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Ending Required preparation Commitment --------- Turncoat Access Manumit hideout; reach Brencis parley Accept deal and mark door Folk Hero Reach castle/finale without ally route Defeat Brencis alone Patricide Complete Lacra line Start Midnight Reckoning and fight with Lacra Knyazmaker Complete Crake/Manumit line Start Rise at Dawn A Hero They Deserve Corruption 11; Shadow Dweller II Cross northwest gap and leave Together Forever Reach Home Sweet Home family loop Remain instead of escaping Time Runs Out None Spend more than 30 days

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EndingRequired preparationCommitment
TurncoatAccess Manumit hideout; reach Brencis parleyAccept deal and mark door
Folk HeroReach castle/finale without ally routeDefeat Brencis alone
PatricideComplete Lacra lineStart Midnight Reckoning and fight with Lacra
KnyazmakerComplete Crake/Manumit lineStart Rise at Dawn
A Hero They DeserveCorruption 11; Shadow Dweller IICross northwest gap and leave
Together ForeverReach Home Sweet Home family loopRemain instead of escaping
Time Runs OutNoneSpend more than 30 days

The normal endings require reaching Brencis. Saving the family additionally requires doing so within 30 days. Esme's separate survival state depends on correct prologue medicine.

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