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Locations: Crippled Kate’s (Novigrad), Rosemary and Thyme, Novigrad Gate (Oxenfurt), Deireadh Well, Deireadh Characters: Yennefer of Vengerberg, Abbé Faria, Margarita Laux-Antille, Sile de Tancarville Enemies: Grave Hag, Drowners, Ghouls, Necrophage, Witch Hunters, Redanian Soldiers, Redanian Commander Recommended Items: Superior Swallow |
Objectives:
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Move across Novigrad to the Lacehalls brothel District, and search out the seedy brothel known as Crippled Kate’s. A cowled Yennefer is sitting at one of the tables. She asks whose idea it was to kill Imlerith. Answer how you wish; she’s happy you were there by Ciri’s side. Talk turns to locating Margarita’s whereabouts—a prison called Deireadh in Oxenfurt—and the identity of a man who escaped from there. Abbé Faria.
The weatherbeaten man enters the brothel.
Alas, after you start asking him questions, he flees from here just as quickly.
Quickly exit Crippled Kate’s via the canal side and sprint eastwards along the edge of the canal. There are ways to capture this fleeing suspect:
- If you’re able to run in a straight line, and grab him when you’re close, you’re able to tackle Faria in about five seconds.
- (Aard) If you’re quick and cast Aard on him, he trips and falls, making capture easy.
- If he’s too far away, he rushes to a ladder and begins climbing a nearby set of wooden scaffolding, and up onto a roof. Follow him until Yennefer stops him with her magic.
After Yennefer convinces him you’re not bandits, you return to Kate’s. You tell Faria you need to enter the prison he just escaped from. Quiz him about the prison—the pile of corpses thrown into a sewer pit, the torture going on, and the blind drunk guards on certain holidays. Yennefer also mentions some elven ruins that might allow secret access into the jail. Faria bids farewell, and Yennefer tells you to meet her at the bridge to Oxenfurt.
Roll Out the Barrel
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Before you rendezvous with Yennefer, you may wish to return to the Rosemary and Thyme, and speak to Zoltan. Tell him you’re after some beer for the prison break.
If you helped the mages escape Novigrad during Secondary Quest: Now or Never, Zoltan convinces you that it isn’t a good idea for nonhumans (like him) to hang around near the prison—a hotspot for witch hunters.
If you didn’t help the mages escape, he agrees to load a cart of beer and head to Deireadh. Once there, Yennefer will give him a signal to drive through, and ply the guards with alcohol. He’s happy to help.