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Loren the Amazon Princess (2012)

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Once the cutscene with Fost and his cohorts ends, we’re sent to the world map. There’s now an icon in the desert for the “Dark Elves”, and that’s what we need to click next to continue the story. However, I decide to spend some time in Camp first. We haven’t done much with dialogue so far, and I want to spend some time chatting with Loren. I click the Camp button, and we now have four people we can talk to—Loren, Draco, Dora, and Myrth. I might talk to some of the others later on, but for now I want to focus on Loren. I click on her picture and we proceed to have a brief conversation about Myrth. Now that she’s joined the team, we have a new and powerful asset—Loren comically gives Saren a warning look when he calls the newcomer “beautiful”—and they discuss whether she can be trusted. Loren notes that her influence with the elves is valuable, but she doesn’t want to be manipulated into supporting their agenda. It becomes clear that she considers anyone she meets to have their own agenda, and she’s pretty lacking in the trust department. Saren remarks it must be hard to live that way, and the conversation ends.

I click Loren’s picture again, and this time the subject is the Citadel and Amazon military. Saren asks her what she knows about the fortress, and Loren boasts about its illustrious history. The “Great-Mothers” built the Citadel in response to various enemies encroaching on their territory, and to date it’s never fallen to an attacker. Loren confidently declares that the Citadel is unbeatable and she doesn’t know why other nations even bother trying to test its defenses, but they’ll likely continue to do so. She then remarks that she believes the Amazons could conquer the whole world if they tried, and Saren tries to talk some humility into her. He notes that the Amazons are outnumbered, and suggests that other nations have competent warriors, too. Loren doesn’t think so, but Saren suggests that a wise ruler shouldn’t underestimate their enemies. Loren’s stung by this and cuts off the conversation, but it’s given her food for thought. Finally, I click on Loren one more time, and Saren asks what she expects of him. She’s a bit puzzled by this, and simply tells us to do whatever she says. She does, however, say that her slaves normally stood five paces away from her, and so Saren promptly moves away from her. Loren eyes us for a bit and says that looks weird with only one person, so we can stand closer. We’re expected to stand behind her when she’s not talking to us, but Saren still considers that a small victory and hopes that she’ll eventually respect us enough to not treat us like a slave at all.

With that conversation over, I decide to head back to the world map and click on the Dark Elves icon. The group is continuing to walk through the forest area, but as we go down the path we come across an overturned cart blocking the way. This cart initially seems abandoned, but a dwarf suddenly leaps out from behind it and brandishes his axe, warning us not to steal his items. Saren realizes he’s not truly hostile, and we can say so through a Joking, Friendly or Forceful dialogue choice. As always, I choose Friendly, and Saren asks Loren to help this dwarf. He’s apparently not looking very good, but he’s proudly insists he can take care of himself. Dora, though, is unconvinced. She heads over to check out this other dwarf, and worriedly says he looks like he’s starving. Loren finally gives in and tosses him her water, which he ravenously drinks. This dwarf, Ramas, explains that his cart lost its wheel and he’s been stuck here ever since, because merchant work is all he knows. Myrth offers to compensate him for the damaged cart, and proceeds to use her nature powers to create another wheel that attaches itself to the cart. It’s now good as new, which pleases Ramas greatly. He’s also apparently greatly pleased by Dora—he’s watching her pretty closely and it’s obvious he’s smitten by the female dwarf. In any case, now that his cart is fixed he says we can buy from him. This is a valuable opportunity for us to stock up, and I’ll do that in the next video.