Boredom can be replaced with a fun journey through other lands, but while the Heroes Portal's "Citadel of Heroes" tournament is ongoing, you just have to grin and bear it.

There are tons of interesting walkthroughs and strategies for this map! I've checked it myself many times! And have you tried generating initial saves? Funny things happen too. I'll reveal the secrets later (August 6th).

The "Citadel of Heroes" tournament has ended, and the results are available in the Hall of Fame.

What kind of initial save generation did I manage to create for this tournament?

1) A Scholar near the Brewery Fan gives the Forgetfulness spell (it turned out to be useful for many players, as there are plenty of ranged units on the enemy side).
2) In Pyramid 107x109x0 on the sandy island (where a one-way portal can teleport), the Dimension Door spell is available.
3) In the Refugee Camps near the Brewery Fan: Efreet Sultans, Djinns, Boars.

Some players were able to visit the Hive of Flying Snakes on the very first day(!), defeat the red hero's Garrison, capture both Pandora boxes behind the Garrison (get 200 Lizard Warriors), and win against the hero Halo! On the second day, they visit the Pyramid and get Dimension Door.

Read the walkthrough with pictures of the battles from the winner iceTITaN here.

Step-by-step saves are here.

The map name "Halo" coincides with the name of the red hero - this is the author's hint that it is best for you to get the Halo terminator with stats of 50x50x50x50.

If Halo visits the Garrison and collects the Pandora boxes first, you won't see him in your retinue for a long time. The Garrison's forces were balanced so that it would be very difficult to break through, and for many players, it seemed impossible.

To complete the map, we need the Halo hero to quickly break through important defenses; then, the Necromancer and Death Knights come into play - that's what the author thought. A professional can play with the starting hero...

In one of the saves of the player Rashid, I made several turn transitions to observe the movements of the opponents and discovered a strange thing: Aida Milovna with 9999x2 Mighty Liches and 9999 Vampire Lords "merged" with artifacts in a Pandora box hidden behind the walls of the city "Dark-Darkness". I immediately bought it! As the map author, it's sad to see, but as a player, it's a mega-lucky break! Although it's not that difficult to kill Aida Milovna...