Which Academy hero did you like the most?

Regarding the third one—if you don't delve into this

...mixture (European gremlins, gargoyles and titans + Islamic djinn + Buddhist nagas + Jewish golems)...

then visually and logically everything is connected; there are no cows with saddles. A classic of the genre.
Regarding the fourth one—dwarves and hobbits (halflings) are not quite in place, they should be moved to some other faction... well whatever, I won't spell out why these are starting fodder. But as for the mages themselves—they're useless, flimsy, weak in magic and don't live up to their name—more like some kind of apprentices. The main plus is that it's the only school with a spell that allows map control.
I have nothing to say about the others, so I will abstain from voting.