[13lackGu4rd]

MA Ermor is first and foremost an undead nation. yes, you still have your national troops and Principes are still very solid national units, however they alone won't get you anywhere. there's a reason why you have the reanimate option on your priests(even indy priests) use it. especially H3(which you can easily recruit from your capital) as they can summon Longdead Horsemen, you know those guys that come in the level 9 conjuration spell Ghost Riders(just that in this case they come with a Wraith Lord commander, who is the main component of the squad). at this stage in the game MA Ermor should have ~300 Longdead Horsemen waiting in his capital unless he had to use them earlier in battle, but that usually isn't the case as your Principes are very strong units for the early game.

so, without knowing what happened, or even who your enemy is, it just sounds like you play MA Ermor like EA Ermor and completely forgot/ignored its undead capabilities. oh yeah and those S1D1 mages you can recruit anywhere are perfect for Nether Bolt/Dart spamming, which are very strong spells and as mentioned have a good chance of feebleminding its target(great vs enemy mages). other useful things you could have done is skelli spamming, your cap only mages have D2/3 so they can cast Raise Skeletons quite a lot before passing out from fatigue, your recruit everywhere D1 mages can only use the animate skeleton spell unless you forge them a booster(which isn't hard to do for MA Ermor).

heck, I'm surprised to see MA Ermor dying so soon, as its 1 of the strongest nation in MA. but well, it seems like a classic case of not knowing your nation's capabilities and not seeking enough information on them. if only you'd have looked for MA Ermor guides either on this forum or on the wiki you would have seen that MA Ermor is an undead power and found some very nice things to do with them.

but than again, this is a newbie game, and this is 1 thing that you learn by experience. you lost this game, now you learned about MA Ermor and what not to do in future games. learning from your own mistakes is the most powerful method of learning. so keep your head up high and get ready for more games to follow. learn from your mistakes and you'll become a better player, which will allow you to enjoy this wonderful game even more.