Didn't gain momentum right away, but once I managed to reveal most of the respawn, I discovered a goldmine - external dwellings of pikemen, archers, and swordsmen, and on the swamp secondary an external dwelling of vivi, with even enough money to buy all of them. I couldn't decide who would be the main hero - Orrin and Deys both had claims, both were leveling well - Deys picked up Logistics and Earth, just missing Slow, while Orrin got Air, which perfectly matched the Haste scroll (though neither ended up with a full spell book). In the end, I finished the week with 1,2,4 built in the castle, with excellent prospects for the next week.
On the second week I entered my treasure zone, where there were 2 Pandora boxes giving +5k experience to Orrin - Expert Archery and Air - a strong claim for the leading role in this game. Deys, in a completely different location, was thinking about how to take the Griffin Conservatory with the gr. stack near the castle (tier 4), gathering resources to upgrade 21 crusaders, but those plans were not meant to be - from his treasure zone, the opponent broke through a portal into my secondary, I saw that his army was quite weak compared to mine, transferred everything to Orrin, and the final battle went without a chance, the matchup decided it, thanks for the game.