Lad got talent and unit limit

Hi there, I ask you for help for what it seems a pretty basic doubt!

In one of our last games a friend rolled lad got talent with a possesed beastman. The thing is that we supossed that given that the beastman is no longer a unit but a hero, he would have 2 beastman in his warband and would be able to recruit a new one (three beastman unit and one beastman hero) It works this way or the amount of beastman is still three independently if they are units or heroes?

I actually dont think this is addressed anywhere in the rule book or the errata, but my first instinct would be to say that he can't hire a new Beastman. Even though one is a hero now, he's still a "Beastman".

I agree a promoted bestman is still a beastman, and the warband list allows a up to 3 of them... so I've allways played using the max number as reference for the whole band, not only the henchmen. So only 3 beastmen for the possessed, only 1 ogre for ostlanders, only 5 flagellants for witch hunters... even if one of them gets promoted. Maybe some people have a different house rule, but I've allways played that way.

Only exception would be if you get an extra henchmen or hero using Monkey's Paw or Magic Lamp, wich rules specifies you may have more members of the same kind than your warband list allows.

The question is addressed in an FAQ, but not, as one would expect, in a direct way.

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Q: Can an Orc warband purchase another Big ’Un if his first Big Un became the leader and he has one other Big ’Un?
A: No. The new Leader is still a Big ’Un, albeit with the Leader ability. You can fill the empty hero spot with promoted Orcs, but you may never have more than 2 Big ’Uns.

Also from the online rulebook (Part III, Campaigns, p. 82)

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The new Hero remains the same Henchman type (eg,
a Ghoul stays as a Ghoul)