Oh, oh well. No appropriate saves, so I'll have to just restart. I had just started a new run anyway, so it's not like I was far in.
You don't need to reload a save, you just have a suboptimal ending to the quest (You don't increase the lizards' lust but you don't receive brave fame either).
I don't know if this could be usefull but here there are all the possible outcomes of the quest
| LOCATION | OPTIONS | OPTIONS | GAIN | UNLOCKED AFTER… | QUEST | NOTES |
| FOREST | TAKE A WALK AROUND THE POND | FIND THE ACOLYTE AROUND THE POND | Take Lost acolytes; Daytime | CL5X | ||
| -Give the nimph time to act | ||||||
| --Wait | 2 Acolyte’s lust | |||||
| --Leave | ||||||
| -Interrupt | ||||||
| --DEFEAT or DOMINATE Nymph | ||||||
| ---Convince her to travel | ||||||
| ---Take her back to the ruins | 1W | |||||
| --COLLAPSE or SUBMIT to Nymph | ||||||
| --ESCAPE Nymph | ||||||
| SWAMP | LOOK AROUND | FIND THE ACOLYTE IN THE DARK SWAMP | Take Lost acolytes | CL5Y | ||
| -Try to save her | ||||||
| --DEFEAT or DOMINATE lizardman | 1W | |||||
| --COLLAPSE or SUBMIT to lizardman | ||||||
| --ESCAPE lizardman | ||||||
| -Wait until they are done | 2 Acolyte’s lust; 2 Warrior’s Lust | |||||
| -Leave | ||||||
| RUINS | CHECK WHAT THE WARRIORS DO – LOOK FOR CLUES | FIND THE ACOLYTE IN THE RUINS | Take Lost acolytes; Evening | CL5Z | ||
| -Eavesdrop the conversation | ||||||
| --Go for the acolyte | ||||||
| --Follow them | ||||||
| ---Defend the acolyte | 1W | |||||
| ---Let the warriors have some fun | 2 Acolyte’s lust; 2 Warrior’s Lust | |||||
| -Encourage them to molest the acolyte | Dominant | 2 Acolyte’s lust; 2 Warrior’s Lust | ||||
| -Offer yourself in exchange for the acolyte | Submissive | 2 Warrior’s Lust | ||||
| --Beg | 1S | |||||
| --x-Agree | 1S | |||||
| -Convice the kidnapper to release the acolyte | 1W | |||||
| -Fight the kidnapper | 1W |
I don't know why I said forest; I meant swamp. Didn't know there even was one by the pond. But in any case... these definitely aren't all successful options. I submitted to *both* lizardmen in the swamp, it just said I was unsuccessful both times.
Maybe it would work if I also found the one by the pond, even though it already claimed I was unsuccessful?
Also, what do the things in the Gain column mean?
In order to end the lost acolytes quest you only need to know where they are. If you submit to the lizardman in the swamp the acolyte remains in the swamp. If you escape the fights against the Nymph, the lizardman in the swamp and you Eavesdrop the conversation and than Go for the acolyte in the ruin, you have the most neutral ending to this quest: you don't bring horny acolytes inside the Shrine but you don't aquire 3 brave fame points.
W is warrior/brave fame gained chosing that option, S is Slut/lewd fame.
The 'Rewards' like brave fame and lizardman's lust are given after you completed the quest.