Talk:Mercedes Marten/@comment-179.222.4.239-20160122210501/@comment-12.130.180.88-20160217144925

You need to let her lose the duel to gain affinity because she wants you to stay out of it like she keeps telling you during that mission. In terms of doing  Aelinore and Maddy's quests, that can be problematic if their affinity is maxed. The best way is to use the Liquid Effluvium like the other poster said. Just give it to them just before finishing their final quests. Duchess in Distress and Bad Business respectively.If you have no LE, then you''ll have to do it the old fashioned way the other posters mentioned. Keep in mind that you can lower Maddy's affinity during Bad Business by grabbing her daggers from her store then refusing to give them back to her during the quest. You can also refuse to give her the 50K she asks for as well. Finally, if you don't want anything from her store Post-Game, you can simply turn her in to the guards for lowered affinity.