So, I did everything as described, went through the portal, and there was a castle, fully built up to the capitol and the castle itself. I really love maps where you immediately get a well-developed castle; I really, really enjoy that. Okay, I thought... I shouldn't just sit here, so I went to another teleport, saw another castle, but then a computer with 180 creatures appeared, and it didn't matter what else was there, with stats of 9-7-5-5 (or something like that). Who do you think won? Well...
In general, this kind of "hardcore" isn't for me. And I'm not even mentioning the lack of any hints about where the author intended the player to go next.