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Contract: An Elusive Thief

Witcher contractVelen and Novigrad

The thief's trail took Geralt to Novigrad's extramural paupers' district. The thought of venturing into that tough quarter makes me wince. Not so much because of the danger - I have braved much meaner places - but because of the smell, which can be so rank as to bring vomit to one's lips upon strolling within ten paces of it. Geralt, however, braved the worst and soon determined the imp was in fact a doppler, one who changed his form more often than other men change their knickers - although, given the hygienic habits of men in this particular district, that was not saying much.

Map

Map of the Contract: An Elusive Thief objectives around Tretogor Gate, Southern Gate

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Objectives

12
  1. 1Go to the marketplace during the day and talk to Sylvester Amello.Tretogor Gate
  2. 2Follow the imp using your Witcher Senses.Tretogor Gate
  3. 3Search the house using your Witcher Senses.Tretogor Gate
  4. 4Find a way to track the doppler using your Witcher Senses.Tretogor Gate
  5. 5Follow the scent of perfume using your Witcher Senses.Tretogor Gate
  6. 6Catch the doppler.Tretogor Gate
  7. 7Defeat the doppler.Southern Gate
  8. 8Take a trophy.On the map
  9. 9Return to the marketplace during the day to talk to Sylvester Amello.Tretogor Gate
  10. 10Confront the doppler.Tretogor Gate
  11. 11Kill the doppler.Tretogor Gate
  12. 12Read the letter.

Journal

The doppler had no choice but to seek salvation in flight. It seemed Geralt was in for a footrace.

Geralt has a soft heart. Though this does not always move him to mercy, this time it led him to spare the thieving doppler - under the condition that the shapeshifter leave the city at once. After that was settled, Geralt talked to the merchant who had issued the contract and brought the matter of the doppler thief to a close.

To this day I think Geralt did wrong in killing that doppler. In my opinion, his crimes did not match the punishment meted out to him - but, in the end, I am no witcher, and so it is not my place to judge. The merchant Sylvester was, unlike me, thrilled with how the witcher resolved the matter and gave him the promised reward without a second thought.

A Novigrad merchant by the name of Sylvester Armello had hung a notice on the Novigrad board asking for help in tracking down a thieving imp. It seemed the merchants' guild was being pestered by a mysterious creature who kept stealing wares from its members stalls. Geralt accepted the job.