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A Poet Under Pressure

Main questVelen and Novigrad

Ah, what times those were, times of adventure, action and unexpected twists around every corner! As you surely recall, Ciri and I escaped from Whoreson Junior's headquarters only to wind up trapped in a corner by the Temple Guard. Ciri managed to get away, but I was captured and tossed in the Temple Isle dungeons. From there I was to be transported to Deireadh, the infamous Oxenfurt prison, to await my execution - and here my tale would surely end, had my friends not devised an ingenious plan to ambush the transport.

Map

Map of the A Poet Under Pressure objectives around Isolated Hut, Seven Cats Inn, Gate of the Hierarch

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Objectives

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  1. 1(Optional) Ask Dijkstra for help rescuing Dandelion.St. Gregory's Bridge
  2. 2Meet Zoltan at the site of the ambush.Seven Cats Inn
  3. 3Talk to Zoltan when you're ready to start the ambush.Seven Cats Inn
  4. 4Chase Dandelion's abductor.Seven Cats Inn
  5. 5Follow the smell of Dandelion's cologne using your Witcher Senses.Yantra
  6. 6Explore the area in front of the hut in the woods.Isolated Hut
  7. 7Enter the halflings' home via the secret passage.Isolated Hut
  8. 8Free Dandelion.Gate of the Hierarch
  9. 9Defeat the witch hunter.Isolated Hut
  10. 10Untie Dandelion.Gate of the Hierarch
  11. 11Go in the direction indicated and look for tracks using your Witcher Senses.Isolated Hut
  12. 12Use your Witcher Senses to pick up the trail.Isolated Hut
  13. 13Ask if anyone from the camp has seen Dandelion's abductor.On the map
  14. 14Find a way into the hut.On the map

Journal

Yet even the best-laid plans can go awry if fortune deems it so. The ambush succeeded only partially, as one of the guards tossed me on his horse and fled in the heat of the action. Not losing my cool for my second, I quickly concocted a plan of my own, and it had almost come to fruition when Geralt burst in and broke me free in his typical clumsy yet, granted, effective way. But do not think me ungrateful or cold-hearted - any irritation I felt soon faded in the sincere joy that filled my heart upon seeing my old friend once more.