Sovereign Tower How to Romance Oliver
Mercy-gated clerk courtship with overtime and a Magic Degree
Oliver of Angelor is the romance you can lock out in the first minutes of Sovereign Tower. Spare the prologue attacker or this page is fiction on your save (Get Oliver). He asks for work around Cycle 19. Favourite meals: Galette Saucisse and Croque Monsieur. Multi-romance penalty about −7. Launch: 6 August 2026.
His ending slide changes with romance and with your main Act 3 close (Character Endings, Endings Guide). Overworked punishes long cards even while hidden Office Worker can raise rewards — court him on short Wits missions, not three-cycle pirate escorts.
Mercy first, hearts second
- Spare the Act 0 attacker.
- Leave an Act 2 chair (cap eight) at Cycle 19.
- Accept the candidacy audience.
- Cook Galette or Croque (Cooking).
- Follow heart-marked free-time lines until chambers (Romance).
Executing him for a Tyrannic joke deletes the clerk and the kiss. Rewind only if the Demon still reaches the prologue (Time Rewind).
Affinity
Feed meals (+1.5). Prefer short investigation cards (+1.33). Avoid Hunt (hidden dislike in community sheets) and long Duels. Keep Kind or Wise tones that fit a tired Angelorian office knight (Sovereign Archetypes). Resignation near -7 (Knight Loyalty).
Turn omni-fast forward off for heart lines (Controls, Patch 1.0.9). Graduated! / Magic Degree can jump Magic from 3 to 11 — a power spike that also changes how late cards feel (Achievements, Transformations).
Act 2 murder
A courted Oliver can still be the victim if affinity leadership is messy. Complete Stop the Act 2 Murder before his first chambers scene. Do not confuse him with Gideon’s glory encounter (Romance Gideon).
Jealousy
−7 stacks badly with Ursula’s −20. Finish one target. Lady of the Tower after Oliver can still empty bars (Romance Lady).
Common failures
- Executed the attacker.
- No free seat at Cycle 19.
- Long Grest pirate sends (Grest Pirates).
- Dual-courting Gideon because both are “Act 2 men.”
Related pages
Get Oliver, Romance Ligia, Romance Gwendan, Guides Hub (View all after seven dropdown rows).
If you want Magic Degree and romance, finish the studies thread on short cards so Overworked does not Critically Fail the graduation send. Angelorian Diplomacy penalties mean he should not solo a county charm the week you also need a heart event. Leave that to Angelica or a perfume knight.
Cycle 19 can slip if emergencies clog the queue. Wait one morning before you rewind the whole Act 2. Spare-the-attacker flags do not expire because you fought pirates.
Oliver is paperwork with a pulse. Spare him, leave a chair, cook Galette, and keep his overtime off three-cycle suicide marches.
Keep Hunt cards off his roster even when the table looks empty — community sheets still flag a hidden dislike. Short Wits investigations feed both romance and Magic Degree. If graduation and a heart event collide, delay the kiss one cycle rather than stacking Overworked on a three-day send.
Do not confuse his Cycle 19 candidacy with Gideon’s glory walk-in. Oliver is the spared clerk; Gideon is the hammer. Leave one empty chair or the clerk never sits, and Love Is All stays locked on this mercy save.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common questions.
How do you romance Oliver?
Spare the prologue attacker, hire him around Cycle 19, cook Galette or Croque Monsieur, and follow heart lines on short Wits cards.
What if I executed the attacker?
Oliver never applies. Rewind to the prologue or start a new reign / NG+.
What is his multi-romance penalty?
About −7. Still enough to wreck a bar if you court Ursula too.
Should he go on long quests?
No. Overworked punishes duration. Prefer one-cycle Wits cards unless you are finishing Magic Degree.