Long Live The Queen

Long Live The Queen

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Warlord Run
By The Scoutman
The goal of this run is to face all the 3 major military conflicts in the game and come out victorious.
   
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Introduction
/////SPOILERS/////
Hello and welcome to this Long Live The Queen walkthrough.
The goal of this run is to militarly drive off the Ixionites, win the civil war AND win the naval battle against Togami.
Although not a particularly difficult run, its still a relatively interesting one that takes some mindful decisions early on in the game.
For those familiar with the game, the basic idea is to ACE the first two battles so you dont lose many troops, as well as going through as many recruiment events as possible to make sure you WILL have enough troops to win the final battle.
The 3 main focused skill sets are: Lumen (crystal acquired through accounting), Military and Medicine.

***NOTES***
This run features a few extras of my personal preference:
Rogue Lumens will not be tolerated, Lucille and a certain condemned man are to be dealt with as soon and as viciously as possible.
Just because war against Sedna is not an event in the game, doesnt mean we cant humiliate that little pompous prick called Talarist, a relatively obscure event where you economically outmaneuver him, making him lose a lot of income as well as making you richer should do the trick.
Threats against the Queen's life will be blasted with magic, this includes Kevan and a mysterious assassin.
Gameplay
Week 1:
Classes - 2X Accounting.
Events - none.
Weekend - Play with toys.

Week 2:
Classes - 2X Reflexes.
Events - Let her Stay.
Weekend - Visit Julianna.

Week 3:
Classes - 2X Accounting.
Events - (doesnt matter).
Weekend - Talk with father.

Week 4:
Classes - Trade and Production.
Events - none.
Weekend - Visit Julianna - I'll try to find a way.

Week 5:
Classes - Trade and Production.
Events - none.
Weekend - Attend Services.

Week 6 (Equip Tuxedo):
Classes - Accounting and Trade.
Events - Call the guards.
Weekend - Visit Treasure.

Week 7:
Classes - 2X Strategy.
Events - none.
Weekend - Visit Julianna - Do it.

Week 8:
Classes - 2X Resist Magic.
Events - Invest.
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 9:
Classes - 2X Sense Magic.
Events - Prepare for battle.
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 10:
Classes - 2X Wield Magic.
Events - none
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 11:
Classes - 2X Resist Magic.
Events - none
Weekend - Play with toys.

Week 12:
Classes - 2X Herbs.
Events - Politely decline.
Weekend - Talk with father.

Week 13:
Classes - 2X Battlefield Medicine.
Events - Put her to work.
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 14:
Classes - 2X Sense Magic.
Events - Invest.
Weekend - Sneak out

Week 15:
Classes - Sense Magic and Resist Magic.
Events - Army Recruitment.
Weekend - Explore Castle.

Week 16 (equip Lumen outfit):
Classes - 2X Wield Magic.
Events - I will lead the parade - Blast him with magic.
Weekend - Walk in the gardens.

Week 17 (equip Tuxedo):
Classes - 2X Internal Affairs.
Events - Someone scandalous - Say Nothing - Talk with your aunt - Accuse her.
Weekend - Play with toys.

Week 18:
Classes - Poison and Internal Affairs.
Events - (doesnt matter) - Foreign Threats.
Weekend - Visit Julianna.

Week 19:
Classes - Poison and Herbs.
Events - Raise Taxes.
Weekend - Walk in the gardens.

Week 20:
Classes - 2X Trade.
Events - Question him about crystal - Invest in food to ship to Elath.
Weekend - Walk in the gardens.

Week 21:
Classes - 2X Battlefield Medicine.
Events - That's hilarious - Ignore it.
Weekend - Visit Julianna.

Week 22:
Classes - Battlefield Medicine and Herbs.
Events - Send him to your uncle.
Weekend - Walk in the gardens.

Week 23:
Classes - Herbs and Strategy.
Events - Reject her.
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 24:
Classes - 2X Naval Strategy.
Events - none
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 25:
Classes - 2X Logistics.
Events - Build more warships.
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 26:
Classes - 2X Logistics.
Events - none
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 27:
Classes - 2X Naval Strategy.
Events - Go to Sudbury.
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 28:
Classes - 2X Strategy.
Events - Side with her mother
Weekend - Walk in the gardens.

Week 29:
Classes - 2X Climbing.
Events - Pardon Criminals.
Weekend - Walk in the gardens.

Week 30:
Classes - 2X Running.
Events - Refuse.
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 31 (equip Military outfit):
Classes - 2X Swimming.
Events - none
Weekend - Walk in the gardens.

Week 32:
Classes - 2X Climbing.
Events - Employment.
Weekend - Walk in the gardens.

Week 33 (equip Lumen outfit):
Classes - Climbing and Naval Strategy.
Events - Falconry - Kill him with Magic.
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 34:
Classes - Logistics and Wield Magic.
Events - Recruit soldiers - Direct the fleet.
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 35:
Classes - 2X Decoration.
Events - none
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 36 (equip Military outfit):
Classes - 2X Decoration.
Events - (doesnt matter, but I prefer Ransom the rich and conscript the poor)
Weekend - Sneak out.

