Short on Nails and Twine

Quietly slipping behind a rock, you peer out at a gigantic galleon, seemingly in mid-construction. Sirens flitter from the prow and bow of the immense vessel. A terrifying thudding sound announces the arrival of the ice giant. A behemoth carrying a bowl of offal which he slings at the sirens. He places one dollop of flesh onto the deck, and departs.

Step out from behind the rocks, and begin to explore this strange ship. Be aware of the four sirens darting about—deal with them first. Use your Witcher Senses to uncover:

• Giant tracks by the ship’s hull. He frequents this place.
• Drag marks indicating a litter (a type of stretcher) was dragged through here.
• Marks close to cliffs behind the ship to the southeast, blocking your path and meaning that another way into the island must be found.

As you’re exploring the area around the ship, and plunging your silver sword into the last siren, you hear the sounds of a strange lament. A man with a thin voice, singing a sad song. It is coming from the deck of the ship. Move to the makeshift ladder where the giant threw in some meat, and climb aboard. You find a gaunt man with sunken haunted eyes, sitting against a strut and surrounded by skulls on stakes.

Converse with him, and you discover the following:

• He’s actually Harald Houndsnout, Jarl of Undvik, and now captive of the ice giant.
• He’s been subsisting on his crew’s flesh, and converses with their skulls as if they were alive.

• He’s been spared by the giant to build him a massive boat. But they are short on nails and twine. And he’s mad as a Nilfgaardian wild dog.
• You’re fortunate that he reveals Hjalmar made camp nearby at an old tower, and some of his crew escaped with him. You vow to help the Jarl out later, and bid your farewell to this addled madman.