# Choice of Rebels Part 1 WIP thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Works In Progress\ **Created:** [August 16, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/choice-of-rebels-part-1-wip-thread/1601 "2013-08-16T23:28:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1783
**Author:** ![Havenstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/havenstone/32/198451_2.png) [@Havenstone](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Havenstone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/choice-of-rebels-part-1-wip-thread/1601/1783 "2014-07-29T04:23:58Z")
@ChoiceofManning, right now Breden’s the one possible love interest. Depending on the anarchy level you create as a bandit, at the end of Ch2 you’ll be joined by either a noble or a helot who has a crush on you. These are two more potential LIs, but their plots are just starting, and you can’t get them both on a single playthrough. “How many followers can we end with in single play through and exactly how large is a phalangite force.” Good questions, which will be answered in Ch 4. More followers will join you in Ch 3, depending in part on how consistent you’ve been as a nationalist, heretic etc. And the number of Phalangites (and Theurges) who come after you in Ch 4 will depend on how much you’ve pissed off the Thaumatarch by e.g. targeting tax collection, inter-provincial trade, and other things of pressing interest. If you want to try to beat the Phalangites in open battle, you’d better have a COM 2 and the grasp of tactics that comes with it. There’s only so much a charismatic leader or minor Theurge can do in a situation _that_ tactically challenging. I hear you on Breden, but I’m inclined to stick with the name – IMHO it’s gender-neutral enough. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/choice-of-rebels-part-1-wip-thread/1601)._