I understand that guards 003 and 004 can bombard the yard. What I don't understand is that it looks like they can in turn be can be attacked FROM the yard. And if they can be eliminated from the yard, then the attacker would gain access to the booking and visitors areas without having to go through ...

... In Age of Realms: Magic you can win by EITHER eliminating everyone else or by capturing Sanctuary? And holding it? For how long do you need to hold it to win?
And what's this stuff about "All the simple terits are affected by frostbite and lose 1 army each turn. Except for the Sanctuary Island ...

Are you playing for some meaningless ranking or are you playing for the fun and the challenge of the game?