Ultimately, he finds consolation in his relationship with his loyal dog, Fox, and in a sect known as the Elohimites.

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The dog promises to be a loyal and important companion throughout the game's campaign.

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Maybe he should buy a loyal, sharp-toothed guard-dog first.

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But in a strange conjunction of events, it may have been this same black dog - together with the intervention of a loyal friend during a few fateful days in early May 1940 - that enabled Churchill to achieve the position from which he could alter the course of history.

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