Fishing For Clues

While your other knight brethren ride for the palace, follow Milton along the paths through the open fields, talking of Toussaint mannerisms as you go. You pass the Cockatrice Inn, heading down the embankment to the river’s edge. The Duchy’s troops have already investigated the area (and unknowingly tampered with evidence that could help you), but there’s still the need for a thorough investigation.

Walk roughly southward to the cluster of barrels and crates by the jetty, before joining Milton in dispatching a group of four Scurvers attracted by the corpse. When all Necrophages are neutralized, return to the investigation area, and begin a thorough examination of the following:

• The river bank near the pile of barrels and crates, where the traces of some heavy, possibly hobnail boots, can be found.
• Follow the boot prints to a collection of flotsam and clutter at the river’s edge; anything taken by the current ended up in these shallows.
• Continue to follow the prints to a fishing post; only blood-soaked scraps of nets pulled out of the water are left there, probably cut by the guardsmen who secured the body.
• As the objective updates, stay in the vicinity of the shallows.
• A rut by the edge of the river indicates the guards pushed off a boat from this point.

Your investigation continues: Make further careful examinations before wading into the river itself:

• Between the two fishing posts is a section of netting; a knife was used to cut the nets that hung here.

Dive into the river, using your Witcher Senses to look for remnants of these nets; there’s various tangled items to discover under the water. You must discover the sodden remains of a monogrammed silk kerchief with the initials d.l.C. embroidered on it.

With the kerchief gathered, return to the shore and speak with Milton. After a brief sum-up, you agree this isn’t the site of the murder (the river current brought the body here; it was caught in the nets, pulled out by the guardsmen, placed on a boat, and taken somewhere. As you talk, mention the following to Milton:

• That someone is watching you. A strange, hooded figure, it seems.
• That you found a monogrammed handkerchief. Milton is taken aback at the initials; De la Croix! Milton remembers the fellow, digging up past memories he’d rather not speak about.