After one of my resets, I got a Snow Mirror. In Piderdam's tavern, there were gremlins with a buyout of about 50, next to the giants' hovel. I buy Saira as my fifth hero. After a couple of days, I realize that there are blockers on all sides...literally everywhere...even on the rough terrain. I dug up a hovel of Goblins in the dark, barely managed to buy them out, upgraded them, and attacked the Treants near the giants' hovel—they are upgraded and there are 18 of them. There were also 5 Elves and 15 Centaurs. There were no wild Morale boosts, so in the end, 65 Gremlins remained against 4+2 Treants. I barely emerged with about 30 Goblins. No idea what to do—I have nothing to take the hovel with, no money, I can't place a Naga, the Mage Guild is a bust—there's no Archer, which is so needed, and not a single Scholar; the Shrines and Scrolls are the same mess. I found another Naga hovel for 10-19 gr. Wasps. At least Sairushka became 5 4 in magic. I found an external marketplace in the middle of nowhere, built Mage Guild 2—there's a Bolt of Air, I replenish mana to 116. On 117, I take the giants' hovel with bolts, a +3 Helm, and the Naga hovel.
On 121, the rock 'n' roll begins.
I scrape together a buyout as best I can. Next to my home, there are 2 Dragon Fly Hives that were blocking two roads. I hit the Hell Hounds, then a prison with Nelka at level 10. I use her to take a Dragon Fly Hive on 6. Over a couple of days, I clear all the blockers, take several more Dragon Fly Hives, and a minimal Griffin Conservatory. Kyrre finds 2 nearby Griffin Conservatories and a Dragon Fly Hive; Sairna grabs some Boots and runs to the center—a General division of 50-99 rampaging Centaurs, which I managed to lure onto a gr. stack twice. I pick up 4 Angels with Kyrre, plus 6 more ducks; there was a chain to another Griffin Conservatory deep in the spawn, and a Dragon Fly Hive along the way, but the Centaurs get stuck in the snow, so I give up on the Conservatory, take 8 more Wyverns, and head to the center. The Centaurs didn't want to join, for which they were severely punished by death via tumba-yumba. I immediately take the Swamp, barely scrape together enough for a tavern and a hero—a scout hero takes another double Griffin Conservatory near the exit to the center and passes everything back. I run forward—I see blue flags, pass them over. I've been scouted, but they didn't attack. On my turn, I cast Vision (the Pope-style Mage Guild 2 was at home), recruit 28 Roc birds, and run forward—there's Mullich with 1 Angel, 200 Goblins, about 30 Wyverns, fairly average stats—weak in magic overall. We have almost as many ducks, 5 Angels, 28 Roc birds, magic—both stats over 10. I see that 18 nearby Nagas are about to join me, which I do. Seeing such an outrage, Mullich sends Saira to pound sand.

Thanks for the game!