Erica Proud vs. Rolf

[Fishibaron]

Hello all,

Totally new poster here, but I've been playing strong since KB:TL

I've come to a point on Bola Island where I am mid-quest and I have to choose between satisfying the quest-giver "Rolf" (in the barbarian ship on the coastline) or his dissatisfied lover "Erica Proud". Basically, I have to fight one or the other and I'm doing a no-loss run.

The questions are:
1) Which one fights harder?
2) What are the rewards for beating each?

Thanks,
Fishi

[bucazaurus]

You can make two saves before fighting them and get the info you need at first hand.

[Petwin]

If I remember correctly Erica is a level 7 Hero and Rolf a level 13 Hero.
So I fought Rolf (more XP). After the fight his shop had Royal Griffins.

[Elwin]

His shop is completly random ..

[Fishibaron]

After fighting both of them the clear answer is to fight Rolf for more experience and (his) better shop options afterwards.

[TemjinGold]

Does fighting Erica give you a shop or anything else? Might not be a bad idea to save and fight both to see who has better stuff for sale!

[DGDobrev]

I think that it is all the same. In both cases Erica returns to rolf and the shop you get is one and the same. So far the only difference I observed is that Erica's Flaming arrow inflicts less damage that Rolf's, but Erica's troops are harder to kill with the setup I'm usually using (Inquisitors, Paladins, Royal Thorns, Archmagi, 1 extra) due to more ranged units - rolf usually has tougher flaming arrow (like twice the damage of erica's) and utilized more close combat units.

As such, they're perfect for eachother :P