Rommy
Registered on the forum just to leave a review, because the scenario has too few positive ones. I liked the map, you can see a lot of effort was put into it. At first I didn't think I'd finish it entirely (from the comments I learned it's very hard), I was just curious how far I'd get.
The hardest fights were against Wulfstan (after which I realized how useful the AI's favorite spell is here...) and Kujin (it's hard to even describe how I got through that one).
My most useful actions, thanks to which I managed to complete the scenario, were:Spoiler
Deflect Missile / mass Deflect Missile, thanks to which only my shooters weren't hit, and not fielding peasants in the fights against Ilaya and Zehir — without that the enemies would wipe me out before my turn even started
About the final boss
I was also intrigued by who the final boss would be (I read the spoiler), and kept guessing who it might be. I bet on the real Isabel — she did take part in the battle for the Claw according to canon, even if only in a cutscene, and she was bound to show up. So I was in for a disappointment)
Good luck with your future projects
Finally, the first documented walkthrough of the map! Thanks for a proper review, everything is factual and without whining about supposedly inflated difficulty. I've played through it many times myself without using the Deflect Missile bug, only using mass Deflect Missile. I wanted to add Isabel, but it's unclear where to put her — all her allies are defeated, and there's no Freyda. According to the original story, she wouldn't have accomplished anything without her allies and Freyda; she'd have stayed rotting in the dungeon, or her feeble attempts at rebellion (and that's without her soul or sound mind) would have been crushed by the Crimson forces.