I didn't go through the dragons; I went over them! But the Dungeon city needs to be captured as quickly as possible, preferably in the first week. Then, the orange player won't run away, and you can kill him, eliminating one opponent. And you need to immediately rush to capture the Elven city at the bottom of the map. Then, slowly capture mines and lumber mills to generate resources. Buy another hero to scout in the Dungeon and bring troops up to your main hero. I had a well-developed scouting system, so when I hovered the mouse over an enemy hero or city, I could see how many troops they had. Then, I would either attack and defeat them or run away. In the end, I had five heroes running around, two of them strong, and the others just as messengers to fetch troops. I kept the two strong heroes close together, with the main hero half a turn behind. If necessary, I would send the second hero as a tank, because Agrael MUST survive! Then, the main hero would finish off the enemies. This mission was very difficult for me; I spent about a week playing it in the evenings, 3-4 hours after work... and I even started over, developing "logistics" and "diplomacy"!