Recaps

Dick demonstrated the strength of his Sword Qi and Signs before returning to Corvo Bianco with the others. There, Vivian revealed that a curse was turning her into a griffin, and she asked the witchers to help her.

• Dick used a Sword Qi tornado to kill a Drowner, then showed Geralt and Russell how powerful his physique made his attack.
• Dick tested his Piercing Cold Shockwave Sign, freezing the lake water and shattering the remaining Drowner remains.
• On the way back to Corvo Bianco, Dick noticed Russell's lingering injuries and saw Geralt and Yennefer respond warmly to Sel's baby.
• At Corvo Bianco, Dick arranged for Professor Seir and his wife to return to Cez with Russell, while Little Yennefer and Russell went to rest.
• Vivian explained that a forest creature had cursed her before birth and that she was gradually turning into a griffin, then asked the witchers to help her and let her be with Jimmy.

Geralt explained how Vivian could share her curse with Jimmy, and the pair prepared to perform the ritual under the full moon. Dick and Geralt discovered the Broom Witch lurking nearby and killed her, leaving Vivian’s curse unresolved.

• Geralt offered Vivian two ways to break her curse, and she and Jimmy chose to share its burden so she would not lose years of her life.
• Under the full moon, Vivian and Jimmy prepared to enter the lake and speak the words Geralt had given them.
• Dick detected the Broom Witch hiding in the undergrowth, and she revealed that Vivian had been her experimental subject for eighteen years.
• The Broom Witch summoned wolves to surround the witchers, while Jimmy protected Vivian.
• Dick and Geralt worked together to launch Dick into the air, where Dick killed the Broom Witch with his sword and Pendor Great Tornado.

After Dick and Geralt defeated the Broom Witch and lifted Vivian’s griffin curse, they discovered that the monster’s death had also freed an elderly woman from an eighty-year curse. The woman found a new home at Corvo Bianco as Geralt’s cook.

• The elderly woman’s curse lifted after the Broom Witch died, and she ran from her cabin to seek food at a nearby estate.
• Dick spent 600 Energy Points to raise Potion Making to elite level, then spared the remaining wolves after Geralt urged restraint.
• Vivian punished the Broom Witch’s corpse and reunited with Jimmy, who paid Dick and Geralt 500 crowns plus one copper crown.
• Dick and Geralt returned to Corvo Bianco and found the old woman eating while the butler, Little Yennefer, and Russell cared for her.
• The butler explained that the old woman had lived as a monster for eighty years after refusing food to a beggar, and she recognized the Broom Witch as the creature that had mocked her.
• The old woman asked to stay at Corvo Bianco and cook, and Geralt and the butler agreed to give her a room.

Dick set out for New Island but encountered Roland and the Dawn Sword, which drew him into a private meeting with Gabriel. He agreed to help her oppose Duncan on limited terms, gained the sword, and asked Roland about the commission to rescue Lady Ogrey.

• Dick left Lady of the Lake Town for New Island and discovered a desolate manor watched by guards.
• Roland identified Dick as a witcher and asked him to help rescue Lady Ogrey, then revealed the Dawn Sword.
• The Dawn Sword brought Dick into a vision where Gabriel told him Ruiwen was alive and explained that Duncan had corrupted the Knights of Dawn into the Knights of the Eventide.
• Dick agreed to help Gabriel defeat Duncan but refused to spare the Knights of the Eventide or restore their faith in her.
• Gabriel gave Dick the Dawn Sword, whose spirit briefly called him master, and Dick asked Roland to explain the commission.

Dick accepted Roland’s commission to find Lady Ogrey and learned that Earl Biltay had taken her to sacrifice her to the Snake God. Dick and Roland prepared to break into Biltay’s manor to rescue her.

