Oh my lordy lord.... This aged like milk lmao, I just completed the current Orc War right now,(INCOME SPOILER) and I would love to take back what I just said about Mirage aka (The Witch) and Victoria, LMAO, it hurt my heart seeing Feliar's death tho- He is such a sweet heart despite forced to be our enemy. Also about the lore of spell books would sounds very cool, i hope it could be related to the shapeshifter as Thorne has mentioned about Seth's brother current state and also the gem stone we got from the Lizard folks too (which i have high hope since it's also what Nameless was trying to find).
Off topic: I also found Nameless hot as hell with that "impressive size" and nice looking body, but i also have the same thought as you when it come to the safety of my very close-friends, If because of my action serving an unkown creature causing my close-friends to their death especially my competitive sweet heart lizard...coughs... Rhot, I would most likely gone through 7 stages of grief and start the whole damn game from the start again just to keep my favorite green lizard safe 💔.
for the orc war and Feliar dying, are you aware he could've been saved? and everything else, so like technically you might still be right if you choose to side with Mirage on the point on her teaching us stuff. Vicoria too since she can also be saved or if you side with the bad orcs maybe Vicoria/Feliar would teach us stuff at her mothers order if we asked? and also I was being vague but I also meant specifically info from spellbooks about the shapeshifters too lol. then with the Thorne, Seth and Lionel bit I never really thought about saving Lionel with the gem, but I don't think it can really do much, since it was the temple that protected the place from the nameless' direct influence not the gems. could be wrong though and maybe it could help Thorne maintain there memories if they ever got close to Lionel again?
also ikr?? he is like a living version of the apple from the tree of knowledge, on one hand you get knowledge and the other your banned from paradise, but in this case it's submitting to a hot guy but you risk literal lives lmao. and I would find a way to truly wipe all 500 pages of saves just to protect one of them XD
Also about the Orc war, I was also awared about saving feliar if I sided with Mirage but I starting to get paranoid to the point I afraid she isn't any better than Nameless, so I would prefer stay neutral as the best option just to keep my people safe. I don't know if sided with Mirage will put my people in danger or not but the only thing i'm very certain that if I sided with Mirage then Nameless will have another reason to be our most threaten enemy (since he's also has his own army).
I have to say, the first thought when i was starting to play this game, I thought it would just only be a silly horny adult game without much context, but HOLY SHIT, Hyao's team legit "pulled the rabbit out of the hat", I have never been so paranoid, horny and stressed so much at the same time, lmao (I also would like to know if I sided with Mirage would it break the relationship with the Chieftain of Iron Blood and causing the northcrest people at risk ?)
oh no I mean you can be against Mirage and save him. I chose to fight her and both Feliar and Vicoria are still alive and friends with me lol. plus staying neutral is fine but sometimes choosing neither side can be worse than choosing one. (also to answer your question, yes. it will ruin your relationship with all orcs excluding skullbreaker. but if you ask Mirage she's willing to leave Northcrest alone, so they'll be fine but the other orc tribes won't be.)
and ikr? i've been here a couple years now and it was also my introduction to adult games. no regrets whatsoever and if I had friends irl they would know everything about this game whether they wanted too or not with how obsessed I've become lmao. plus if I'm correct Hyao doesn't actually have a team he does everything except art and writing guest characters on his own. from what I remember at least.
Thanks for the helpful information, also the main reason i prefer staying neutral because i wasn't getting either of their nerves and sided with others could make the rest more hostile against our herbalist and their friend and i would not want that to happen. Kinda impressive that Hyao put all of his heart into this game to update it monthly. Anyways thanks, I will try to redo the Mirage fight again! :D
np, and I'm not saying your choice is wrong and you shouldn't stay on the fence, I'm just saying your wrong for stay neutral. just try and decide with path you'd like in case you get into a spot where you need to make a choice so it's not rushed. also it's nothing you do in the fight that saves them, you need to have Vicoria and Feliar's like at a certain amount and they side with you no matter what. I think it's 75 but I'm not sure since I just max it out when I like a character enough lol.
(also I happen to grind a fuck ton so I basically one shot everything but try and keep them alive in the fight if there on your side since idk if they can die when they side with us and lose all the health)
I just retried it, and i found out their behaviour changed when reach to 40 likes (for Feliar) and 60 likes (for Victoria) which changed the whole situation, thanks, my last fight was when both are still at 35 likes, so no wonder it wasn't what as you told me lol, thanks again!
(also you need to chill out with the intense grinding lmao, it would be more fun with alittle bit of challenge)