Victoria is one of the most feared knights you can recruit in Sovereign Tower, and one of the easiest to mistake for a one-note villain archetype.
She’s renowned throughout the kingdom for her unmatched talent and her ruthless nature when defending her interests, and some ballads describe her as invincible, which is less an exaggeration than you’d hope. She’s also Half-Demon for a reason the game only explains if you follow her romance track, and she’s the one knight in the entire cast who can turn on you completely if you let her.
This Victoria guide covers everything you need, including how to recruit her through the game’s only fully scripted knight chain, her favourite meals, the quest types she actually enjoys, every dialogue choice across all four of her affinity events, and the betrayal mechanic you need to know about before you get attached.
Victoria’s Character Sheet
Background
Traits
Liked & Disliked Quests
Liked Meals
Base stats
Victoria is renowned throughout the kingdom for her unmatched talent and her ruthless nature when defending her interests. It is genuinely best to avoid making her an enemy. She’s Half-Demon, and her recruitment is the only one in the game that isn’t hidden behind a candidacy file at all; she has an entire scripted quest chain of her own.
| SADISTIC | HALF-DEMON |
| VICTORIA’S SWORD | TOUCHY |
| HALF-DEMON (hidden) |
| Liked | Disliked |
|---|---|
| Assassination | Diplomacy |
| Crowds (condition) |
 Croque Monsieur |  Prefou |
| Stat | Level |
|---|---|
| Strength | 13 |
| Agility | 13 |
| Charisma | 9 |
| Magic | 13 |
| Wits | 10 |
| Luck | 9 |
Mastered stats: Strength, Agility, Charisma, Magic, Wits, Luck
How to Unlock Victoria
To recruit Victoria, you’ll need to wait for a wounded emissary named Bettie to appear in Act 3. When she shows up, select the option “Would a knight of your caliber agree to join my Round Table?”
Whether the path forward will consist of doing three tasks for her or just one depends on whether you’ve been a tyrannical ruler or a different archetype.
- If you’ve seized Southbay, won the Derby by cheating, and tortured the Enberg suspects, she glazes you and only asks for one favor.
- If you haven’t done all three, you’ll need to complete three murder quests for her before she agrees to join you.
Faking the deaths will trigger Victoria’s betrayal once recruited, and she’ll run away with your highest affinity Knight. She’ll also acknowledge you lied to her during her first affinity cutscene.
Romance & Interactions
One-Heart Event
You find Victoria absorbed in the “History” section, searching with meticulous focus. Upon drawing near, her vexation becomes apparent, her eyes narrowed with evident disdain: “I-is everything alright?”
Dialogue Choices:
“I-is everything alright?” (no affinity change)
“You have no business here.” (only offered if you’re a Tyrannic sovereign) (+Affinity)
Either way, she demands to know why your library holds nothing worthy of Sovereign Herod, the Sovereign she calls the mightiest ruler these lands have ever known.
Dialogue Choices:
“I don’t know much about Herod. Who were they?” (−Affinity)
“I already know Herod well…” (+Affinity)
“That’s unacceptable. I’ll mention it to Sir Arlin.” (no affinity change)
“I don’t think I have much to learn from such a ruler.” (no affinity change)
Both of the last two options route into the same real test: “Do you wish to be a worthy Sovereign, little bird?”
Dialogue Choices:
“I already am. I have no need for your petty prerogatives.” (+Affinity. “Ha. Ha. Ha. Hahaha. That is exactly what I expect from you, my little fledgling.”)
“You… may be right.” (−Affinity, visible disgust)
The scene remembers whether you lied to her during her arrival trials. If you didn’t: “You made a strong impression on me… making no attempt at deception, which would hardly have suited you.” If you did: “Being a ruler worthy of the name also implies not lying with impunity to your most dangerous warrior.”
Dialogue Choices:
“I… I hope you can forgive me.” (−Affinity)
“(Lie) I don’t know what you’re implying.” (−Affinity. “You’re a terrible liar and, astoundingly, utterly stupid.”)
“…I wouldn’t dare lie to you.” (no affinity change)
“Why would I do that? With you by my side, I fully intend to be the most feared leader.” (romance-gated) (+Affinity, and raises romance too. “I feel that we will share a grand destiny together, my dear little bird.”)
Two-Heart Event
Victoria is at target practice, motionless focus, then a single whip-fast throw buries a knife dead center. “Bull’s Eye.” This is the reveal behind her Half-Demon trait, easy to miss if you rush past it.
Dialogue Choices:
“Bull’s Eye.” (+Affinity)
“…” (stay silent) (no affinity change)
She notes, almost fondly, “Imagine if it had been your throat instead of that plank of wood…” Later in the conversation, once she’s decided you’re actually trying to talk to her rather than just watching:
Dialogue Choices:
“Strict workout routine?” (no affinity change)
“…Do you often come here?” (−Affinity. “By all the demons, are you actually trying to make conversation?…”)
Push far enough, romance-gated, and she tells you: a demon fight left deep wounds, and “I did the only thing left to do to ensure my survival.” She ate its heart.
Three-Heart Event
Victoria has sensed something in your Tower, and this scene is the direct continuation of the demon thread. She accuses you outright: “A demon dwells within these walls, or has dwelt here… How do you explain this, little crowned lamb?”
Dialogue Choices:
“(Lie) I don’t know anything about a demon.” (−Affinity. “Are you mocking me?”)
“Is its presence similar to that of the demon you fought long ago?” (no affinity change)
She recounts facing the demon in Anveld’s darkest dungeon, and you can ask her directly what a demon tastes like: “Rancid… Acidic. A bit of butter and cream wouldn’t have gone amiss to help it down.”
Romance Event
Victoria is watching the rose garden, and the whole scene builds its argument through a pair of praying mantises, one slowly devouring the other’s head. “A death filled mating ritual.”
Dialogue Choices:
“How cruel…” (no affinity change)
“Nature’s beauty and brutality in one dance.” (+Affinity)
Her thesis: love is “the art of surrendering oneself to be devoured,” a male’s price is his head, and a well-fed female bears superior offspring, “a necessary sacrifice.” Push into the romance-gated dialogue and the scene’s final gate is a direct physical choice: “Is this truly what you desire?”
Dialogue Choices:
“(Kiss her fiercely.)” (a devouring kiss against the door. “Little bird, I appreciate your strong temperament…”)
“I… I’ve changed my mind.” (“Is it already too much for you, little fledgling? Leave. Whilst I still allow it.”)
Should You Trust Victoria?
You can only trust Victoria if you’ve never lied to her about killing the people in her demands.
If you didn’t actually murder those targets and deceived her, she will betray you. At least three cycles after recruitment, Victoria scans your roster and can target the knight with the highest combined affinity and romance score for seduction, eventually flipping a full betrayal flag.
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