We restarted, and only in the last generation did we get air units from the start, although we didn't have much luck with the heroes.
On day 112, with Erdamon, I took a hidden air unit stash and a monk taught air magic – I decided to develop him, especially since the hidden earth unit stash was somewhat pleasing (although it was only taken on day 6).
I shouldn't have risked going for phoenixes in the Fortress (I built the market on 1-1-4 due to the lack of gems and didn't expect that there would be enough money and gems), but then I found a couple of gems and improved the situation by taking a medusa lair of 5x8 units. As a result, I had 1-6 in the Citadel + 6900 gold in reserve :)
Erdamon already had expert tactics, advanced air magic, and he grabbed the basic offense spell from the book, as well as bless and haste :)
But on day 117, the Elves decided not to continue...
Thanks for the game!
P.S. By the way, in one generation, Ciel came from the start, and in the tavern, I bought Niela the Miner and Tazara in a row :)