*One power outage and message rewrite later...* I decided to check out these campaigns, especially since there's a reward and a guide from the author. I chose the Grey Alliance because it's a truly important part of the lore of Ashan, about which only a few facts are known, such as Alex being abandoned by his allies and the fact that, according to those same allies, Alex was foolish and short-sighted, which Godric greatly disliked, always raising the main question: who was really wrong, the "foolish" Alex or the cowardly allies, considering that later, Kha-Beleth was defeated by an alliance of several armies, but not even entire states. However, this didn't stop him much... but that's a completely different story. **So far, the first three missions.** **First mission.** A small, corridor-like map. Very simple, but to level up Alex more, you'll have to think about tactics. This is, of course, good. The dialogues are the least amusing, but there are still typos in the latest videos. I didn't fully clear the map (it's quite difficult); Alex arrived in Irollan at level 14. **Second mission.** A strange fruit. There are a lot of typos, and I laughed like crazy at the Red Alpha's lines. Okay, okay, all mapmakers aren't masters of dialogue in their youth; I remember my own attempts six or seven years ago were terrible. This comes with literary experience. But at least it's funny. However, the texts need to be proofread. The typos are noticeable and not related to the Russian language; they're just typos. The mission itself is boring. You just need to level up for a long time and defeat the sweet dark elves first, and then the Red Alpha, who, however, is weaker than Iranna after a couple of in-game months. Difficult starting conditions that make the first month extremely passive for the player until a decent group of archers is gathered. At the same time, there are no restrictions at all: the dark elves play with each other in "visit the creature hiring building," and the lower city is much easier to take than the upper city because, besides Sinithar level 1, there is no one else there. But he has artifacts and is quite powerful, so it's very profitable to take his city first, rather than Iranna's. However, Iranna is very easy to catch outside the city, which greatly simplifies the battle with her, because she quickly runs away from a pumped-up Alaron, and Sinithar doesn't come out of the walls. I completely cleared the map, and Alaron went to beat up the demons at level 31. **Third mission.** Almost a copy of the second, but they give you a squad of orcs, which allows you to start normally, rather than struggling as in the previous mission. Fewer typos, but they are still here. A beautiful map, and at some point, it puts Alex in the company of Cyrus. Alex leveled up to 23, Cyrus to 28; I was too lazy to kill a couple of neutrals. The tactic is as old as the world: titans, regeneration, summoning magic. Thanks for the building with colossi (on the map), which is easy to get in the first week by luring the orcs guarding it. But there are 0 sulfur mines in the player's zone. What treachery! The lack of sulfur, of course, hurt the rakshasa. I barely gathered a hundred of them from two cities, while there were more titans. I also didn't use mages much because I don't know how to play with the first-level ones; I'm used to combat mages. The final boss is easy. When Cyrus came to beat up the necromancers, they just cowered in horror and fled in the first rounds of the battle, regardless of the army. But overall, the missions are much better than the second, because there's a good pace here. **All in all.** It seems like the demons and their sweet dark elf friends are attacking everyone, but in fact, the campaign looks something like this: "We captured the city! Hooray! Oh no, they're coming to take it back... defend, stand to the death!!!" Too defensive and passive AI for a campaign about a demon invasion. It feels like Alaron came to attack the innocent dark elves, and the Red Alpha was trying to save them. Or that Cyrus attacked the Voidwalkers, and not they, at the recommendation of Agent M., attacked the mages from behind. Look at the fourth mission: three cities in the corners, three heroes (even four, Cyrus was given an orc with excellent troops), and I suspect the demons will also be sitting in a deep defense there. 10 treacherous alliances of invaders who attacked the peaceful demons, out of 10. But in general, the saga is quite good so far. There are plenty of pleasant emotions. I'm continuing to play.