Pilgrimage At Bastoy Prison Ruins

According to the Beauclair armorer Lazare Lafargue, one century ago, Witcher Merten visited Tyen’Sail and made a poor impression; stinking like a dwarf and quarreling fiercely. Folk say the Witcher brawled with the Ducal Guard and was arrested and sentenced to Bastoy Prison. The ruins of the prison itself are deep in the Gorgon Foothills, on the western side of Toussaint. From the Chuchote Cave, take the road to the south across the footbridge, and head around Lac Celavy heading roughly southwest, until the Bastoy Prison Ruins loom up at you from atop a hill.

A thorough exploration may reveal a Treasure Hunt (and a tiny locked chest unrelated to this quest) and an Alp to face in battle; part of “The Toussaint Prison Experiment”. However, you’re here for some Manticore gear diagrams, so enter the investigation area and climb the wall to a wooden balcony leading to the ruins of a prison tower. Look for a loose stone on the wall near the gap to the balcony; it contains the first diagram you seek. Break open the book you find with the diagram; it charts the conversion of Witcher Merten to the cult of Lebioda. In fact, it suggests Merten went to a legendary cave frequented by the deity.