The Great Race

Ciri sits around a campfire, joshing with the Baron’s men about her skills with a sword and horse. Answer the men’s questions how you wish. After a challenge to race the Baron, start your race, galloping across the countryside (and following the path ahead of you, and on the minimap). Continue to gallop until you reach a lone tower, and the race is interrupted. The Baron recalls the whinnying horses as a huge flapping basilisk spooked the horses. But the story is interrupted as Baron stops the story under the following conditions:

If you haven’t concluded Main Quest: Ladies of the Wood yet, you receive a new objective as part of Main Quest: Family Matters, requiring you to search for further evidence of Anna’s whereabouts. At the end of this quest, it is revealed that Anna bears a mark on her hands that matches the one drawn in chalk on Voytek’s table. This allows you to conclude that Anna and “Gran” are the same person.

If you have already concluded Main Quest: Ladies of the Wood, you receive an objective to report back to the Baron. When he finds out about Anna, he is willing to finish his story about Ciri and the Basilisk, and Main Quest: Ciri’s Story: Out of the Shadows begins.