A very interesting and dynamic game turned out. In the first week, Griffins in the Stronghold + Elves in the native secondary. Very little money. In the second week, I entered a level 2 Naga Bank and came out with only one Nag. I wanted to surrender, but the native secondary inspired optimism. In the second week, I took the opponent's secondary — Conflux, plus I picked up two external Firebird dwellings, checked the Griffin Conservatory near the opponent's Castle — an untaken level 2 dwelling. I planned to hole up in my native town, learn Slow to go with the existing Earth Magic and take it, as well as another Griffin Conservatory near the opponent's ГО and Castle. But Shakti beat me to it and took it himself, then moved towards me. I wanted to take two Pandora's Boxes, but Shakti was very determined to come visit me. So, I took just one Pandora's Box for 10k experience and set up a defense in the Castle. Meanwhile, Shakti moved in the wrong direction, which gave me a day's respite. A scout hero revealed an Observatory near Shakti's Castle, making it clear that he had seen all my movements since day one. The scout was immediately killed, and Kyrre broke 60+ Nagas (a bit short on arrows, but finished off one stack manually) at 135 and took the opponent's main Castle. While Shakti was returning, Kyrre managed to take a Crypt, a level 3 Griffin Conservatory, and holed up in the Castle, doubling her mana.
On 137, Shakti attacks and FF:
Shakti level 9, 5-4-4-4, 3 Angels, 7+1 Manticores, 160+ Troglodytes, 12 Harpies, 31 Eyes, and 12 Minotaurs, Expert Slow.
Kyrre level 16, 9-8-5-4, 3 Angels, 15 Pegasi, 6 Dendroid Guards, 5 Unicorns, 7 Minotaurs, 11 Phoenixes, 45 Grand Elves, Expert Slow, Stone Skin.
My Elves never got to shoot; they were killed by Angels and Manticores. In response, I also cast Mass Slow, and 2 Angels died. Then the Angels and Pegasi attacked using Wait, and Shakti's Catapult just couldn't breach the wall. The Castle towers did their job, and Shakti was killed.
Thanks for the game! Apparently, the opponent relaxed, seeing that I had failed in the Naga Bank, and didn't finish me off. My standard mistake :) in many games.