Outcast's Path

Yes, that's correct, the script checks for the presence of heroes on the map, and for it, being inside the castle is the same as being outside.

In general, it's most likely that the script still failed, or rather, it stopped at an error; the garrison was simply unlocked after Elain was defeated, but before the error with Peop1. Therefore, everything in the script function that came after Peop1 probably didn't work.

No, I understand that the Peop1 function refers to the Orc army in the Human castle, which I defeated to gain reputation with the Humans, and which, apparently, were supposed to join the battle against the Humans (that's why I was delivering weapons to them).
The problem is with the unkillable Laslo with his insane defense and, as a result, unkillable troops. I tried to fight him in the castle - it doesn't matter, 900 upgraded griffins easily fly over (+90 archers, destroying my furies with one swing - even though the furies themselves can take down 2-3 of them...). Paladins remove the slow effect from the snipers...
Maybe, if I try it 15 times as you suggest, and the computer makes a mistake in one of the attempts, I can defeat him, BUT: if I wanted to suffer, I would have chosen the hard version and the "Hero" difficulty level.
There is probably another option - just accumulate an army for six months...
In short, -:smile15: