Starting Moon, right next to the castle is the unit's cons, Grindan in the tavern, fourth hero is a necromancer, candle to Dragon Utopia on respawn...
My head is spinning from the game options; in the end, I don't pick up birds on the first one, only secondary—Stronghold.
On 1-2-1 Grindan takes three nags with a own stack on exp. land.
At the end of the week, birds are in the castle, bears in the Stronghold. I see an untaken nagbank with a scroll on respawn behind non-critical guards and realize that the game probably didn't go as planned. I gather the birds and go to check. Shakhti comes out to meet me from her secondary. I manage to take the bank, buy up troops, pass them to Grindan, and attack. A huge advantage in one-unit meat, plus oil and mass haste.
Thanks for the game.