A surface respawn spawned, Shakti with 3 slots, a crypt under the castle. Immediate Troglodyte upgrade and I broke it (dangerous to break on Necro land without upgrade), 5 Vampires. I break through a pack of Dendroid Guards and Basilisks to the grass secondary town, turned out to be Conflux (saw the stables, so didn't go the other way, and the native secondary was there, I captured it later). Week 1 result: at home Minotaurs with castle, secondary is a Tavern, Shakti level 6. Start of week 2 - buying all Troglodytes and Minotaurs (thanks to the grass and water mills) and breaking two Medusa dens, using the proceeds to build 1000 everywhere and upgrade with Harpy buyback. Shakti gets Logistics and captures the native secondary on day 126. Week 1 result: Shakti level 8, native secondary, and I chased away Valeska, who had come through an adjacent respawn, giving her army to a scout - the pope himself is sitting at the stables. I see a bypass to blue past ГО and from a completely different side, not where Valeska went. I didn't build up the secondary, but stashed 6k gold. On day 132, Shakti breaks into Valeska's respawn with all the power (except Medusas) and starts finishing off what wasn't killed yet (a couple of levels needed for Expert Earth). As luck would have it, Logistics was leveled, but that allowed me to reach the capital on day 134, there was almost no defense there and plenty of unbought meat. On his turn, the opponent surrendered. Thanks for the game.
First cavalry in the citadel + native secondary + citadel and Archers in it + Orrin level 8
In short, the situation was 60% winnable, and then this damn stupid mistake... didn't think Shakti was that fast
Thanks for the game