As AstralLane mentioned above, collect artifacts; the quest to find them appears after capturing Mythgard.
Alaric, like Valeria, is resurrected after each of his deaths.
What's the point of Alaric's resurrection? Is the idea to keep a hero stationed at his resurrection point constantly? He captures mines and does other things. What's the purpose? The game turns into a chase after Alaric. And then there's Valeria too. Forget it. You're playing calmly, enjoying yourself, and then this running around starts. I almost choked on my beer.