Game version 1.60, Gold Edition
I immediately headed south, captured a Castle, got the Staff, cursed a town, then went east, captured and cursed it, swam across the strait, captured it, and got the Cloak!!! I completed it without dragons. When I reached Al... that jerk ran away. I didn't capture the town, I recruited 25 dragons, captured Al..., and that was it :smile35:

I didn't think I would encounter a similar bug in version 3.0. I didn't capture the town and recruited 133 dragons. Both scripted artifacts were on Markel. They are good on their own, and in 3.0, they also give an additional bonus as part of a composite artifact. I didn't upgrade the dragons. I didn't take any from the towns. So, there's nothing to complain about. Except that there are too many dragons. However, I wasn't immediately allowed into the portal.

Markel spent about 90% of his turn, and I spent about the same percentage of my supply of powerful spells. True, I cast the spells mentally because my wife and daughters were nearby. I was already about to dismiss everyone, leaving only 20 dragons, when suddenly, after another click on the portal, the final mission cutscene started.

If everything is done correctly, but you are not allowed into the portal, you need to click on it from the west side until you are allowed in. When hovering the cursor over the portal, the horse didn't rear up. There were no problems in version 1.5.

Cursed Earth affects phantoms. One of the mages just kept summoning them throughout the battle. This is equivalent to skipping a turn.