Optimization and questions

[aj2000]

Was wondering whether anyone can provide me some additional info to fulfill my optimization obsession >.< (I've read most of the info posting, very informative! Thx to DG and various others for providing them):

1) I understand royal griffin can spawn from griffin eggs, how to reset count when all I'm getting is normal griffin? Go to a new map? or can I use 1 spider egg to reset the count to try for royal? I need just 1 to begin sacrifice onto.

2) Could someone kindly provide all the shop placement for lvl 3 - 5 artifacts or tell me which file to check? This is so I could reroll and quickly check the first 4-5 islands for them to see what I have to work with. A list of them would be nice too... as I can refer only to the english TL manual atm. Example:

Debir -
??? Castle - 1x lvl 4/5, +1 lvl 4/5 after wife rescued from Verona
??? academy tower - 1x lvl 4/5
Scarlet Wind -
??? Castle - 1x lvl 3/4 artifact

3) Could someone provide which nav maps are kitable by difficulty? Certain ones I found to be impossible to kite. This will help us with checking whether we are locked from further island jumping thievery! example:
Debir: Scarlet Wind, Bolo (All kitable - Easy)
Scarlet Wind: Bolo, Rusty Anchor, Verona 70%(All kitable - Easy to medium)
Bolo: Rusty Anchor, Verona (1 Kitable - Easy)
Rusty Anchor: Verona, Dersu, Tekron50% (forgot)
Verona: Dersu, Umkas, Elon, Tekron50% (2 Kitable - Easy and medium)
Montero: Montero, Tekron, Umkas, Shatterra
Dersu: Verona, Uzala (All kitable - Hard and insane)
Tekron: Dersu, Umkas, Sheterra (2 Kitable? - Easy)
Umkas: Dersu, Uzala, Nameless island, Reha
Uzala: Elon, Nameless island, Reha
Elona: Sheterra, Nameless island, Reha
Nameless island: Sheterra
Reha and Sheterra spawn no maps.
Map generation info taken from DG's info thread, good stuff.

4. Where is the rune exchange, does it trade at 1:1 infinitely?

5. Where is the rune buy, what is the cost progression (same as in TL?)?

6. For the dragon hunter medal, what would be the easiest earliest 1 dragon kill? Scarlet wind's cave dragon with dragonflies? what about the next lvl medal? I assume I'll actually need to build up an army to go for the lvl 2 medal? I ask as I want to get it to lvl 1/2 asap to get the most out of my dragon lvl

7. For heroes, could someone provide a full list of them by location and which ones not having contracts? (So I can kill them right away for the rage medal!)
Example:
Debir: Burut (castle)
Scarlet Wind: Pirate ship (forgot name)
...etc

8. For dragon lvl up, I understand the xp you get from skill is mutilplied by your army total leadership divided by enemy armoy leadship. Does that mean that if I go in battle with 20 leadership vs 1000 leadership (peasant vs a lvl 5 say) and use a rage skill right away I'll get 50x multiplier? Or is there a limit to the multiplier? Makes me want to stick with a tiny army and compensate with spells.

9. I read somewhere (I can't find which post it was, too many >.<) that Paladin (hero) ressurect talent is auto used on the stack with the biggiest Lost in terms of leadership i think. Just want to confirm this and make sure I didn't mix it up with something else

Thanks in advance for the help