The Fall from Grace

Done. Yeah, I agree the start is tough; it took me 2 tries to pass. The first time, I reloaded as soon as I lost my archers and horses—maybe I shouldn't have, maybe I could have won. During tests, there were even harder battles. I even cleared all the elementals just for fun.

I watched the replay; yes, it is a victory. I understand now where my mistake was and how to play correctly. Now I think that against Eliah there was most likely a tactic to win quickly and without luck. The balance is correct, and you have proven this. But based on player comments, it's already clear that for most, this map will be a test of tactics: "how many battles can you actually win."

In ordinary scenarios, authors may create invincible enemies (for the moment they appear), but the player has the opportunity to come up with something on the strategic map: distract the enemy hero to better prepare for battle, force them to attack a Castle, or defeat them over several engagements. MasteR's maps, for example, are balanced specifically for this kind of gameplay. But here, all battles must be won immediately "as is," and that makes the scenario very difficult.

To sum up, the scenario is unusual and interesting in that it forces you to think about tactics in difficult battles; there are also many videos. And even having lost, I can say...
Thank you very much for the map!

For example, I haven't completed a single scenario by Redheavenhero; I tried "The Veil Falls" about 8 times with different tactics, strategies, and builds, and still couldn't do it. In that case, I believe the AI is some kind of insanely over-buffed.

That surprises me. I passed the "The Veil Falls" scenario on Hero the first time; I described the Walkthrough in detail in the map thread. I remember there was bad RNG in the guilds and resurrection at the end of the game, and no vampirism at all. But even so, I never considered that map to be very difficult; I've won scenarios on Hero that are much harder.