Hi! Remember me? I'm the guy who wrote "Expert is too easy ... Ridiculous is too hard". https://forums.elementalgame.com/444357/page/1/3361520
Well, I finally did it! And unlike a lot of the posers in this forum who play 30 turns and claim the game is too easy without actually proving it or those who create uber-custom factions and sovereigns to play or those who take the easy way out with a Quests or Spell of Making victory, I did it with a good ol' standard faction domination victory.

Here's how. I did not have a lot of shards near me so I could not use the Corrupt/Wither combo so I made my sovereign a Summoner. I used lots of strategic summons early game to make my army, then later when I had the mana I started using tactical summons and ice/fire mages to win battles. Here are a couple of clips.
Using Summoning spells to slow down the battle
You don't know the power of the Dark Side ...er Wither.
In hindsight, some of the battles getting to this point were more interesting and difficult. Perhaps, I should try a Let's Play. Comments are welcome.