I saw a city bonus that applies to all units built from that city (defence +3 +1pershard), do the miltiamen also get this bonus?  I'm gonna have unbreakable defenses without ever building a unit (gotta love the number of possible strategies where gonna have).  Military units require upkeep, militiamen defend out of love!!! Long live the ability to turtle, does a palace give extra defenders/militiamen, just seems like the importance of a palace would demand a standing guard

Arvyn the hero: the first green trait, is it just me or does this look like a flanking type of ability?

I like that heros are a main way to gain spells, if yus get tired of someone casting a certain spell, go knock out the champion responsible (should be a campain in itself with the trait system not requiring them to die the first couple of times defeated