Twisted Firestarter
There were only a handful of nonhumans in White Orchard. One of them was the dwarf Willis, an excellent blacksmith whose wares attracted peasants from far and wide. Sadly, his forge had burned to the ground shortly before Geralt arrived. Willis suspected the fire had been started deliberately and asked the witcher to investigate this alleged arson.
Map
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Objectives
7- 1Use your Witcher Senses to look behind the forge for clues about the arsonist.Woesong Bridge
- 2Follow the trail using your Witcher Senses.Woesong Bridge
- 3Talk to the suspect.Woesong Bridge
- 4Return to the blacksmith.Woesong Bridge
- 5Defeat the arsonist in a fistfight.Woesong Bridge
- 6Look for someone with wounds dealt by drowners using your Witcher Senses.Woesong Bridge
- 7Escort the arsonist back to the blacksmith.Woesong Bridge
Journal
Geralt is capable of finding a doppler in a crowded city or tracking a forktail against a pitch-black sky from five leagues off, so hunting down an arsonist in White Orchard did not prove much of a challenge. It turned out the culprit was a simple peasant who delighted in simple pleasures: vodka and the persecution of nonhumans.
In the end Geralt decided not to reveal the arsonist's identity to Willis. Perhaps it was the coin offered in exchange for his silence that convinced him, or perhaps he simply concluded the man was clearly the village idiot and shouldn't be punished for his deeds which, while dastardly, could not possibly have been done with much deliberation and forethought - for the man was capable of neither.
Geralt brought the arsonist to Willis. The dwarf immediately summoned Nilfgaardian soldiers - with whom it turned out he was on quite good terms. The imperials quickly declared the man guilty, handed down a sentence and carried it on the spot. Harsh justice - or maybe just harsh?