Objectives:
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Move southwards around the docks, over the canal, and make a left turn through the brick tunnel. A small market area is where you should begin a search using your Witcher Senses. Locate the following:
- A child’s footprints. There is a lot of foot traffic here, so some of it is irrelevant to the investigation.
- Hoofprints. But not from a horse, as there are only two feet. There are guard footprints here, too.
Follow the hoofprints roughly northwards, winding through the alley around Crippled Kate’s brothel, into an extremely tight side alley with a crate that must be destroyed (using Aard). The trail ends at the wooden steps up into the brothel.
Across from the steps in a narrow dead-end alcove is an empty perfume vial, not shabby enough for this lowly part of town. There’s a scent trail from the perfume to follow, but once you speak to the brothel owner. Enter Crippled Kates (the door at the end of the hoof trail), speaking to the madame. You can buy, spend time with a whore, play Gwent, but you’re here to ask about the murdered guards. The madame plays evasive, forcing your hand. You can:
- Tell her all clues lead here. She isn’t interested in taking lip from you, and tells you to leave.
- (Axii Delusion Level 3) Ask her for the truth, or threaten to return with the temple guard. She gives you hints to the next area of your investigation.