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Depending on if you choose to free or execute him, the way your playthrough of Unicorn Overlord plays out will never be the same.\u00a0 What happens if you free or execute a Mandrin in Unicorn Overlord? If you spare Mandrin, he will be recruitable during a future mission. But if you choose the execute option, Ochlys will slay him and you will never gain him as a usable unit.\u00a0 Upon defeating Mandrin and his men in The Winged Knight quest, he will tell you a story about how his poor actions have been in hopes of supporting his friend and his sister. This is essentially identical to Gammel\u2019s own story about how he was only acting in the interest of helping his sister when you are given the chance to free or imprison him in a different side quest.\u00a0 If you choose free Mandrin, he will recognize you for your noble actions and be off to do better things. Additionally, if you previously freed Gammel instead of imprisoning him, both Mandrin and Gammel will become recruitable during a quest in Elfheim. It currently looks like you need to have chosen to free both characters to recruit either of them.\u00a0 Alternatively, executing Mandrin is a tempting option because the bonus reward for doing so pays off immediately after you clear the quest. If you let him go free, you will get a few items and the ability to recruit the Cleric Sharon, but if you select to execute him, you will get those same rewards, and Ochlys will give you 15 Divine Shards once she brings her blade down on the archer.\u00a0 Those 15 Divine Shards can then be used to get closer to your next side quest, which involves exchanging the sparkling stones with Ochlys at her Divine Shard Exchange. 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