• Gabriel told Dick that the Dawn Sword had lost its remaining divine power and asked him to look after Roland; Dick took the sword and felt its weapon spirit call him master.
• Roland explained that Lady Ogrey had been missing since spending the night with her temporary partner, and her butler hired Dick to investigate.
• Dick went to Earl Biltay’s manor, hypnotized a guard, and learned Lady Ogrey was tied up inside and meant to be sacrificed and cooked.
• Dick killed the guards, took a key, and prepared to force his way into the manor while Roland picked up a sword and joined him.

Dick and Roland fought their way into the Snake Cult’s courtyard, while Roland reached the hall and rescued Augury from a sacrifice. After defeating Biltay’s guards, Roland faced Biltay, who revealed himself as a Viper Knight.

• Dick shielded Roland and used [Panther Zither Jade] to cut down the Snake Cult warriors in the courtyard.
• Roland slipped past a wounded Snake Cult warrior and entered the hall, where Augury was bound as Biltay and Sanmao prepared to sacrifice her and another captive.
• Biltay mocked Augury for losing weight and accused her of using him to provoke Roland, while Sanmao proposed boiling her alive.
• Roland burst into the hall, reassured Augury, and killed Biltay’s four guards in a brief fight.
• Biltay transformed into a towering, scaled Viper Knight, and Roland recognized the danger he posed.

Dick defeated the Viper Knight Biltay and rescued Lady Ogrey, while Roland lost his connection to the Goddess of Dawn and turned toward the lady who loved him. After completing the quest, Dick used his earned points to reach Grandmaster Potion Making and considered the difficult work ahead.

• The Viper Knight killed Sanmao, disarmed Roland, and struck him down as he defended Lady Ogrey.
• Dick arrived, evaded the Viper Knight's attacks, and killed him with a single crossing sword strike.
• Roland discovered that the Goddess of Dawn no longer answered his prayers, and Dick told him he had become her new representative.
• Lady Ogrey comforted Roland, who embraced her and resolved to leave the Goddess of Dawn behind.
• Dick collected his quest and combat rewards, then advanced Potion Making to Grandmaster and considered making a life-extension potion for Aode.

Dick arrived in Bark Village and reunited with Tyson, a witcher from the School of the Grizzly Bear. As they shared a meal, Tyson described the violence surrounding Sarleon's peasant uprising and invited Dick to join a rescue commission the next morning.

• Dick found no inn in Bark Village and planned to sleep in an abandoned place until Tyson recognized him and greeted him.
• Tyson and Dick settled in a ruined warehouse, roasted food, and shared wine while catching up.
• Dick told Tyson about the witchers’ secondary mutations and urged him to visit his parents in the Bacchus Empire.
• Tyson said he had intervened in Sarleon’s uprising and described rebels and noble soldiers committing atrocities while both sides wore Eternal Fire emblems.
• Tyson invited Dick to join his commission to rescue three people, and Dick agreed while insisting they collect a fee.

Dick and Tyson arrived at the ruined estate to take part in the monster’s game and save the captives. After Dick demanded and received two thousand kelangs from the families, the witchers entered the estate, where a wall sealed them off and a bandaged monster appeared with three people.

• Dick and Tyson reached the estate and met the families of Gom and Avery, who were waiting outside.
• Dick intimidated Mrs. Avery and demanded two thousand kelangs to take the commission, and the women paid him upfront.
• Dick and Tyson entered the estate, where fog rose and a stone wall replaced the gate, cutting off the view and sound between inside and outside.
• The witchers encountered three people and a bandaged monster whose pus, charred skin, and exposed eyeball revealed its gruesome appearance.

Dick and Tyson faced a monster that questioned their views on Sarleon's uprising, then began a game with Dick after expelling Tyson from the manor. Tyson waited outside, furious at the fat woman who complained about her commission.

• The monster asked Dick and Tyson whether the commoners' uprising in Sarleon was justified, and Dick condemned the killing of servants while saying the nobles and their profiteering families deserved to die.
• The monster laughed at Dick's answer, declared that Tyson was no longer needed for the game, and hurled him out of the manor.
• Tyson landed outside and told the fat woman that the monster had expelled him because the game needed only four participants.
• The fat woman demanded a refund, and Tyson threatened her for complaining while Dick remained inside.
• The people outside fell silent and waited for the game to end.

