Thoughts on the scenario after completing "Hammers of Fate".

I played through the fifth scenario like this: I immediately captured the second Orcish Castle, then jumped to the Knight's Castle. Along the way, there were strong neutral creatures, I bypassed them with Astral creatures and captured the Castle. I returned to my own Castle, bought as many creatures as I could, and then went to the turquoise Castle, which is weak and can be easily defeated. Then I went back to my own Castle. This took about a month, give or take. After that, I took the orange Castle. I also completed it without any difficulties; the main thing is not to stop and do everything quickly. Plus, I found the Tear of Ashera. In the last scenario, I cast the spell of racial diversity, and the centaurs became stronger, and I took the Bloodeyes instead of the free Cyclops; I had to reload. The first mission for Zehir seemed a bit dull to me. Zehir learns a new spell, and he should become smarter, but instead, he becomes dumber by ten levels. And at level 25, he has only 5 spells in his book, and that's only if you take the Phantom bonus. This is not a challenge; it's just stupid. I want to try to complete it without summoning a Castle. And regarding gaining experience, the mission where you defeat Nicholas, I played it five times, and each time I wasn't sure if I would succeed. Or the last scenario with Isabelle, in Lords of the Realm, I am confident that I will succeed, even with the heroes. And you are absolutely right that you can't please everyone, and besides, everyone wants something different.