User blog comment:Wyvern Queen Kym/A Beginner's Guide to Love Interests/@comment-176.248.129.86-20120721012946/@comment-24.185.255.137-20120730032832

you're allowed to have multiple npc's with max affinity.

the arisen's bond instantly maxes a person's affinity

the "lock" system of the game which makes a certain person your official lover is seemingly random with no one getting any priority over the other.

meaning to say, unbeknownest to you, you had fournival with max affinity and he just by chance got chosen. some people, like asalom the inn keeper are just like that - they get max affinity'd quickly

so in order to get your love interest correct unequip your weapons and punch every other npc in the face (no need to kill them). i have done this before and it's an effective way of lowering other people's affinities