same! i'm pretty sure there's no way to get a real conversation of of the random guy... i'm pretty sure i've tried all the options. i think i got the dream about continuing on as queen also, but i am not even sure how i did it anymore. it almost seems random because i tried to redo the same options and could not get it again! i'm convinced there's no way to survive.
I'm pretty damn late, but I get the feeling as if the endings depend on how many resources you have, and which is in the most surplus. Salt will give you the "fighting" ending, I imagine that wine will give you a partying/greed ending, and I'm not sure what bread will give you (something justice-related likely).
I'm curious what would happen if you had the same number of resources for all.