Alright Pyg welcome back, I'm putting you in the Lieutenant/intermediate slot on the Sanguinarium (I believe you've reached the 1 year threshold and have probably got enough experience to go intermediate).
Stagger, you can have the last noob slot on the Sanguinarium. All your team needs then is a captain, either another intermediate or vet. Or, if you get another noob, that would catapult Pyg to the captaincy.
Game note: I may reduce the insta-win VP threshold from 22 to 20 out of 33 to make that victory condition a bit easier. A few minor tweaks to the Team and Themes.pdf may be forthcoming (regarding the merc and gold, etc). Gandalf has the option of Mictlan or T'ien Chi' for the AI team. Either one will work as they both are rainbow type nations with decent air access and a small air gem income. Mictlan leans a bit more toward nature, but both have nature capable mages as well.
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