Lora, Fiona, and Aeris joined from the start. With scouting, I quickly opened the objects on the respawn in a couple of turns. There was a consulate, 2 workshops, and a pirate external dwelling. The connection to the center on the snow is quite extensive. With Lina, I easily built up 1-6 in the citadel with full buyout on 121. Then I picked up the dungeon companion on 122 and went into the central treasure zone with Fiona. There were 50+ griffins/dragonflies behind a hive + resources blocking the way to the city; an opponent was in another central treasure zone, so I headed toward the companions in the purple/pink corner. The purple one was Tower; scouting with Fiona, I took its empty city with a built-up castle and placed giants there on 127. With Lora's expert earth magic, I cleared 2 workshops for 5 giants and the level 3 consulate on the respawn at the start of the third [week] and crashed into my own corner treasure zone with the Dragon Utopia, golden bow, and a scroll at the cost of 20+ manticores. Expectations were met — a DD scroll. Then + 2 Dragon Utopias, the bow, upgrade to Titans, and onto the opponent. On 144, I reached his capital. On 145, I caught Annabelle; there was AOTD, but by the time it triggered, there was nothing left to fight with and the opponent surrendered.
Thanks for the game.