Ranger - "Higher Vampire" [5th Campaign, 5th Mission]

I completed this mission very easily. For the first two weeks, I developed my castles and built up my army. Then, I gradually captured Apil-Sin, and then two more castles in the Dungeon. Along the way, I collected all the Dwarf artifacts and obtained Phoenixes. When I entered Colina's territory, he was invincible, so I fled, visiting upgrade locations and two Elder Trees along the way. Then, I went through a portal to my city, took my accumulated army, and gave the Necromancer army (which was quite large, with about 50 Spectres) to Talanar (by that time, he had True Luck; by the way, Faidaen also got it once, but I foolishly didn't take it :confused:, because it's called something else in the skill wheel :mad:). And then the two of us went after Colina :smile17:. Vlad attacked Talanar with a large army, and I have no idea why he fled; he could have easily defeated me :rolleyes:. Then, Talanar attacked Colina, and he fled, even though he was stronger :smile48:. After that, Faidaen went to the castle where he was holed up, and he had a very weak army – 30 Spectres, 150 Vampire Bats, and the rest were minor units. I was playing on Veteran difficulty. Faidaen was level 33 at the end of the mission – Master Summoning, Master Light Magic, Master Mechanics, Permanent Luck, Master Logistics.