Week 37:
Classes - (doesnt matter)
Events - (doesnt matter)
Weekend - (doesnt matter)

Week 38:
Classes - (doesnt matter)
Events - An extravagant feast.
Weekend - (doesnt matter)

Week 39:
Classes - (doesnt matter)
Events - (pick whoever you feel like, Talarist and Kiran will refuse, but you get someone else if you choose Talarist, Banion sucks ass, the other choices go as normal)
Weekend - (doesnt matter)

Week 40:
Classes - (doesnt matter)
Events - End game.
Weekend - none
After-thoughts.
Hello, surprisingly enough, this run did not involve a very ruthless Elodie, the few ruthless actions I commited, such as slaughtering a few people with magic, can be avoided if you so prefer, like I said earlier, this run isnt particularly difficult, the early game is a bit tight, but the mid game can be shaped according to your will, as long as you keep on recruiting soldiers and make sure you have decent stats when the civil war comes; the late game has very few relevant actions.

I have a few ideas for future runs, such as:
Duellist Elodie, where you solve all your problems by honorably duelling your adversaries (beat the parade assassin with the quarterstaff, kill Banion in a duel, defeat Kevan in a duel, and kill Togami in a duel)

and

Maximum Lassi, where you gotta stockpile THE BIGGEST AMMOUNT OF LASSI POSSIBLE, this means cutting as many expenses as possible, as well as still going through a lot of gold winning events (this one might be quite challenging, since, among others, a few of the events I will have to go through will be: "Ransom them All" which requires a lot of World History as well as winning the Naval battle, which might be quite tricky without expending money to recruit more soldiers and to build warships. Trade Briony as a hostage, which will require me to have high Lore or Novan History, as well as a civil war to happen. The Elath food shortage event to happen and me to be prepared for it, just like in the run above. Give the territory to Ixiom, since I will need their help later and I cant afford to lose troops. I will also have to keep an eye on commoner approval, since Im not throwing any feasts, then again, with enough Lumen power I can just tell the the peasants to f#ck off.
10 Comments
Meep 22 Dec, 2017 @ 12:21pm 
If you want to kick Talarist one more time, choose him at the end. You won't get him, he's far too insulted already to swallow his pride and take the offer. But for all his attempts to avenge himself are thwarted by his own brother. Whether or not this means he's above his brother's antics or is simply better at them is up to you to decide.
Wolfprints 11 Sep, 2016 @ 6:37am 
Awesome guide, thank you! Only criticism is that in Week 9 I was asked to use battle magic or don't. I chose yes as it seemed in keeping with the run, but the guide didn't specify which I should choose.
Errapel 3 Sep, 2016 @ 3:50pm 
I really love this guide, thank you.
adleen 22 Aug, 2016 @ 9:15pm 
Thanks for the guide. That was a good run, reminds me of a CK2 playthrough I've had as a young military queen.
Alaratt 8 Mar, 2016 @ 8:04pm 
Thanks for fixing the spaces and week numbers, definitely easier to read, and I have been using the guide for several playthroughs to branch off of mid-late game for my variety
The Scoutman  [author] 8 Mar, 2016 @ 4:22am 
@Mimic This guide is quite old, one of the more recent updates added the possibility of becoming suspicious of your uncle at the gala, maybe you selected that by mistake instead of confronting your aunt?
I have now updated the guide to fix that and just made a test run, it still works, you can still win all 3 military conflicts through war
Sanguine Skull 7 Mar, 2016 @ 3:07pm 
Hm. Maybe I messed something up along the way, but following this resulted in Elodie getting frosted by the asshole that attacks you near the end of the game.
Alaratt 3 Mar, 2016 @ 6:59pm 
I agree with Zanair and codeGlaze 100% was a bit tough to read thanks to numbers and spacing between weeks. It was a good playthrough though, I enjoyed it and am gratefull for the time you put in =)
codeGlaze (5p1k3) 18 Jan, 2016 @ 3:27pm 
Great guide!
Only 2 points of criticism...

1. You have a "typo" for week 32... (there is no "weekend" suggestion)
Week 32 (equip Lumen outfit):
Classes - Climbing and Naval Strategy.
Events - Falconry.
Weekend - Kill him with Magic.

2. I will echo Zanair's sentiment, labeling the weeks starting with 0 (zero) can throw you off.
Zanair 3 Mar, 2015 @ 11:12am 
Though pretty good, your gameplay walkthrough was rather hard to read.
Just as a suggestion, maybe you can space the days apart so it is easier to read them. It may also be better to start from Week 1 instead of "Week 0."
The walkthrough was always off by at least one week, which caused a bit more confusion as to where I was in it.

Other than those things, really great!