I'm curious who or what Gandru is or was. With Lake Gandru in the east and the Gandru River in the west, it must be/have been someone/something important. Should be an interesting story.
[quote quoting="post"]if I research metal weapons then I should be able to build metal weapons.[/quote] This can be turned around: "Because I have metal to give to my researchers, I can research metal weapons." How do you know your idea for making metal weapons will work if you don't have the metal to try it out, eh? An idea that looks good on paper may be unworkable in actuality; think of some of da Vinci's drawings. If you want adamantine longswords for your knight
Starting location very near opponent. Map Random Seed: 1253655869
Experience awards for combat appear to be broken. Post-battle reports show a gain of experience for a Level 1 unit defeating a giant spider. The unit does not gain any experience, though, even after advancing the turn. Instead, the experience goes to the Sovereign, even if the Sovereign is on the other side of the map.