This is what my hero looks like.

Yeah, guys, you're experts on Might and Magic VIII. I played it a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, there's an elf you can recruit around day 7-8 who has a full arsenal for victory: a portal town, invisibility, and that's all you need. By the way, in Might and Magic VIII, there isn't much of a plot; there are very few story quests, and they can be completed very easily with invisibility. I'm telling you, at the end of the game, his first hero was level 3, and he didn't kill or level up anyone! And then I said, maybe it was 15-20 days, but definitely less than a month. This was about 2 years ago.