Dick and his companions entered the manor’s textile mill and faced separate Ghoul-like monsters as the first-floor challenge began. Dick defeated his creature easily, while Gom and Faraj also killed theirs; Avery was left bleeding and apparently dead.

• Dick and the others entered the manor after the monster warned them to complete each floor’s challenge on foot.
• Gom pushed ahead in the textile mill corridor, while Dick followed with Faraj and the frightened Avery.
• A spotted dog transformed into a Ghoul-like, which split the group into separate battlefields.
• Dick killed his monster with the Dawn Sword and realized that each person had faced a separate creature.
• Gom defeated his Ghoul-like after a brutal fight, and Faraj killed his by tearing out and crushing its malformed heart.
• Avery collapsed in a pool of blood after pleading with his attacker to stop tormenting him.

Dick touched the Dalmatian monster and experienced Wangwang’s memories of being adopted by Lily, the family’s happy life, and the violent attack that destroyed it. After reading Victor’s diary about opening the textile mill with Alice and Lily, Dick returned to the corridor, where Gom and the judge found the merchant dead, and led them upstairs.

• Dick touched the Dalmatian and experienced its memories as a starving stray dog chased by children and rescued by Lily.
• Wangwang settled into the family’s home as Victor prepared to open his textile mill, until mist-faced intruders attacked and a man kicked the dog to death.
• Dick found Victor’s diary describing his return to Sarleon with Alice and Lily, his plans for the mill, and his hope for the family’s future.
• The diary turned to ash as Lily’s voice said that her father had lied and there had been no tomorrow.
• Dick returned to the corridor beside the dead merchant and told Gom and the judge that they were in a challenge set by the monster.
• Dick led the way up to the textile mill’s second floor while Gom stood shaken and gripped his sword.

Dick and Judge Faraj encountered a deadly haunting in the abandoned textile mill, where a bronze mirror swallowed Knight Gom and showed Dick scenes from Victor’s past. On the third floor, Dick fought through a horde of charred corpses and froze them with an icy blast, leaving him standing alone amid their remains.

• Dick and Faraj entered a music room, where a woman and girl emerged from a bronze mirror and dragged Gom inside, killing him.
• Dick saw visions of Victor with Scarlett and Lily, then returned to reality when Faraj called him toward the third floor.
• Dick and Faraj found the third floor filled with scorched machinery and charred corpses, while the staircase behind them became blocked by more corpses.
• Dick fought through the horde and unleashed an icy blast that froze the monsters, then stood amid the broken corpses.

Dick and Faraj reached Victor, who revealed that the deadly challenge had replayed thirty-four times and exposed Faraj’s role in murdering Victor’s family. After Dick completed the game, Victor and his family’s resentment faded, the textile mill collapsed, and Dick left with his combat skills upgraded.

• Dick and Faraj found Victor, Scarlett, their daughter, and their wounded dog on the fourth floor.
• Victor revealed that Faraj had helped Gom and Fulari murder Victor’s family and burn their home after Victor’s success and marriage to Scarlett provoked Faraj’s jealousy.
• Victor revealed that Faraj, Gom, and Fulari had been trapped in the game for thirty-four rounds, and Faraj remembered his past crimes.
• Victor declared Dick the winner, then Scarlett bound Faraj, Gom, and Fulari as Dick was transported outside.
• The textile mill collapsed as the trapped workers’ lingering souls faded, and Dick received Energy Points and upgraded his combat skills to Master rank.

Dick and Tyson left the evil spirit’s game and traveled to Sarleon, where King Ulric’s death had sparked violent riots. The chapter ended with the rioters massacring a noble family as the city descended into chaos.

