The Necromancer's Path.

You're a sadist, hahaha :D And I did have the Staff of Sar-Isis. But I confess, I forgot about its existence. And in general, for most of the playthrough, I was making things harder for myself. Veselia could have been defeated much easier if I hadn't stretched the playthrough to a year and a half. I like to explore the map as thoroughly as possible, periodically ignoring the enemy. There, the blue AI could have been defeated within three months of the start of the game. But instead, I didn't touch them, and simply cleared the map of neutrals and valuable resources. That's why, while you're developing alchemy, the Draugr is leveling up :))) By the way, a question about Patchwork and the second neutral hero - how do you interact with them? They are on the map, but I haven't noticed any activity from them.