Be Thankful I Don’t Take It All

You’re stopped from going about your business by a deputy tax enumerator who is working for the Revenue and Customs for Occupied Temeria (Dorian branch). It appears that you’ve gathered a great deal of coin, and Walthemor wants to clear up these inconsistencies in how you obtained your wealth, which may be undeclared income. To this end, after noting your name, Walthemor asks you three questions:

QUESTION #1: RAWHIDE RUSTLING

In brief: Have you at any time engaged in the wholesale trade of rawhide in the White Orchard area?

In full: Did you, while adventuring in White Orchard, locate a field of cows, slaughter them, acquire cow hides from the corpses (which could be sold for a tidy profit), before optionally meditating for more than two hours, and then locating more cows and repeating this bovine massacre? Such an exploitative ruse could have netted you a great deal of coin early on.

QUESTION #2: NICK ONE, PEARL ONE

In brief: Have your engaged in the acquisition of bivalves with the express intention of selling the pearls therein?

In full: Did you, while traversing the streets of Novigrad, visit the shells and sea shells merchant in Hierarch Square, and purchase as much of the stock as you could? Then, did you travel to the armorer within Hierarch Square, look at his stock, and “dismantle” your sea shells and shells, turning them into pearls and black pearls, which could then be sold for a huge profit to any merchant?

QUESTION #3: STEALING ANYTHING NOT BOLTED DOWN

In brief: Have you ever unlawfully acquired another man’s movable goods, chattels?

In full: During an exploration of a location (that didn’t belong to you), did you gather any belongings that weren’t explicitly yours?

For each question, you can answer “yes” (that you did the exploit or commit a crime) or “no” (that you didn’t). This can occur whether or not you actually did or not.