• Dick knocked out the noblewoman who demanded her commission fee and refused to refund her payment.
• Dick urged Tyson to contact his family and return to the Witcher Order, but Tyson chose to accompany him to Sarleon to help people there.
• Dick and Tyson found King Ulric’s corpse hanging at Sarleon’s gate and learned he had been a vampire who preyed on his subjects.
• The witchers walked through Sarleon as rioters burned shops and attacked wealthy residents, while Dick stopped Tyson from intervening.
• Rioters overwhelmed a noble family’s guards, killed the nobles, and celebrated as the city’s violence escalated.

Dick encountered Ibu in Sarleon, where insurgents had surrounded Ibu’s mansion and demanded that he hand over Susan. Ibu asked Dick to escort Susan out of the city, and Dick began by asking him to hear about what he had seen on the way there.

• Farmers tried to force Dick to join the insurgents, but they backed down after recognizing him as the Red Hair Devil.
• Dick saw insurgents gathered outside a mansion, demanding that Ibu hand over Susan, and went to the door with Tyson.
• Little Odin opened the mansion door and led Dick and Tyson inside to meet Ibu.
• Ibu explained that Duke Kinu had entrusted him with protecting Susan and that dimeritium devices prevented him from using magic to send her away.
• Dick questioned Ibu’s motives and asked whether he would let him tell about what he had seen on the way to Sarleon.

Dick explained why he wanted to take Susan and the others with him, then faced the rebels when they refused to let them leave. He demonstrated the Dawn Blade’s power by tearing apart burning ruins, leaving the rebels silent and visibly afraid.

• Dick told Ibu about a corrupt noble, Tyson’s chivalry, and a commission involving an evil spirit, explaining that he had punished a wealthy merchant’s wife for benefiting from bloodstained wealth.
• Ibu defended Susan, saying she had a kind heart and had used the duke’s money to help refugees, and Dick decided to take her with him.
• Dick told the rebels he would take Ibu, Little Odin, Susan, and his fellow witchers, but they challenged his authority to remove them.
• Dick offered the rebels a demonstration or a fight, and the lead sorcerer and rebel leader agreed to a demonstration.
• Dick drew the Dawn Blade and unleashed a whirlwind that swept away the burning ruins across the courtyard, leaving the rebels stunned.

Dick led his companions out of rebel territory and split from them at a crossroads before reaching Mist-Shrouded City. He arrived at New Island, found a monster-hunting commission, and asked a fisherman where Nazi was.

• Dick intimidated the rebels with his swordsmanship and led his group away, while the sorcerer Liweisi exchanged farewells with Ibu.
• Dick urged Little Odin to return to Odinburg and help Kebi; Little Odin stayed with the group when they reached the Vinese border the next day.
• At a crossroads, Dick parted from Little Odin, Ibu, Tyson, and Susan, who continued toward their respective destinations while he headed for Mist-Shrouded City.
• A guard captain charged Dick a silver crown for entry and gave him six salted fish as change, then recognized him as the witcher rumored to have drunk the blood of ten thousand people.
• Dick crossed the woodland route to New Island, found a commission about toad-headed monsters attacking at night, and asked a fisherman where Nazi was.

Dick visited Red Hair Chris to investigate the deep-sea monsters approaching his residence on New Island and agreed to wait for them to return. King Vinese's court sorceress Morgana arrived to assist, and she questioned whether Dick could handle the creatures alone.

• Dick asked about Nazi, learned that Red Hair's wife was Princess Ortega, and went to Red Hair Chris's residence.
• Dick introduced himself as a witcher, accepted a payment of five hundred crowns, and questioned Red Hair about the monsters.
• Red Hair told Dick that the harpoon-carrying, sea-smelling monsters had moved from the shore toward his residence.
• Dick examined the courtyard with his Witcher Senses and concluded that the monsters might return that night, so he agreed to wait for them.
• Morgana arrived to investigate the monster activity and cast doubt on Dick's ability to subdue the creatures with his sword.

Dick and Morgana prepared the mansion courtyard for a monster attack, then faced ten frog-like creatures after midnight. Dick killed the six ranged attackers, while four larger monsters remained.

