Posts from “Ashes’ Will” – “A Sad Journey” [Campaign 2, Mission 2]

Help, please!!!
I can't seem to complete mission 2 in the Tears of Ash campaign (Aranthir) - The Sad March. I reach the very end, successfully conquering all the cities and completing all the tasks. After conquering the last red city, it says "tasks completed," but the cutscene doesn't play, and the "Aranthir must survive" task doesn't have a checkmark.
The disc is a licensed copy.
Please advise, maybe there's some small detail I'm missing that's preventing me from progressing.

Thank you in advance!

A possible reason is that during the assault, all creatures from Arantir's army were destroyed, except for the summoned ones.
If this is not the case (at least one skeleton remains in the army), please contact the technical support department.

Let's do this: I'll describe how it went for me, and you can compare and perhaps find the cause of the problem based on the differences. I was playing on a pirated copy; I conquered the cities in the following order: Necropolis to the west of my starting city, then the Academy south of that Necropolis (at the time of conquest, both cities were neutral, meaning they hadn't been conquered by anyone yet), then (to the east) the orange player's Academy (and as a result, the orange player was defeated, and the completion of one of the main quests was marked), then a chase began across the map with the yellow player, who was far from a pushover, but it all ended with the complete defeat of the yellow player in his home Academy, which is in the southeast. Next, through the Dungeon to the red player (along the way, we defeat the Demon Lord, thus completing the quest), and finally, we kill the last of the opponents. Mission complete.
Before capturing the first of the cities, I received a quest about vampires, but I didn't complete it.

Thank you very much for your answers and help. I gave up; I didn't have the strength to go through it again: rolleyes - I asked for a save file to move on to the next level. When my husband played from his profile, where there was no save file, everything went normally, and the next mission loaded without any problems. He did everything the same way I did... Thank you again!

Thanks, you helped a lot!

You're welcome. But you seemed to be stuck on the third mission, judging by the title of your topic... and here you're thanking me for the second one :) And, if it's not too much trouble, tell me what exactly you were stuck on... I need it for statistics :)

Hey everyone! Does anyone know where to find the secret entrance to the Red Castle in the "Tribes of the East" campaign of Heroes of Might and Magic V? And what is the Red Key used for? (P.S. I'm not blonde=))

Ledy Boss, place 4 Necromancers around the human castles, including Ornella, but not Arantir, and that’s it.

Hey everyone! Does anyone know where to find the secret entrance to the red castle in the Tribes of the East campaign in Heroes of Might and Magic V? And what is the red key for? (P.S. I'm not blonde=))

In the center of the map, there is an entrance to a dungeon. Go there, and you'll need the key. After that, a quest will appear asking you to find the entrance to the dungeon. Go to the dungeon near the last Academy castle, and that will be the path to the last red castle.

Based on what you're saying, it seems like you had a relatively easy time with it (meaning you progressed quickly). Lucky you! I've been fighting the orange faction for two months now, and their numbers are overwhelming. It would be fine if he didn't constantly stay in his city! I tried attacking him! I won! But if it weren't for that damn resurrection spell... he resurrected Thunderbirds, and that was the end for my last 10 Skeleton Warriors and 2 Astral Dragons! Why does he have 20 times more mana than me? And that's even though he casts spells more often than I do! I'll let you in on a secret: I wouldn't have had a chance if I hadn't randomly found a Phoenix summoning scroll! I've been playing for two weeks now, and I still can't beat him. And it's all because I made one mistake at the beginning: I captured the Academy first, left it undefended, and then went to attack another Necropolis. The Academy fell, and that's when the bloody war started! P.S. For some reason, recruiting troops is actually giving me a profit instead of a loss. Maybe it's a bug? I had 35k gold before recruiting, and the next day, I had 55k gold! I don't want to start the mission over: 1) I'd rather jump off a roof than build my army again. 2) I'm just lazy

well, I can easily handle the orange one))) but the yellow one is a real pain(((( I managed to beat it once in one try((( but then I forgot how(( besides, I need to increase my mana there, but I don't know how((( can someone help me:smile32:

Well, I can easily defeat the orange faction))) but the yellow one is a real pain((((Once I managed to beat it on the first try(((but then I forgot how((Besides, I need to increase my mana, but I don't know how(((Can someone help me:smile32:

You need to start acting when you have completed the quest for the Death Knights. As soon as you can, capture the second city - Necropolis - and "awaken" the vampires. Then, start your offensive against the orange faction (if the difficulty is "Recruit," they will only have one city). Raise as many undead as possible! As soon as you break through the yellow faction's garrison, return for reinforcements and finish them off. The Avatar of Death can help. After that, calmly clear the map and gather troops to defeat the red faction.

You can increase mana using the "Higher Education" skill in combination with the "Magic Attraction" ability.

Dude, I'm having trouble with the walkthrough; I can handle the orange one, but this yellow one is killing me! I'm at my wit's end. Any tips on how to deal with this brute?

well, it turned out that it wasn't that difficult after all.

Guys, help me. I killed all the enemies except the red one. I don't know how to get to him and where to find the red key to the gate?

Added after 34 minutes
Oh, I found a tent, and I remember what's next; I just haven't played in a long time and forgot.

Is the red faction building up its army, or not? Because all that’s left is to defeat him.