Drakula82 (red, elves, Gilraen) won against Lutii (blue, mages, Faiz) using the Lethos 1-1-3 template.
The game didn't quite go as planned. Revivals in the Castle didn't work out, and I didn't find any good artifacts in the shops, so I didn't engage with serious neutral creatures. Towards the end of the second month, I teleported to the Treasury, got a minimal Utopian, and found a few artifacts, but they gave me a revival spell, which made things more interesting. Then I saw that my opponent was approaching my Castle, and he wasn't hiding the fact that he was declaring war on me. I cleared out some of the Treasury, took the Forgotten Hero's armor, and teleported back to my Castle because the enemy scout was already in my starting area. The next day, Faiz arrived there as well. I didn't wait for him to attack my Castle and met him in the field. The final battle was quick; the mage was defeated. Thanks for the game!
Confirmed, I lost! I focused on Darkness, but unfortunately, the Guild of Mages didn't offer any high-level Darkness spells. However, I found a Darkness spellbook where I sacrificed some troops. In the final battle, the mind control spell didn't work, and that was probably what led to my defeat.
Thanks for the game!