Used both restarts. Didn’t help — another tough spot, gotta play it out. External dwellings of pegasi, sprites, and dwarves, but I only flagged them on the third week. Went to the swamp through a lot of water elementals, turned out there were 35 of them, 7 of which were ice elementals. After the fight, only the elves were left; otherwise I’d have been completely stuck in my little corner. At the swamp, I picked up secondary skills, an external wyvern dwelling, a minimal Griffin Conservatory, a crypt, and a dwarf dwelling, also captured 3 treasure chests — finances got a bit easier, but I dawdled there for a very long time. Then I came back, cleared the external dwellings, picked up a two-unit Griffin Conservatory and a dwarf dwelling. It’s already the end of the third week — headed to the treasury with level 10 Ivor. My hopes were dashed; I found nothing but a flail with +4 attack. While I was poking around there, Scylla showed up; I sent troops back to the castle via chain and took up a defensive position with Ivor. Turns out Scylla was in even worse shape, but I made a mistake in the battle — didn’t lead the unicorns outside the gate, and the enemy cavalry immediately locked the gate. In the end, I lost almost my entire army thanks to Scylla’s magic, but still the enemy fled and surrendered.
Thanks for the game.