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I did it differently: I completed it on my first try. As soon as I learned that there was a Shio outpost underground, I rushed there. I captured it, built up my defenses, seized all the mines in the area, repelled a couple of attacks from the lower elven city, amassed a sufficient army, and, ignoring all the other elven cities, headed straight for Erivel. It turned out to be quite amusing: the city had zero troops, but an elven hero with an army was heading towards it. I was almost a week away from my city and couldn't possibly save it. I thought, "forget it," and continued on to Erivel. I arrived and captured it. If I had delayed even a day, my outpost would have been captured. That's how things can happen on the front lines.:)
