Air Elementals are not built, roads are fast. Spent the first week fighting for gold and ore, saved up for firebirds. Took both of my secondaries - Necropolis and Stronghold. Ignissa received Earth Magic, so slow was available. Found an external dwelling of water elementals.
At the start of the second week, I visit the stables, take the jellyfish warehouse and the dwarf warehouse; there is enough money to buy main forces. I take a hive for 8 wyverns, kill the crusaders for Pandora - 10000 experience. I go to the treasury. It's kind of bad there. First, I broke through 80+ swordsmen for Pandora - but there was only 5000 gold. A hive along with a pile of junk is guarded by 20+ Efreet Sultans - dangerous. I move further - a dragon external dwelling with lots of resources guarded by core jellyfish - also bad. I break through the utopia guards - it's a three-stack, cannot be taken at 131. I find mercury and gold mines, see wings for 100+ mages and an air book with a hive for 20+ bone dragons. I camp by the wings. In the capital, I build a castle.
At the start of the third week, I bring my army and hit the mages. There are 125 of them; I lost 1 bird and several elementals. Next - dragons, there are too many of them as well, with a grouped stack; I lost a couple of wyverns, all fairies, air and fire elementals, and several ice ones. But in exchange, I got the air book and 8 wyverns. I retreat to the capital and take the naga-bank, stay in the city for acceleration and replenish mana. At 133, I fly over ГО, kill a hero with 22 elves and 20+ centaurs. I visit the arena, see an untaken hive. At 134, I take 8 wyverns and discover that I landed on a Conflux secondary. I buy a hero there, light up the watchtower, and see Ivor. DD to him and he perishes:
Ignissa (11, 11, 6, 7 (25)), expert attack, earth magic, and basic luck, 29 ice elementals, 21 wyverns, 8 psychic elementals, 7 firebirds, 16 magma elementals, 4 fairies, and 9 air elementals def Ivor (9, 13, 6, 8), expert archery, attack, defense, +1 speed, 24 high elves, 16 unicorns, 25 horned demons, 3 green dragons, 13 wyverns, and 15 pegasi.
Without the book and with morale -1, Ivor's chances were slim.
Thanks for the game!