Abandoned Sawmill

The Lurking Leshen

The large forested area of eastern Ard Skellig is an ideal place for lumber harvesting, but the sawmill in these woodlands lies abandoned and unused. Enter the vicinity of the sawmill to begin this quest, which involves searching the area. Use your Witcher Senses to accomplish the following (reading each note as you find it, so you’re fully prepared for what is to come):

• Stone hut to the southwest: Use Aard to break down the door, and open the crate inside to gather a letter from a druid to read.
• Main logger’s house to the north: Enter the large building and discover the sawmill owner’s notes on the floor, and read them.
• Small storage shed to the northeast: Enter the building adjacent to the logger’s house, and open the crate to find and read the lumberjack’s letter to his wife.

• An outside barn, with some human bones scattered on the ground—all that’s left of the lumberjacks.

End: A Murder of Crows

It becomes frighteningly obvious why this sawmill was abandoned when the giant, bony figure of a leshen appears in a puff of black smoke. Defeat this fearsome entity, and the crows it summons to peck and tear at you. Consult the Bestiary for combat advice. The quest concludes once the leshen is defeated.