What can I say... had a good skirmish, guessed right on the restarts, got lucky with the layout...
But in more detail:
Start with 6 elves from 2 heroes, but there's a Crobak with 6 snakes, roads are fast. Immediately break through to a secondary town (which turned out to be Conflux) through iron golems (sacrificed 3 dwarves). Didn't feel like fighting storms yet. Use the moon to reveal my own area: GO - Sultans off-road, a passage to another grass secondary town through a horde of greater lizards. Found a lot of treasure chests at the secondary respawn + the secondary itself is unguarded. Ivor checked the conservatory for a pack of greater basilisks - 3-4 with Mephala, having nothing better to do, broke through the zombie horde (passage to an underground treasure zone), and then a horde of thieves. Only saw a prison, and this treasure zone remained unexplored until the end of the game. Week result: at home, horses in the castle and an external dwelling of centaurs cleared, 1000 in the secondary town. Towards the end of the week, took a rather risky position with Mephala on the offensive (a general secondary town, theoretically could have been reached) while the army took a crypt, but it all worked out.
Another secondary town also turned out to be Conflux ). BUT. Here there are also stables + a conservatory (2-4) + 2 crypts (max and near-max) and a Dragon Utopia to top it all off :).
At the start of week 2 - aggressive push from the stables and Mephala sets up at the conservatory waiting for army shipment. Meanwhile, elves are being upgraded, air elementals are being bought from 2 Confluxes, and at home - everything except wood. On day 1 week 2, I take conservatory level 3 (quite clumsily - lost 4 air elementals, about 40 centaurs, and 1 elf), then Ivor takes another level 3. After a quick sweep of the treasure zone, I took a Hive with 6 Vivi and Pandora's Boxes with 10k gold and experience. Mephala level 14, 9-9, Expert Armorer, Tactics, Archery, Advanced Logistics (+ boots), Basic Offense and Earth. Didn't go deep into the treasure zone, decided to make contact (and along the way check the Dragon Utopia too). The Dragon Utopia turned out to be the big one, I keep moving. I see a conservatory, seemingly taken, and Lacus nearby. Checked with a secondary hero: my troops are better, but not by much, however in terms of parameters - a significant advantage. I was worried about magic (30+ mana and 7 spell power) and surrender, but not enough to not attack. There wasn't enough money for surrender there, and in battle, Mephala (even without a spell book) couldn't be broken.
Thanks for the game.