No Trace Of The Puppet At The Toy Shop

Set off for a stroll down to the docks with Regis, following him to a small toy shop with the locked red door. It seems Regis missed his calling as a burglar; opening the residence with ease. Sniffing the air, Regis tells you Dettlaff was here recently. Time to conduct a sweep of the premises.

Use your Witcher Senses, and locate the following:

• Any of the toys on the ground floor of the property are old toys, and nothing more.

Ascend the stairs to the toy shop’s attic; where Dettlaff has made his nest. Time to look around:

• There’s a suspicious letter on a small crate to read. It is a letter to Dettlaff regarding his weakness for a “wench they call Rhenawedd.”

The letter continues in the form of blackmail; Rhenawedd is to be tortured in a manner most foul unless five men from Beauclair are slain. This certainly gives you proof that Dettlaff isn’t killing of his own accord. Optionally ask about the blackmailer, before inquiring about Rhenawedd. Regis tells you it is Dettlaff’s human lover. Ask what happened to her, and why Dettlaff thought she’d gone missing. Afterward, optionally ask if Dettlaff tried to look for her. Then conclude that someone has actually kidnapped Rhenawedd this time.

Continue your search of the attic, using your Witcher Senses:

• Over on the wall is the likeness of the woman, but a bit smudged. You’ve a feeling you’ve seen that face before. Wasn’t she in the Palace Gardens earlier?
• In one corner are slips of paper with a name on each of them. It is a list of targets, written in ink dyed with cinnabarite!
• Over on the table are the tools of a toymaker.

Spend a few moments pondering the blackmailer and summing up your search. You can agree (or disagree) that the evidence exonerates Dettlaff. Whatever the evidence points to, the Duchess will need more convincing. Regis has another plan; to strip the blackmailers of their hold on Dettlaff by finding Rhenawedd. While Regis meets with Dettlaff, you must reconvene with the Duchess. The quest then concludes.