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Wandering in the Dark

Main questVelen and Novigrad

Finding Ciri in Velen had proven harder than tracking a swallow on a rainy day. According to Keira, an elven mage had been tracking this particular swallow as well. Had he found her? Did he know more about her fate? Geralt knew he had to find out, and Keira, well, she had unfinished business of her own with the mage. And so the witcher and sorceress set out together on a journey into the darkness to find the mysterious elf's underground hideout.

Map

Map of the Wandering in the Dark objectives around Byways, Forest Hut, Duén Hen

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Objectives

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  1. 1Enter the portal.On the map
  2. 2Keep close to Keira and stay under her magic shield.Forest Hut
  3. 3Kill the creatures emerging from the rift.Duén Hen
  4. 4Follow Keira.Forest Hut
  5. 5Examine the next room using your Witcher Senses.Byways
  6. 6Use your Witcher Senses to investigate the room.Byways
  7. 7Light the braziers in the correct order.Byways
  8. 8Find Keira.Forest Hut
  9. 9Exit the tunnel.On the map
  10. 10Follow Keira.Forest Hut
  11. 11Go through Keira's portal.Byways
  12. 12Use your Witcher Senses to find Keira.Byways
  13. 13Leave the chamber.On the map
  14. 14Destroy the rat nests with Signs or bombs.Byways
  15. 15Walk over to Keira.Forest Hut
  16. 16Search the chamber using your Witcher Senses.Byways
  17. 17Enter the portal.Byways
  18. 18Look for information about Ciri using your Witcher Senses.Byways
  19. 19Fight the Wild Hunt warrior.Byways
  20. 20Look for a way out of the ruins.Byways
  21. 21Follow the Wild Hunt's warriors.Duén Hen
  22. 22Fight the guardian.Byways
  23. 23Meet Keira at the entrance to the mage's hideout.Byways
  24. 24Use your Witcher Senses to find something associated with Ciri's horse Kelpie.Byways
  25. 25Rejoin Keira.Forest Hut
  26. 26Explore new chambers with Keira.Byways
  27. 27Find a way to activate the portal using your Witcher Senses.Byways
  28. 28Kill the creatures emerging from the rift.Duén Hen
  29. 29Kill the creatures emerging from the rift.On the map
  30. 30Search for a way to continue deeper underground.Byways
  31. 31Explore the elven ruins and look for information about the mage.Byways
  32. 32Explore the ruins and follow the swallow symbols.Byways
  33. 33Continue exploring the ruins and follow the swallow symbols.Byways
  34. 34Use the Eye of Nehaleni to dispel the illusion.Byways
  35. 35Chase the Wild Hunt's warriors.Byways

Journal

Barely had our heroes entered the underground chambers when they encountered the enemy. The Wild Hunt had reached the spot before them - and they, too, were searching for Ciri.

The Hunt had in its ranks a navigator, a powerful mage able to teleport its warriors from place to place in the blink of an eye. Geralt and Keira, on the other hand, made their way slowly on foot, encountering obstacle after obstacle. All might have been lost had our heroes not happened across a morphotic projection the elven mage had left for Ciri. The mage's illusion guided her towards his lair and called her "Zireael" - meaning "swallow" in Elder Speech. Hearing this, Geralt gained two vital clues: the mage clearly knew Ciri well, and he must have painted the swallows on the walls to direct her.

The road through the underground was not an easy one to travel. The mage had set a great many traps that Ciri could easily evade but which would trip up any who chased after her.

In the end Geralt and Keira eliminated the Wild Hunt's lead and began nipping at its heels.

Ciri's pursuers did not find what they were looking for. They departed empty-handed, leaving one warrior behind to tend to Geralt and Keira. He proved a weak match for the witcher and the sorceress, but their victory was bittersweet, as in the underground passageways Geralt found neither Ciri nor the elven mage. All he could now do was to follow the hints provided by yet another morphotic projection the mage had left behind.

Geralt finally learned the truth about Ciri and the witch from the mouth of an illusion. The mage's projection corrected and supplemented the information left behind by Hendrik - Ciri's opponent had not been one ordinary witch but the three Crones, mysterious and powerful beings dwelling in Crookback Bog. Who they truly were and what had happened to Ciri at their swampy home - that, dear reader, you will learn in the pages that follow.