In Heroes 2, 5, and 6, I immediately recruited Axel. I didn't get any wagons, but I was doing pretty well overall. I didn't get regeneration or resurrection in the castle. I chose the Eternal Light path. On day 3, I started looking for the treasure; I wasn't lucky, and I found it with the last portal. The treasure wasn't great, but I bought a staff in the shop. A few turns later, Dugald ran into the same treasure. Then he turned around and ran to look for the second treasure. I wanted to rush to him before he got stronger, but I saw that he found the second treasure with the first portal, and I realized I wouldn't make it. So, I gathered more artifacts, mentored, forgot to take a log, took luck, and went to him through the Guild of Outcasts. The battle in the field – I got lucky with the stones, but Dugald had 65 horsemen against 26 cat creatures, which wasn't good. In the final, we stood for a long time, shooting at each other and casting buffs, and then he teleported the horsemen into the middle of the mage troops, probably a mistake, which decided the battle. And the cat creatures furiously gained morale under the effects of Haste and Prayer, and they mostly tore through the human army. Thanks for the game.