I took Castle because of the easy start with Valeska and archers; you can fight without losses with small forces, which is good at 200% difficulty. On day 1, three heroes, none good. On the second day, Shakti arrived, but he is evil and you can't drop artifacts for experience. Only on the third day did Turin arrive; by that time, 8 heroes were roaming the map, mines and income were taken, and a second town was captured a bit later, while the third town on my territory was never taken until the end of the game. Anyway, there was nothing left to do on the surface, and Turin briskly went into the underground, breaking through everything and leveling up well; what she couldn't reach, the scout heroes took. On day 117, angels with a citadel, Turin level 8.
I broke through the path to the boat, gave the army to the scout heroes, who stripped Turin of all the artifacts they had collected. Turin completed two quests, for mana and for attack, and dumped unnecessary artifacts on the altar. The scout heroes immediately brought more from all sides, including a hat +6 to all stats. I almost fully assembled the Statue of Legion, just the head was missing. I built Lightning Bolt in the mage tower; there was no point in waiting further, and I went to pay a visit: the opponent was not inspired by my hero's stats and didn't run from the fight; on day 132, the final battle. Turin had Shackles of War, I wanted to settle everything at once.
Turin level 16 (25,19,20,17), 4 angels, 6 champions, 14 monks, 24 upgraded crusaders, 26 royal griffins, 57 upgraded archers, 61 pikemen, 170 mana, Lightning Bolt for 520 HP.
Crag Hack level 15 (25,11,7,8), 5 white tigers, 14 thunderbirds, 6 upgraded cyclopes, 15 ogre magi, 33 orcs, 70 upgraded wolf riders, 63 goblins. 80 mana, artifacts +4 to unit speed.
Overall, I was hoping for the first turn, but it didn't work out. Lightning Bolts struck faithfully, everyone fought bravely, but even the stat advantage wasn't enough against a leveled-up Crag Hack and barbarian meat.
Many thanks for the game.