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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt eGuide Secondary Quests Secondary Quests: Velen: The Mire (4)

Defender of the Faith (II)

Location: Duen Hen, Blackbough, Byways

Characters: Peasant, Master Friedrich of Oxenfurt

Enemies: Students (Vandals)

Approach a ranting peasant woman on the hill known as Duen Hen, and listen to her diatribe. It seems blasphemers (pox take them) profaned a shrine to Verna the Merciful. Agree to “fix” these shrines (by lifting the effigy of an old woman carved in wood to an upright position). There are three to find (in any order.

  • The first (if you started this quest in The Mire) is atop a small hill known as Duen Hen in the southwest of this province.
  • The second (if you started this quest in Crow Perch) is at the junction of the road leading eastwards from Blackbough.
  • The third shrine is in the very southwestern parts of Velen, southeast of the Byways signpost.

Blasphemers! Should All be Flogged!

Objectives:
  • Fix the damaged shrines (3).
  • Nearest Signpost: Duen Hen.

When you reach the last shrine (in any order—this example is near Blackbough), it is being desicrated by a group of vandals lead by a flouncing philosopher named Friedrich. He firmly believes that religion is the opiate of the masses, and insists on vandalizing these shrines. You can:

  • Agree to leave him to his stand against the old ways and intolerance. The quest concludes.
  • Disagree with the dandy’s methods, and tackle him and his three vandal cohorts. The quest then concludes.