[LDiCesare]

I think the rout came from the panic spell. I'd have had better results if I hadn't brought that bunch of soldiers or had let them on guard commander duty. That and if I had had soul slay researched instead of worthless construction with no units to equip. That and if the ai kept casting the good spells instead of casting a swarm after the 5th round. wtf? Blasting 100 fatigue and a gem on a spell that's only useful to disrupt enemy formations early on instead of casting some 20 fatigue paralysis or mind burns...
I think the game's over. I could field some more armies, try to use the pretender in combat with his magic diversity and actually try to kit some unit, but I lack the gems for that (thanks Pythium for asking a skull mentor and then leaving, I could have summoned a bane lord with these gems).

Anyway, well played Machaka.
I was not familiar with the summon spiders spell, it's quite annoying and useful.
You had a few thugs with more/better equipment than I could field, lots of mages with strong summons and evocation.
The only hope for C'tis would be to poison the armies (was I happy to see I had a poison spell and the wards cast to get rid of a single mage). Attrition, C'tis's forte, wouldn't work well because you have a strong economy in the back that can't be easily raided.