Spawned on the surface. Shakti had only 1 stack of troglodytes, but decided to wait until the third day. After 3 days, scouted the passages to two secondary towns: one on swamp, the other in Dungeon. Hoping for a native town, decided to continue playing. But expectations were not met — it was Necropolis.:( There is also a path through rough terrain to a mud respawn adjacent to blue, I head there — it's untouched. Castle was placed very far away along a winding road, but it was native. There is a cons 2-4. I level earth magic to expert and enter — a level 3. We scuffled with blue with starter troops: 3-2 in my favor:) , Mephala did not engage. On the native respawn there are 2 more unclaimed cons — a maximum level and a level 2 (as it turned out). I went and cleared them, upgraded my troops, and headed to blue. I have advanced ballistics in case of a tight defense, but the castle has 2 unicorns, about a dozen dwarves, and a couple of centaurs — I take it without trouble. Stayed the night in Rampart. Mephala returns, I attack her on 144 and kill her.
Thanks for the game.