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I completed this scenario on Heroic difficulty.

Walkthrough

Started normally, as some units join Ylthin. On day 15, I broke through the undead garrison on the way to Eriwel without losses (I used the fact that the AI prioritizes phantoms over real units). I freed Nathir from prison, developed him to level 10, and left him to defend the town (it cannot be lost). Ylthin moved forward, defeating Deidre in the field on day 30, and Orson in Shagaract on day 32 (total losses: 6 dancers and 6 archers).

The next problem is that the green player has Lethos and Vayshan, both with medium danger, and they themselves pursue Ylthin. There is also the blue player Vladimir with medium danger, who is not far from Eriwel. In the end, after much deliberation and reloading, I played as follows: Nathir left Eriwel with the army (Vladimir retreated for now) and transferred it to Ylthin; the Warlocks began to flee from her. I left Nathir with 7 fairies, with which he killed almost half of Vladimir's army and escaped.

Ylthin again set out into enemy territory and easily killed weak enemies there, but from the portal near Eriwel, first Vladimir and then Raven appeared. I had to attack with Nathir and escape with 7 ghosts (anticipating this scenario, I had sent them to Eriwel earlier, sometimes by caravan, sometimes by surrendering with any hero from the tavern). I did this 4 times in total, leaving the Necromancers almost without troops, after which Ylthin returned home.

Next, I thought about what to do with Lethos, who was very unpleasant despite his low danger. Strangely enough, out of all possible options, I chose auto-combat with Ylthin. I temporarily hid the archers in the garrison; losses were 73 dancers, 12 unicorns, and mercenaries from the League town. Against Vladimir, I struck once and escaped with Nathir, then finished him off with Ylthin (losses: 19 archers and 1 unicorn). I killed Vayshan with auto-combat (losses: 65 archers and 10 unicorns). This was day 57; Ylthin became the strongest according to the tavern.

Ylthin ran around and killed weak enemies. Nathir attacked and escaped with hunters several times, then simply stood on the bridge to Eriwel; no one attacked anymore. When Ylthin managed to control 3 enemy towns, I placed Nathir with undead and League troops to block the portal. Then Ylthin set out to capture the remaining towns, defeating everyone there with auto-combat. The scenario was completed in 151 days.

In my opinion, this is a rather difficult map. The main challenge here is not the strength of the enemies, but the fact that the player has many restrictions on town development and spell research. I enjoyed the scenario for its interesting strategic gameplay and good design.
Many thanks for the map!

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