The County of Gragore.

Started playing, and immediately a question arose: what is Alastor's purpose? Why is he needed at level 1, without artifacts/machines, and with only one defender? Is he needed for the plot, or can he be dismissed? :)

Also, I didn't understand why there are Fairy Glades and a Training Ground next to the initial Castle of the Woods; we're not playing as Elves, are we? Wouldn't it be better to place Peasants and Archers there?

Ice, I'm sorry, but the map isn't interesting. After about a month of playing, Rocco arrived with a small army, got a beating, and the Blue player was defeated oO!!!! After that, I only had to fight against random monsters guarding clusters of crystals and wood, because the Green player didn't show his face beyond his outpost. Not only does the Green player not venture beyond the first outpost, but at the end, when I arrived, he had a ridiculously small army...

The somewhat decent battles were against the Angels guarding the one-way portal, the Dragons on the other side of the portal, and the outpost, which the Green player for some reason refused to leave. But since all 3 battles took place without the enemy hero, they were ridiculously easy.
I don't see the point in completing the Prophet's Hut quests. The Tome of Light Magic and the Gift are not needed, the Wings of the Angel are also useless; you can get around just fine on your own two feet, 5,000 experience at level 28 is a pittance, and 50,000 gold at that stage of the game, when I completed the quest, won't play a significant role, since I already had 6 castles and all the mines. I didn't understand why Alastor is needed; I got rid of this burden immediately. And I didn't understand why the Fairy Glades, Training Ground, Necropolis Outpost, Crypt, and two Graveyards are needed if the map only has Human castles.

Maybe it makes sense to replace the Wings with another artifact and place a powerful garrison(s) on the shore(s)?