After several restarts, we started the game. The wood and stone were quite far away, which is a significant disadvantage for the Citadel, but the scattered resources helped. Plus, Sir Mullich joined, which provided a good number of movement points for scouting. In the middle of week 1, I took a secondary Necropolis, I think around day 114, both gold mines were under the control of Ifrit Sultans. Around day 115, I secured stone and wood, built a Citadel with Ogres, Orcs, and Birds, exchanging all resources for gold. On day 122, I bought units and attacked him; luckily, he was weak. I defended against Champion Pandor, who had full air magic. Only 7 unupgraded Birds, a few Ogres, and some Gnolls remained from my army. I wanted to continue scouting and launch the Loshkovs, but the opponent typed "gg" and thanked me for the game.
Thank you for the game.