PC Gamer and IGN identify three romance options: Anca, Crake and Lacra. Both report that pursuing one does not lock Coen out of the others. This is a source-based account of the launch game, not a claim of our own route testing.
| Character | Starting point | General progression |
|---|---|---|
| Anca | Stay after obtaining herbs during Withering Away to start Page-Turner. | Follow her personal quests through Stronger Than Achilles and choose affectionate responses. |
| Crake / Marat | Follow the Manumit path from The Firebrand and join through Where Loyalty Lies. | His personal route continues through What Hunts the Night, What Moves the Dead, Distant Shadows and A Closer Look. |
| Lacra | Obtain A Friend Like This through Vicho or a boyar-related lead. | Follow her personal quests; see the location section below. |
Lacra {#lacra}
The official character biography describes Lacra as a vrakhir who claims she was sent to eliminate Brencis. That biography establishes her role, not romance conditions.
GameSpot locates the A Friend Like This investigation in northern Svartrau City. Use Focus to follow blood, broken objects and roof tiles. At night, Shadowstep or Planeshift lets Coen pursue the trail across the roofs to a secluded house. The first meeting becomes a fight. Voracious Bite does not work on her in that encounter, according to the guide. Speak again after the battle to continue her story.
PC Gamer’s reported Lacra route continues through The Song of the Mountain, Hive and Seek, Our Rotten Roots and The Night of Horrors. It identifies the Mandrake flower choice near the end of The Night of Horrors as the romance-scene lead-in. That reported route does not establish that every alternative earlier choice is harmless.
Reported dialogue routes
PC Gamer’s Anca route continues through Echoes of Silenced Bells, Between the Words, Where Old Devils Lie and Stronger Than Achilles. It recommends the love declaration during Stronger Than Achilles, followed by the accepting responses at the inn. Its account says the Font decision is separate from completing the romance, though it changes her story outcome.
For Crake, help with his armor and injuries after What Moves the Dead, then complete Distant Shadows. At the meeting in A Closer Look, reassure him that his confession will not change how you see him and return his kiss. These are paraphrased response meanings; compare the actual dialogue rather than treating this text as an exact button label.
Limits on alternative choices
The available IGN text hides several exact dialogue lines, and PC Gamer labels part of its Isbrand advice as an assumption. The reported routes above do not depend on treating those hidden lines or assumptions as guarantees. Other combinations and epilogue conditions are not fully verified here. Preserve a save before consequential choices if you want to compare outcomes.
Start with the prologue for Anca, or return to the walkthrough.
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