The veil is lifted.

Yeah, Fried would have been a better choice there. By the way, I got really tired of constantly retaking mines. Sometimes they were retaken the very next day. Since I don't have a file with the cost of creatures and I'm too lazy to look for it, I gave up on it. I only left 200 latniks in the gold mines. But Duncan gained a lot of experience by retaking mines 10 times while Fried was running around and killing everyone. But when Lorenzo arrived, he started chasing her. But Duncan and his army showed up in time and Lorenzo suffered a complete defeat. I defeated him, losing only 10 peasants. By the way, I almost always used only griffins and 2 paladins in battles throughout the game. With regeneration, a special ability, and later, with resurrection, there were practically no losses.

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By the way, I still don't understand what the point of having several portals on the map is, if they are blocked.

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And now I remembered, when I was buying caravans in the first city, creatures from the city separated by a river (where the monastery is) were available. I bought them, and the caravan just got stuck near the city and didn't move anywhere. Is that supposed to happen? Maybe some portal isn't working, even though it should be?