3 possible wives.

3 game saves.

As far as progress, I'm just leaving Gotha to partake of the major mission presented to me there. Stuff happens pretty fast in this game, and I'm finding I don't really have to grind much. A couple of the monsters in my party I've had from the beginning. My Dracky has been a pretty excellent support character, especially once he learned Dazzleflash. Drain Magic is a pretty good skill to use against enemies with strong magic, like Mimics and their team-killing Thwack. Got a Slime Knight not too long ago and that gets all the hand-me-down weapons and armour after my Hero gets new stuff. Jailcat is pretty powerful, and my Chimaera is proving to be relatively useful. Thinking of trying a new team soon for some variety, I'm sure there are monsters who either get stronger or have other useful skills. I haven't actually recruited that much, maybe only 7 monsters total. I should look into that.