This guide details the under-the-hood code variables and paths used in the various routes and endings of the game. Spoilers abound!

If you just want to get a particular ending as fast as possible by fast-forwarding and clicking on clearly specified dialog options, you should use one of the other guides.

Note: This does not disclose all the possible variations in the dialog or ending texts. For that, it is recommended you try the different options in game, or examine the Ren'Py source files yourself.


No-one acts overbearing like Gaston!

To get on a particular route you need to make certain choices that enable it within that playthrough.

• Oscar: Talk with him and then kiss him at the campsite in Chapter 2 ("What about Cassidy?")
  
• Gaston: Infiltrate his room with Dolores's aid (must not be wearing Oscar's pendant)
  
• Nazagi: Infiltrate his room with Dolores's aid, then "Tell him" how you got in.
  
• Callum: Talk with him at the campsite in Chapter 2, then side with him during the second disagreement in Chapter 3 ("Defend Callum").
  
• Unaligned (bad end): Fail to qualify for any of the above routes.

Note: The Dolores endings fork from the Callum route.

If you qualify for more than one route, the choice at the end of Chapter 4 will let you pick a specific route. Not picking a valid route (Cassidy, Dolores, or a prince whose route you haven't qualified for) will result in the following priority: Callum > Oscar > Gaston > Nazagi

Note that the Callum route is only unlocked after completing another prince's route (otherwise, you will not be able to talk to him at the campsite).

If you make the right choices, all three endings can be obtained from the very last set of decisions.

The key check here is what we will call the "Oscar love" check. The flags used in it are:

• "Angry": Use emotional blackmail on Oscar in chapter 5d ("If you love me, you'd obey me")
  
• "Hassle": Berate Oscar in chapter 6d ("Scold him")
  
• "Lie": Tell Oscar to lie to Cassidy about your relationship in chapter 6d ("Definitely not")
  
• "Weak": Shame Oscar when he volunteers to be the rearguard in Chapter 7d ("You're not strong enough").
  
• "Confess": Confess your love when Oscar volunteers to be the rearguard in Chapter 7d ("I can't let you die")

This check is failed if any of the following points are true:

• Weak
  
• Angry AND any of the following: Hassle, Lie, not-Confess
  
• Hassle AND Lie AND not-Confess

You need to pass the love check to get the good end (as one would expect) and the bad end.

In Chapter 7d, back up Duke Pherod in front of the mob ("Say something").

At the end of Chapter 7d, Wise Paloma offers you a reward of your choice. If you helped the Duke, you can ask for your own estate, or to have Oscar and Cassidy married. If not, the second option is forced.

• If you ask for Oscar and Cassidy to be married:
  
  • If Oscar loves you, he'll beg you to reconsider. You can change your mind and marry him for the good end, or "Break his heart" for the bad end.
    
  • Otherwise, you get the normal end.
• If you ask for your own estate:
  
  • You can bid goodbye to Oscar; this gets you the normal end.
    
  • You can ask Oscar to marry you. If Oscar loves you, he'll accept and you get the good end. Otherwise, he declines and you get the normal end.

In Chapter 7b, if you tell Cassidy to become Caspian ("You are Caspian"), you get the bad end. The other options "You are Cassidy" (only available if you stayed to talk to Oscar before sneaking out the window in Chapter 2) and "What does your heart tell you?" lead to the other ends.

To enable the good end, you need to pick both of the following options:

• Chapter 6b: "I was lonely too" when questioned by Colette
  
• Chapter 7b: "We could share" when offered the bed

At the end, if you've done this, you can choose to return to Oceandawyr with Oscar (normal end) or stay in Gwellinor (good end). Otherwise, you automatically get the normal end.

You need a Nazagi score of at least 2 to access the good and bad ends (you get to choose which); otherwise you get the normal end. Generally, choices that reflect a trust in Nazagi increase your score.

Decisions that affect score:

• Chapter 5c: "It is suspicious, isn't it?": +1
  
• Chapter 5c: "There was an assassin": +1
  
• Chapter 5c: "How clever of you": +1
  
• Chapter 6c: "This explains everything": +1
  
• Chapter 6c: "This snake fell on Prince Callum...": -1
  
• Chapter 6c: "Signal him to change his mind" AND "I think she's attracted to you": +1

If you have at least 2 points, in Chapter 7c you get to decide whether to go along with Nazagi's plan. Accepting ("This is sudden") gives you the good end, rejecting it ("This is wrong") gets the bad end.


Not actual dialogue from the game, thankfully

Relevant flags:

• "Untie": Untie Dolores or scratch her nose for her in Chapter 4
  
• "Snark": "Snark at Dolores" in Callum's room in Chapter 6a
  
• "Diss": "I'm not interested in Callum" in Chapter 6a
  
• "Wish": Choose "I wish things were different" in Callum's room in Chapter 6a
  
• "Kiss": "Kiss him first" before leaving Callum's room in Chapter 6a
  
• "Insult": Say "It makes me laugh" in Cassidy's room in Chapter 6a

In Chapter 6a, when Callum invites you to stay in Gwellinor, say yes. Otherwise you can only get the Dolores ends or the Callum bad end.

In Chapter 7a, if you agreed to stay with Callum (as above), when Cassidy's secret is revealed, you have two options: "Talk to your parents" and "Talk to Duke Pherod". If you did not agree, you automatically go down the latter route (with different dialogue).

Talk to your parents: Callum good end or normal end
To get the good end, you must meet all the following conditions:

• Did not Snark
  
• Did not Insult
  
• Untie OR Wish

Otherwise, you get the normal end.

Talk to Duke Pherod: Callum bad end, or Dolores ends
If you insulted or snarked at Dolores (see above), you automatically get the Callum bad end.
Otherwise, you can choose whether to escape with Dolores.

• Refusing gets you the Callum bad end.
  
• Agreeing leads to the two Dolores ends. If either of the following points are true, you get the bad end. Otherwise, you get the good end.
  
  • Not-Untie AND (not-Wish OR Kiss)
    
  • Diss AND Kiss

This is my first ever Steam guide. Hope it was useful to you!

Thanks to Github user CensoredUsername, whose unrpyc tool[github.com] made this possible.