll have to do without him (it's the only mine on the map, good luck to whoever it gives gold to). I took the red and purple tents, but I don't know where to go yet; soon I'll be breaking their garrisons after letting the Knight run around the first Dungeon a couple of times :) But I'm saving constantly so I don't get stuck.