The same story. The army is huge, both in the castle and with F., two heroes have been rescued and are already fully leveled up. The purple hero appears once every 1-1.5 weeks, doesn't do much damage to the garrison, but the mission doesn't end, and the tasks supposedly haven't been completed. I tried hiring a hero in the Necropolis castle, but there was no reaction. I was about to use a save file, but then I decided to hire another hero in the second Ranger town... and, lo and behold! the messages started appearing, and F. moved on. I don't remember anymore if I hired a hero in that town at the very beginning... probably not.