Zak (red, Elf, Wynrael) defeated Twaryna (blue, Inferno, Jezebeth+Grok) mid-week 6 on Maze
The final map had a dwelling on it at position 4. I picked Wynrael to outpace the Demon in tempo and stats. The plan was to level into Chaos (with Cold), BDP, and Sorcery, find something for Druid initiative, and smash the Demon. I succeeded in all of this and found the Dragon Ring. All that remained was to control the centers to prevent the Demon from doing anything! By the end of week 3 I rushed to the first center and immediately found the needed ring and a couple of other artifacts, and then I spotted the Demon in the other center! It was very far to run to him, so I jumped to town, took spells and cursed troops, and was about to run to the enemy when suddenly Jeza appeared unexpectedly in "my" center, and getting there was very far for me (my bad luck), plus I was revealed! I went to beat GO (no Mentor), got out in 4 days, and captured the town where there was no one. The Demon took a secondary town, and I wasted 2-3 days waiting for him. Then I ran to the zone where the Demon had gone to level, and rushed into an unbroken portal — luckily it turned out to be a zone where Grok was level 19 with all his meat. I was level 29, and next to him was Jeza with Succubi. I caught the Demon and killed everyone except his level 2 — apparently the opponent didn't have enough money to buy them back. Then Jeza attacked — I didn't deploy Druids and Archers and could have paid for it, but the Demon didn't take advantage and ran away with 2 chicks. He had no one left to fight! Thanks for the game, it was instructive!

I confirm. We took restarts: the first time, the Elf had 2 external dwellings of shooters — immediate restart, understandable :). The second time, there was one external dwelling of shooters, but Zak takes a restart — didn't like the respawn, I think. At the start, Jezebeth, on the second day Grok arrives. Both are given Light immediately + Jezebeth gets a Machine. Later I find an outpost — there are chicks there — Jezebeth automatically becomes the main hero + I plan to level Grok as a secondary hero. I moved very briskly, everything was going well. Second week: -20% defense for evil — tolerable... But the most crucial week 4: -20% initiative for evil — that was already brutal... I had to consciously give up the castle, because fighting with -20 initiative is madness. Plus I spotted the enemy's ring of +10 initiative for shooters. Otherwise everything was going smoothly until I ran into a portal from the center onto 180 Archmages in 4 stacks. Brutal. I had to leave 25 Succubi. In the second center I found a Stable and Boots of the Traveler (already had green boots) + Expert Logistics — I ran excellently. By the end of week 4, the Elf came and took the empty castle (I had upgraded all the meat and taken it away). Basically everything was going according to plan. I recaptured the secondary town and found both treasuries — the enemy wasn't there. But when the enemy ran in my direction, on the way he broke through a portal from the center and appeared right in front of my nose :( My mistake was that the main meat was on Grok, who was not far from Jeza. On the other hand, portal luck... In any case, a well-deserved victory for Zak. Thanks for the game!