Exit the Villa Vedette, and make your way roughly west, across the crossroads, toward the marshlands where the ruins of Arthach Palace still stand. Along the way, expect to encounter a mounted bandit, and around four infantry on the right (north) side of the track. This is but a taste of the carnage to come! Cross the remains of a small elven bridge, and the palace tower, with its tumbledown crenellations, looms out of the marsh ahead of you.
Objectives
Read the bandit leader’s report.
Once the extreme bout of carnage has ended, whether or not you summon the Knights errant to commandeer this location or not, you can make off with the following parchments, found on the northern ruined ramparts, just in front and to the right of the signal fire. The leader’s report makes worthwhile reading, as it tells the story of double-crossing the Count and torturing the Witcher to death, after learning the remaining diagrams were hidden in a place called the Pits of Brume.
