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The Great Escape

Main questVelen and Novigrad

In the mission to gather the members of the former Lodge of Sorceress, it fell to Yennefer to bring Margarita Laux-Antille to Novigrad. Yennefer's old friend had been captured by the witch hunters and was being kept in Deireadh, the best-guarded prison this side of the Yaruga.

Geralt and Yennefer thus had a hard endeavor in front of them - they would have to break into the sealed compound and sneak Margarita out. Good thing Yen had something even better than a file in a carrot cake: contact information for the one man who had managed to escape Deireadh. Escaping seemed to be in his blood, for he attempted to make another getaway at the sight of Yennefer and Geralt, but eventually they caught him and sat down for a chat. He told them how to outfox the guards and enter the prison unnoticed. With no time to waste, Geralt and Yennefer raced off to Margarita's rescue.

Map

Map of the The Great Escape objectives around Western Gate, Gate of the Hierarch, Hierarch Square

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Objectives

18
  1. 1Catch the runaway.Hierarch Square
  2. 2Find the missing part of the mechanism using your Witcher Senses.Western Gate
  3. 3Repair the mechanism and open the doors.Western Gate
  4. 4Enter the sewers.Western Gate
  5. 5Find the sorceress Margarita.Western Gate
  6. 6Search the commander's body and find the key to the cell door.Western Gate
  7. 7Open the cell.Western Gate
  8. 8Get out of the prison.Western Gate
  9. 9Get rid of the guards.Western Gate
  10. 10Find another way into the prison.Western Gate
  11. 11Make your way to Zoltan.Gate of the Hierarch
  12. 12Leave the prison through the sewers.Western Gate
  13. 13Enter the prison through the well.Western Gate
  14. 14Meet Yennefer at the bridge into Oxenfurt.Novigrad Gate
  15. 15(Optional) Ask Zoltan for help.Gate of the Hierarch
  16. 16Get the key.Western Gate
  17. 17Meet Yennefer at Crippled Kate's.Kaer Morhen
  18. 18Search the ruins.Western Gate

Journal

When Geralt reached the cell in which Margarita was held, he uncovered a shocking surprise. Rita was not alone in her cell: Síle de Tansarville lay there as well, clinging to life with the last scraps of her strength. It turned out she had been captured long before Margarita and her body had been broken by the constant torture she'd undergone since. Síle had only one last wish - she wanted to depart this world in dignity, and so asked Geralt to end her suffering.

Geralt did not kill Síle de Tansarville. What prompted this decision? I do not know and quite possibly will never find out. Perhaps his nerves failed him, or perhaps he simply did not want another sorceress' blood on his hands. As for Síle, she saw only cruelty in his actions and cursed him for leaving her to die in agony in the miserable confines of a dank Deireadh cell. Then Yennefer took matters into her own hands - and ended Síle's life.

Geralt granted Sile's last request and ended her pain with one expert blow. Though they had not always enjoyed the best of relations, he felt this had to be done, as no one deserved to die a slow and painful death in a dank Deireadh cell.

With their powers combined, Yennefer and Geralt freed Margarita from the most formidable prison in the North. Rita was in a very sorry state, but the knowledge that she was free and would not perish on a pyre fortified her strength. Yennefer showered her long-time friend with tender care, and everyone hoped for a swift recovery.