Ergi Relationship Strategy

Ergi relationships have three endings per character. Most of them do not share the same views as Old World (modern) relationships. To build relationships with your LI, you need to understand their worldviews and what motivates them. 

Each character has a default relationship path. To unlock an alternative relationship outcome, you might need to support a certain political position, or have enough relationship attributes to unlock them.  

E.g. By default, Henrik's motivation to take on a boy lover is to groom a successor. 

The above picture is a deviant ending for him, where he is no longer under pressure to find a successor or to conform to Alfheimr laws/norms (by marrying 2 girls and 2 boys). Likewise, if you want to pursue a monogamous, old world romance with him (2nd CG), you must support the right political positions/and have the right attributes to unlock them. 

This will give you a sense of the story path you want to take and how to develop your Britt's attributes.

Character default relationship endings

Old world/modern default

These character stories are based on romantic relationships that we are familiar with

Kirk & Ralf (romantic monogamous relationship)

Erland (casual/open relationship)

New world/historical default

Some of the character stories are based on pre-Christian/pre-modern relationships before gay as a separate sexual identity even exists. They have been around longer in human history than our modern idea of romance and sexual identities (only in the last 50-100 years).

Henrik/Anders (pederast relationship - an older man takes in a boy as part of his education and political grooming). While the relationship is passionate, it is not necessarily seen as romantic. The relationship ends when the boy becomes an established adult (like Ralf). 

Borge/Anders (sacred brotherhood - male warriors bond sexually to enhance their bond in combat). Passionate, but not necessarily romantic too. The relationship ends when the men retires from army.

Jorgen (Fraternal polyandry - brothers sharing wives for practical/resource reasons)

Jostein (Two spirit wife - Taking on a secondary 'two spirit' wife for child-raising, resource or even as status symbols)

Deviant default 

Tyr (Relationship with him is unique, you will have to find out what works for him)