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The Play's the Thing

Main questVelen and Novigrad

As you surely recall, Geralt knew Ciri had been in Novigrad, that she had contacted Dudu and me and that afterwards all three of us had plummeted straight into a writhing snake pit of trouble. The last person to have seen Ciri was yours truly, but I, too, had disappeared without a trace. Geralt accurately surmised that Dudu would be the easiest of our ill-fated trio to find. He went to the one person who could help him do this - Priscilla.

Map

Map of the The Play's the Thing objectives around Hierarch Square, Novigrad Docks, Southern Gate

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Objectives

12
  1. 1Tell Priscilla what you've learned about Dudu.Hierarch Square
  2. 2Write the play's script with Priscilla.Hierarch Square
  3. 3Take the script to Irina Renarde.Hierarch Square
  4. 4Head to the docks and hire ushers for the play.Novigrad Docks
  5. 5Defeat the strongmen from Metinna.Novigrad Docks
  6. 6(Optional) Recruit jugglers from the performing troupe called the Puffins.Hierarch Square
  7. 7Get rid of the thugs lurking outside the Puffins' house.Southern Gate
  8. 8Decide with the mummers how to lure Dudu out of hiding.Hierarch Square
  9. 9Talk to Irina Renarde and start the play.Hierarch Square
  10. 10Fight the angry mob.Hierarch Square
  11. 11Talk to Dudu in Irina Renarde's room.Hierarch Square
  12. 12Help Zoltan calm the angry mob.Hierarch Square

Journal

It should be noted that Priscilla counted an incomparable ingenuity amongst her many virtues. Barely had Geralt explained the problem when she hit upon a solution. Dudu had taken on some unknown form and gone into hiding. Their only hope of luring him out - a clear sign from his old friends in Madame Irina's mummers' troupe.

Priscilla thus decided to put on a play - one Dudu would be sure to attend and that would clearly convey it was safe for him to reveal himself. Geralt agreed to the plan and the two got down to work.

The play was a success. Although not the finest spectacle to ever grace the Butchers' Yard, it more than sufficed for Priscilla's purposes - Dudu attended the play and revealed himself at its end. Geralt quickly pulled him behind the curtain and began questioning him about me and Ciri. This is how the witcher learned I was a prisoner of the Church of the Eternal Fire.