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Without a Pangaeia Change that to:

+3+2+3-1+3-2+1
F4E2D3S4N5

Cold rather than heat as with your priest spam and archers, abysia's armored troops are a bigger threat than ermor.

Go strait Alt 5. Cast wooden oak.
Next target: Enchant 5 for Gift of Health and flaming arrows.

MP prophetize the forrester, and turn 2 do not accompany the army rather preach to avoid the embarrassing "merchants prosper" loss of game. Dom 1 will be difficult But with man you have so many ways to lose. Beware an early Blood Sacrifice nation.

Your first turn production long bowmen with a screen.. Consider the bard / mother for first production. bard for the standard bonus. Consider having them accompany the army. In an archery duel your archers are doing 13 +d6 vs 4-6 prot short bow archers.
they will be doing 10+d6 vs 6 prot.

2xHealing songs will on average heal your archer to full.

F4 on your pretender isn't so much to cast flame arrows yourself: but you really need to find a fire indy site. F4 for flame boosters, and f/d flame skulls will let the average flame indy cast flame arrows.