Umamma!

Return to Crow’s Perch in Velen.

If you haven’t completed Main Quest: Family Matters, you must head to the Baron’s study, and tell him that obtaining Uma may be the key to finding Ciri. You are directed to the stables.

If you have completed Main Quest: Family Matters, you head to Crow’s Perch and speak with the sergeant who took over the Baron’s position in the castle. He directs you to the stables.

Head to the upper courtyard where the stablemaster resides. Tell him (in no uncertain terms) that you’re here for Uma. This occurs without incident. You coax the malformed little man towards your horse Roach, grab him by the scruff of the neck, and ride off.

You are stopped while riding through a Velen forest by a group of Nilfgaardian cavalrymen. It appears the emperor is displeased with you, and requires you ride to Vizima. You oblige.

Not an Exchange of Courtesies

You arrive at Vizima, where the emperor is finishing a plan of attack with General Voohris. After dismissing him, Yennefer enters the emperor’s chamber, and he orders you to report. Answer how you wish (a flippant approach leads to the emperor threatening to call his guards). You tell him Uma is the key to finding Ciri. When he demands more answers, tell him about your adventurers, and then that Uma might actually be his daughter in a cursed form. Emhyr asks if the curse can be lifted, and Yennefer attempts to utter the curse, with no effect on Uma. You’re given half your prize, with the other 2,000 crowns when Ciri is returned. You can tell the emperor you don’t intend to bring Ciri back, or agree. The emperor leaves.

You take a moment to speak with Yennefer, pondering how the curse can be lifted. Yennefer tells you it must be done at Kaer Morhen, but she cannot teleport you both. You seem happy to ride there. Your conversations with Yennefer are fraught.

Orders from Vengerberg

You arrive in Kaer Morhen, and Vesemir welcomes you home. He looks Uma up and down, and agrees with Yennefer. This is one ugly homunculus. Yennefer is already here (Vesemir remarks she could do with some manners), and he rattles off the jobs she’s ordered the rest of the Witchers to undertake: Eskel is hunting Forktails for their ingredients. Lambert is preparing to fill a phylactery with elemental energy. Yennefer herself is assembling a megascope. You can defend her, or agree that she’s up to something suspicious.

You can comment on Yennefer throwing a bed from the window (ask Vesemir about this on a subsequent occasion during this quest, and he mentions Triss always liked that bed—which might be why it was dashed on the battlements below!). You can also head to the main courtyard in Kaer Morhen (left from the main entrance), and locate the remains of the bed Yennefer threw away. Use your Witcher Senses to find one of Triss’ earrings. Take it and you can give it to Triss when you see her next.

This quest now concludes, and three other quests open up under the Main Quest: Ugly Baby.