I suggest playing through Princess now. They've polished the combat and other nonsense, the hero has more interesting skills, all that good stuff, plus there's a purring little dragon.



Crossworlds is the same as Princess but with perks, while Light Warrior and Dark Side are already overcomplicated; they're only good for smashing some goons if you miss the combat and have played through Legend and Princess a million times.
As for misses and fear—as far as I know, wolf howl only works on low-level scrubs of level 1-2 or 1-3, although there are other scary units. For a while, I liked going around with a pack of fairies, but then I stopped liking it when resurrection was nerfed. Only one and a half units miss, and APPARENTLY in SOME VERSIONS magic and rage special abilities don't miss them.
In my last Walkthrough (darkside, succubus), I liked taking two stacks of vampires and just chilling; problems only arose with units that vampires couldn't feed on—various walking cacti and fellow grave-dwellers.
🏹🎪+⛓️♿=💕