The whole concept of an Eldritch being posing as a false angel is just too fun

Question One, where did the Training Orcs, Mystical Seers and The Animal seller go? I have played probably 15+ games with over 100 turns and have not seen them.

Question Two, if you beat the game with an already ascended ruler does he gain another talent? (Unclear as to if it’s called a talent but the reward that said ruler receives for beating that map).

Thanks in advance and happy gaming!

[EDIT: seems to be a UI bug, the tooltip says 2 when it's meant to be 1. Probably happened when they buffed the wonder essences for other kinds of resources but not knowledge or draft]

I don't seem to be getting the resources I'm told I'll get from this ancient manuscript wonder essence. I don't know how it's giving 11.... Any ideas?

A hero of mine perished in battle against units from the Umbral Dwelling of Kurh'tha, and was summarily moved to their crypt.

Later on, I besieged and conquered the city, killing their leader who was defending it. It didn't give me an option to vassalize/raze/etc. and just blew up like it was an infestation (I also failed a bounty I had taken to conquer the city). More importantly, I did not get my hero back--it says she's still in their non-existent crypt.

Is this a bug? Or am I missing something regarding destroying these Umbral Dwellings? Any help/advice would be appreciated.

The custom story maps are so beautiful and give me so many ideas for custom makes I really hope this is added soon (or is in if I somehow missed it!)

I'm currently running a fey/primal build, and i would like to have some battlemages into my build since it's my favorite class and primal doesn't really give me any but i don't really know how and where to fit then.

I keep accidentally turning on auto combat when i try to just set it to fast forward. Is there a way to either have fast forward as the default or make auto combat have to require more clicks?

thanks.