Talk:The Final Battle/@comment-69.171.178.93-20130801200739/@comment-172.15.5.59-20130807035100

Affinity is never "maxed" - that is most people's error. The pink aura, blushing cheeks and chime just mean they are "in love" with you. You can keep building affinity after that. If you give the Arisen's Bond early it will bring them up to "in love" and then you can do their quests and escorts and lots of gifts to make sure they are higher than the rest. I had Selene, Madeleine, and Reynard all "in love" just from doing their quests and escorts, and still got Maximilian from giving him Arisen's Bond as soon as I had it and then a crapton of quills. Affinity also carries over into post-game and you can have a different love interest at the end of post-game if you bring someone else's affinity higher than the one kidnapped by the dragon.