I first heard about this game from my younger sister, who was playing it at a friend's house with her brother (their whole family plays Heroes). She was playing as the Tower faction. She came home and told me about it with great enthusiasm.
A couple of months later, I found a copy of The Shadow of Death somewhere. I sat down to play, and first, I went through the tutorial. Then, I started a single-player game. I chose Inferno (I like the color red), and the map was "Monk's Retreat." Of course, I didn't understand what was going on back then, so I hired a hero every day and sent him around the island in a circle so that he would visit the buildings! It was pointless, of course, as some buildings need to be visited once a week, and others only once per game. But now I'm smart:D. Back then, I didn't know. Anyway, I was easily defeated.:( I turned off the game and deleted it...
After some time, I reinstalled it because I was getting tired of other games, and my sister and I started a game on the same map. This time, I played as the Dungeon faction.:) Since then, I've only played as this Castle!:) And as Rampart and the Swamp. And in that game, we won. That's when I first encountered the Azure Dragons!:)