Loren the Amazon Princess

Loren The Amazon Princess is a Fantasy RPG visual novel by Italian independent studio Winter Wolves.

A spin-off titled Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf was released on November 15, 2014 The game offers a mix of classic visual novel gameplay, with RPG elements.

The player does not have the option of fleeing a battle, but should they win, the health and MP of all characters will be completely refilled, except at certain points of the story.

On their journey they are joined by a variety of companions, including the dwarves Ramas and Dora, the half-elf Draco, the Elder Druid Myrth and the elf assassin Rei.

Grob, a servant of the Death Knight Fost, tricks the Human Empire and the Elves of GrandTree into going to war with one another, supposedly to keep them distracted from his plans.

Archwizard Apolimesho and Myrth, representing the humans and elves respectively, discover the treachery and ask Loren and her comrades to end the war.

They proceed to find proof that Fost has returned and that the demons of Everburn are a more important threat than either side in the war, and an alliance is agreed on between the two races and the Amazons.

Upon returning to the Citadel, they discover the Amazons have been afflicted with a magical plague, forcing them to work with the dark witch Chambara to develop a cure.

The protagonist makes their way through the Under-Realm, before encountering Fost, and facing him along with Loren, Karen and whatever members of their party they had managed to recover.

The game received a score of 83/100 on TechnologyTell, with reviewer Jenni Lada writing: "While I’ll admit I bristled a bit at the fan-service in Loren: Amazon Princess, even with the censor option turned on, it’s worth overlooking as the battle system is well arranged and challenging and the overall story of a young man or woman rising from slavery to become second in command of an army that will help save the world is very well done.

While it may be a bit expensive and is definitely only for mature audiences, it’s well made, tells an interesting tale and I could honestly see playing through it a second time to see what effect different choices would have on the story.