Please post PRO tips here for a noob :)

[Handel]

1. If you want to enjoy the game don't try to beat the game with 0 losses.
2. Get the wings for the horse ASAP.
3. Getting the 2 and 3rd Valkyrie ASAP will help you to get meaningful upgrades for your rage skills (who cares if your wall have 10 or 20 points defense; although you may lose some troops).
4. At Greenwort get the as first guard quest to secure the HMS ship from the skeleton pirate. This will give you a ship to return to the viking islands.
5. Don't kill the rebels at Greenwort. You may get precious troops from them later.
6. If you get Ancient Knowledge scroll buy thorn seeds and use the raven a lot (read my post about it). You can get +50% XP for every 5 from 6 battles through it.
7. Keep the artifacts some1 mentioned about them in a post. Although you may prefer to battle the dragons instead (clay pot is needed to skip the battle and get free black dragon egg).
8. When you get the Demon world artifact do not hurry to turn it to the prince. You will lose access to the world for a long of time. Also you may decide to stockpile paladins.