Haven’t The Time To Clean Gutters

Gael (Katakan)

Unpin the notice that reads “Monster in Oxenfurt,” and read some fancy prose from the Commander of the Oxenfurt City Regiment, who requests (nay, commands) you to devote yourself to tracking and slaying a monster within these city walls. Little else is revealed, so head to the dockside and approach Nikolas Friedman, a Redanian officer. He reveals that a beast has been targeting lone victims, attacking them, and abandoned their corpses in the gutters about town. Barter for a better price if you wish, then request to see the sawbones who autopsied the victims. There’s also a survivor. A woman staying at the tavern.

Further south from the Redanian officer, along the sandy dockside is a small hut-like morgue where the medic is working. Speak with him, and he tells you he hasn’t completed the autopsies, since the victims were simply drunks and beggars. Bring out your forceful voice, and he hands over the morgue key, and tells you to take a look yourself.

Inside are two corpses. Use your Witcher Senses when examining:

• There are fang marks on a neck, evidence of dragging over cobblestones.
• There are vampire bites and the strong stench of alcohol.

Now you have more evidence, it is worth heading to the scene of the crime itself.

Head into the center of town, to the square where The Alchemy Tavern is located. Use this entrance, as the rear door is locked. Once inside, locate the weeping woman by the bar. Though she might have been a victim of the beast, her requests for drinks and coin make her a suspect witness. You can:

• (30 Crowns) Give her some coin for a drink.
• (Axii Delusion Level 3) Tell her she’s fine without alcohol.

Or, you can leave and return with some funds (or the necessary Axii Level). Either option results in some of the least helpful evidence you’ve uncovered in your investigations. Something called her name, grabbed the hem of her skirt, and she pulled away. However, you do learn the site where the crime took place.