What was your first castle in Heroes 3?

I started playing as the Elves just out of curiosity, but when I saw my favorite dragons from the 2nd part there... I decided to play only as the Elves; the other monsters are also good, especially the archers, pegasi, and unicorns. Later, I was impressed by the Castle and the Stronghold because of their very fast development to monsters of level 7. P.S. My first and still favorite hero is Mephala, and Aeris also pleased me.