A Knockaround Guy

A fast gallop (or a Fast Travel) to the mouth of the canal at the western docks in Novigrad allows quick access to the brothel known as Crippled Kate’s. Ask inside, and you’re told she’s with a customer. Sprint upstairs (all the way to the top floor), and enter a bedroom where Nettie sits, stripped and tied to a chair, and about to be intruded by none other than the Reverend Nathaniel! He’s annoyed with the interruption, and vows to see to you first. Answer him within the timer (choose any option), then listen carefully to his response, as he tells you he’s not the killer. Your response?

• That he almost convinced you. This leads to Quest Conclusion #1.
• Ask who left the letter on Patricia. This leads to Conclusion #2.
• Tell him to mind his manners. This leads to Conclusion #2.

Quest Conclusion #1: Cogita Ante Salis

This deviant in priest’s clothing cannot be allowed to live! Battle him in the bedroom, and then untie poor Nettie. She tells you he wanted to do “everything,” which included hitting her so she passed out. Though the man was a monster, Nettie’s account doesn’t seem to quite tally with the sheer inhumanity of what the previous victims underwent. Oh, well… the quest is solved.

Quest Conclusion #2: In Flagrante Delicto

This deviant in priest’s clothing cannot be allowed to… wait, what did he say? He wants to calmly talk to you, and you quickly figure out that the coroner is the only one that knew where Nathaniel would be. Now it’s the turn of the Reverend to point you in the direction of his erstwhile friend. He’s at warehouse twelve procuring formaldehyde. Now he’ll get back to Nettie… until you:

• (Axii Delusion Level 3) Befuddle him into leaving her alone. This ends with Nettie being freed and Nathaniel unharmed.
• Stopping him with a stern warning. This ends with Nettie being freed after you slay Nathaniel. Untie poor Nettie, but her account doesn’t seem to quite tally with the inhumanity the other victims underwent, so Nathaniel isn’t the man you want.

Journey further into Novigrad Docks District, and open a side door just left of the main (locked) gates.

Hubert Rejk is caught red-handed. Though his cool disposition belies his true form as a higher vampire! After waffling on about the symbolism present in his murders, and his concurrence with the Eternal Fire Church’s diagnosis of Novigrad as a fallen city, you can answer him as you wish; each of the three choices leads to a grotesque transformation, and a battle against this vampire! Defeat it, using tactical knowledge gleaned from the Bestiary. Once it’s dead, the quest is solved properly.

End: Dandelion and Callonetta

Return to the Vilmerius Hospital, where von Gratz and Dandelion are seeing Priscilla’s wounds heal quite quickly. Dandelion vows to see her through this hardship, and write her a song. The quest concludes, after which you can speak to von Gratz at length about his background, if you wish.