Hydromancy at the Passiflora

Head upstairs to the first landing, open the door and step into the hallway, and open the next door on your left. Triss isn’t pleased. She scolds you for potentially putting Ciri in danger while facing down Imlerith. Answer how you wish, before changing the subject to her success in summoning members of the Lodge (or optionally, the state of Novigrad). All of the sorceresses are otherwise engaged, except for Philippa and Margarita.

While Yennefer finds Rita, Triss has been tasked with searching for Philippa. Choose the long or short version of the clues to Philippa’s whereabouts:

• She sought help in Novigrad from a former lover—the sorcerer Arthur de Vlesster. He convinced her to transform into an owl for her safety, then attached a dimeritium band as revenge, so she couldn’t transform back. Vlesster was slain during the mage hunts, his estate auctioned, and as fate would have it, Zoltan bid on the owl. Of coure, Zoltan lost the owl in a card game a few days ago. But Triss does have one of Philippa’s feathers. She plans a spot of hydromancy to find her. For that, a fountain must be found. You suggest the area outside the Passiflora. Head there immediately to continue the quest, or meet later to stall it.

If you let Keira Metz go to Radovid during Main Quest: For the Advancement of Learning, a sorrowful Triss also informs about the sad fate of Keira at Radovid’s hands. Over-confident in her persuasive powers, she was confronted with the truth that Radovid did not care for any sorceress. He had her impaled and made an example of, watching her die a slow and painful death at the stake in Hierarch Square. Triss begs you to help her take Keira’s body off that spike so she may give her friend a last farewell. This activates Secondary Quest: A Final Kindness (detailed after this one).