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Background

This is the first quest for the Blood and Wine DLC. You'll trigger it at the end of the quest A Poet Under Pressure.


Walkthrough

The first thing you'll need to do for this quest is check out some of the notice boards in Novigrad and Velen. Several of them -- including the ones in Lindenvale (#1), Mulbrydale (#2) and Oxenfurt (#3) -- will have a new note entitled "Appeal to Sir Geralt of Rivia, the Bridge His Crest." The note will inform you that a "terrible monster" has started plaguing Toussaint, and that you've been invited to meet with a pair of knights to learn more about it.

You'll find the knights, Milton de Peyrac-Peyran and Palmerin de Launfal, staying at the stonecutter's settlement (aka Holloway) west of Oxenfurt (#4). When you reach their residence, you'll witness them promising to deal with some local outlaws, but the peasants asking them not to. When the knights spot you, they'll invite you inside, where they'll explain the situation.

The knights will tell you that a group of bandits has been collecting tribute from the settlement, but that they plan to "dissuade" them from continuing the practice. You'll have two choices for how to respond:

• You can convince the knights to stay out of the matter because if they kill one group of bandits, then another one will show up, and they won't be able to protect the village forever.
  
  
• You can help the knights in their dissuasion. This will force you to battle about a dozen level 35 bandits, including a bandit leader, and the knights won't be a lot of help.

Afterwards, the knights will tell you more about the beast they want you to kill. They'll inform you that it's already claimed two victims, both nobly born, and that it uses stealth or trickery to remain undetected. They'll also show you three witness drawings of the beast, but the drawings won't match in even the slightest detail, so they won't be any use. When you agree to help with the beast, you'll automatically travel with the knights to Toussaint. This will complete the quest and earn you 50 xp.


1 - Lindenvale


2 - Mulbrydale


3 - Oxenfurt


4 - Stonecutter's Settlement