A House of Dark Torment

The hill in question is roughly southwest of your current beach location. A direct climb up the sheer rock cliffs is difficult and dangerous, so take the path back towards Svorlag before heading southwest up a series of precarious cliff ledges partly covered in snow. Pass a small stone hut to reach the house where Udalryk lived with his parents as a boy. Enter via either of the doors.

An ill atmosphere has taken hold of this place. Use your Witcher Senses to uncover some fresh footprints that could belong to Cerys. Follow them around the corner to see her passed out on the wooden floor. You gather her up and she wakes with a terrible head pain. She was hit on the head, didn’t find the sword she was searching for, but still isn’t leaving.

She tells you the sword is named Brokvar, the ancestral sword of Udalryk’s clan. She needs it to lift the curse. She tells you the story of Udalryk and his brother Aki, who was given the sword despite Udalryk being the first-born son. Aki was killed during a fishing expedition, and Cerys reckons his ghost haunts this place. Though you don’t necessarily agree with this hypothesis, you agree to help Cerys locate this blade.

Enter the Abandoned House again, and inspect the middle bedroom. Something glittering catches your eye; it is a key to the cellar. Take it, and return to the main chamber with the fireplace. Head to the north corner and unlock the trapdoor here. Descend down the ladder into the stone cellar, and look for the table in the middle of the wall with the heirloom sword on it. Then head back up the ladder, and onto the large wooden deck outside where Cerys is waiting for you. Inform her your search was successful. ou can now pay Udalryk a visit.