cjlee's version of "pouring knowledge into an empty head", from the custom scenario "Fate of Ashan". Lots of resources; lots of artifacts. But as astonishing as it sounds, late into the game, there was no spare spellpower-raising artifacts for this empty-headed elf ...

"Since the mentoring hero had level 29, I was hoping for a level 24 lucky elf. With my usual luck (default is -10), I got a hero with Expert Light Magic, lots of light spells, and no capacity to use it.