A Deal with the Devil Walkthrough
Meet Brencis at Shrike's Crag and decide whether to fight him or pursue his deal. Your decisions can affect your family, the manumit hideout and several later epilogue outcomes.
Before You Continue
This quest contains decisions that can permanently change your family and finale route.
Quick Answers
When should I meet Brencis?
The parley is tied to the night sequence.
Should I fight Brencis?
Only if you accept the family consequences of that route.
Should I mark the hideout?
Only if you want to proceed with the Brencis deal route.
Can I leave instead?
Yes — Leave does not commit the deal at that point.
Does this quest affect the ending?
Yes, significantly.
Time requirement • Night
Reach Brencis at Shrike’s Crag
The parley sequence is associated with the night phase. Follow the quest objective to Shrike’s Crag and use the fire signal when the quest calls for it.
This is the shared start. Both the hostile route and the deal route begin here.
Why isn’t the parley starting?
- ✓ You are on the correct quest stage
- ✓ It is the required day/night phase
- ✓ You reached the Shrike’s Crag objective
- ✓ The signal objective is active
Major Choice
Fight Brencis or Hear Him Out?
Reject the deal and enter the hostile route.
Can You Still Save Your Family?
Did you choose a hostile option during the Brencis parley?
Quest outcome vs final game ending
A Deal with the Devil can resolve in several different ways. These are quest outcomes, not separate full-game endings.
Quest outcome · Final game ending
Save Pieter
Objective
Reach and resolve Pieter’s sequence.
Why it matters
This stage belongs to the family-consequence branch of the quest.
Not progressing?
Check that you are on the hostile / family-consequence branch and that Pieter’s objective is the active step. Exact map directions stay unpublished until they are verified.
Your route: Brencis deal
Find the Manumit Hideout
This objective only matters if you continue pursuing Brencis’ deal.
Follow the deal-route objective until you reach the hideout marking decision.
Mark the Hideout or Leave?
Mark begins the commitment sequence. Treat the deal as committed once the subsequent betrayal sequence resolves successfully.
Leaving does not commit the Brencis deal at this point.
See the full Mark vs Leave consequences →A Deal with the Devil – Important Choices
| Decision | Result | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Fight Brencis | Hostile branch | Family consequence |
| Continue the deal | Keeps deal path open | Later major choice |
| Mark hideout | Starts commitment sequence | Major ending impact |
| Leave | No deal commitment yet | Flexible at this point |
Which Route Should You Choose?
If your priority is keeping options open
Leave rather than Mark when you reach the hideout decision.
If you want the Brencis Pact route
Continue the deal path and commit through the hideout sequence.
If you want to reject Brencis
Choose the hostile route, but understand the family consequence before doing so.
How A Deal with the Devil Affects the Ending
Save My A Deal with the Devil Choices
Brencis parley: Unknown
Hideout: Not reached
Family: Unknown
Consequence map
Parley
The parley sequence is associated with the night phase. Follow the quest objective to Shrike’s Crag and use the fire signal when the quest calls for it.
Fight
Attacking Brencis can lead into the family-death consequence.
Deal
Keep the deal route available and continue toward the hideout decision.
Family risk
This stage belongs to the family-consequence branch of the quest.
Find hideout
This objective only matters if you continue pursuing Brencis’ deal.
Mark
Mark begins the commitment sequence. Treat the deal as committed once the subsequent betrayal sequence resolves successfully.
Leave
Leaving does not commit the Brencis deal at this point.
Finale consequences
Ending spoilers hidden
A Deal with the Devil Not Progressing?
Brencis isn’t appearing
- ✓ Correct quest stage?
- ✓ Correct day/night phase?
- ✓ Parley objective active?
Fire signal doesn’t work
Check that the signal objective is the active step and that you are in the required night phase.
Hideout objective isn’t available
This belongs to the deal route. Make sure you did not already enter the hostile route.
Mark interaction not available
Check that you have reached the hideout stage on the deal route.
A Deal with the Devil is not one decision — the parley, the fight route and the hideout commitment can change different parts of your playthrough.
Continue your playthrough
Quick questions
Should you fight Brencis?
Fighting him enters a hostile route tied to the family-death consequence. Choose it only if that outcome fits the route you want.
Should you mark the hideout?
Mark it if you want to continue the Brencis deal route. The Mark sequence can commit the Brencis deal and affect later finale outcomes.
What happens if you leave?
Leaving does not commit the Brencis deal at that decision point.
Does A Deal with the Devil affect the ending?
Yes. Its major branches can influence the main finale route and several character/world epilogue outcomes.
Can your family die?
Yes. The confirmed hostile Brencis route connects to a family-death consequence.
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