Echoes of the Void

I've started playing as the Hero. I'm currently in the 3rd month. My impressions are positive, and very much so!

Vittorio is not necessary at all, although I had to replay a few times, I had slightly forgotten how to play as humans.
Alaric has an excellent ability - a random Charge on units. And he starts to become very effective very quickly!

You need to hire 2 heroes at the very beginning - for the army. Dugald is highly desirable because of the archers and the wagon.

We develop Alaric into a classic priest - light (already available), machines (ballista and wagon - that's what we need), defense, magic, and most importantly - education. We need to get this skill as soon as possible.

You can survive if:
1) You take the first two plague villages in the very first week! This gives you free militia and experience, and the Necromancer clearly has a smaller army.
2) Don't build improvements, no matter how much you want to upgrade the archers. Focus on building up the walls and the tower as much as possible.

Then, at least in my case, the Necromancer only came in the third week, and he was defeated relatively easily.