I saw a stack of 22 griffin riders near the monolith on day 2, and since I had archers built and Turis in the tavern, I decided to take a risk. I defeated the 22 griffins and moved on. I had some money, a consulate, and a bit further ahead, a stack of diamond golems guarding the prison, but I decided to bypass them. On day 2, for some reason, I built a Brotherhood of the Sword, and as a result, on day 117, the knights ended up in the citadel.
On day 2 of the second week, I cleared out some dungeons, bought growth, destroyed one consulate, and found another one nearby, guarded by a troll 3-4 with a griffin scout. I decided not to attack it yet. I noticed a passage leading to my opponent. On the tactical map, I defeated the lizardmen and on day 125, I broke through the guard of wood nymphs. On day 127, I defeated the opponent in the capital, which had a built castle and a decent army (goblins, wolves, 1 roc, and 4 ogres). I killed all the archers (24 archers and 11 elves that came with Ivorn). On day 131, I bought 2 bears and upgraded the rocs. I went scouting with all of this, found another troll guarding a consulate, and a little later, I attacked Kreg, who had better stats (11 6 7 2 vs. my 5 5 2 2, and I didn't have the spellbook). Kreg sent me to the tavern for almost 4k with 2 knights and pikemen. On day 132, I built markets, bought growth from the citadel, brought 6 swordsmen and pikemen, and attacked because Kreg was out of mana. I damaged his bear with a ballista, and after a couple of turns, I finished him off with my knights while he was killing my orcs with archers. Then I finished off the rocs and attacked the orcs and dwarves, after which he surrendered.
Thanks for the game!