Bread And Wine

The tiered formal gardens show signs of a struggle. Use your Witcher Senses, and follow the trail of clues:

• An immolated man slumped by the main door.
• Overturned tables and benches show signs of seating for a banquet.
• A dead servant, stabbed to death with some blows taking place after death.
• A small table with silver tableware and Elven engravings.
• Between the statues is another corpse; this one punctured with great force. He wears an identical breastplate to the dead “knight” on the high road.
• Another corpse shows signs of throat massacre with a mighty blow. By the body is a sword and shield that look ceremonial.
• Either side of the “throne” chair are ceremonial bowls.
• Over by the far corner, on the two benches are a bowl of fruit and a book. Gather the book, and read it if you wish.

• Near the fountain (which contains florens) are burn marks and a strong stench.
• A slumped corpse at the foot of the steps shows puncture wounds. He’s wearing elven attire.

Once you examine the patch of burned ground, you can start to follow the smell of burning.

• At the top of the steps is a corpse of a man who fled while on fire.
• At the foot of the manor house is a scorched doublet.
• There are sounds from inside the house. Follow the smell of burning to the rear door, and knock on it. A clearly fearful man, still bearing signs of soot, peers out. Ask him whatever questions you wish. He is Lord Durand Fucher-Plamondon de Savarin, chairman of the Society of Friends of the History of Toussaint. He is in this current predicament because of “spirits.” The society was in the middle of staging a scene (the elf Divethaf paying homage; the surrender of Toussaint’s last elven king) when he saw fire and fled. You surmise the society accidentally summoned a specter. In order to rid Durand of this menace, the reenactment needs to be performed again. With a Witcher!