• Red Hair asked Morgana to help Dick defend the mansion and make peace with intelligent monsters if possible.
• Morgana inspected Dick, then cast warning spells around the courtyard that would sense intruders and slow them down.
• Dick conserved his strength until midnight, when he sensed about ten monsters approaching.
• Ten frog-like monsters leaped into the courtyard, and the four larger ones hurled sea forks at Dick.
• Dick dodged the weapons, tested one monster's strength, then cut down the six sea-fork throwers with a sweeping strike.

Dick and Morgana defeated the monsters attacking Red Hair’s residence, and Dick learned that Ortega claimed her husband had killed the Siren princess Nazi. At a celebratory banquet the next evening, a gnome scholar named Stein introduced himself to Dick.

• Morgana hurled corpses at the attacking monsters, and Dick finished them off, earning Energy Points and completing the protection commission.
• Chris Red Hair praised Dick and Morgana, offered Dick a five-hundred-crown fee, and invited them to stay for a banquet.
• Dick asked Chris about the Siren princess Nazi, but Chris denied knowing of her; Ortega then revealed that Nazi had tried to steal her husband and that he had killed the Siren.
• At the banquet, Dick kept to himself while Morgana was surrounded by nobles and merchants.
• Stein, a gnome research scientist and Oxenfurt University graduate, sat beside Dick and introduced himself.

Dick spoke with Stein about his submarine and the possibility of exploring the Deep-Sea World, then learned that Red Hair had other information about the Siren princess. Red Hair admitted that he had killed Nazi with his own hands, leaving Dick to ask when it happened.

• Stein told Dick about his experimental submarine, which could remain underwater for two days, and Dick considered borrowing it to search for the Deep-Sea World.
• Dick and Stein spent the banquet discussing science, technology, and the Panda Continent until Morgana left and the banquet ended.
• Red Hair summoned Dick to his study to share more information about the Siren princess Nazi.
• Ortega interrupted Red Hair and demanded that he explain the matter to Dick, threatening to tell her father if it was not settled.
• Red Hair confessed that he had killed Nazi shortly after marrying Ortega, whom King Vinese had entrusted to him.

Dick discovered that Red Hair Chris had hidden the Siren Princess Nazi in an underground tank and freed her. He carried Nazi toward the sea so she could return home.

• Ortega told Dick that Chris had killed the Siren Princess and fed her fish tail to New Island's commoners.
• Dick followed Red Hair's lingering scent and Witcher Senses through a secret passage beneath the manor.
• Dick found Nazi in an underground fish tank, freed her, and helped her dress.
• Nazi told Dick that Chris had kept her in the tank for five years and asked him to take her home.
• Dick carried Nazi through another passage, and she saw the sea again.

Dick rescued Nazi from Princess Ortega’s soldiers with help from Stein and Morgana, then escaped with them in a submarine. As they traveled toward Atlantis, Nazi described her homeland and its history, including her abdication in favor of her younger sister, Nami.

• Stein arrived in a submarine with Morgana to protect Dick and Nazi after Ortega learned the Siren was alive.
• Dick fought off Ortega’s crossbow bolts, carried Nazi into the submarine, and exchanged a wave with Chris before escaping.
• Stein piloted the submarine underwater, while Morgana explained that her contract with Venice had ended.
• Nazi told Dick and Morgana that Atlantis had once prospered under the Sea God’s descendants before declining after the War of the Gods.
• Nazi revealed that she had abdicated in favor of her younger sister, Nami, and believed Nami now ruled Atlantis.

Dick and his companions were attacked by frogman warriors while traveling through the deep sea, and Dick fought them off outside the submarine. Nazi then guided the submarine to a hidden portal, and they entered it in a burst of white light.

• Nazi guided the submarine toward a year-round magical portal, but hundreds of frogman warriors approached and attacked them.
• Dick and the others realized the frogmen were targeting them, and Morgana assured them she could protect the submarine as Dick prepared to go outside.
• Dick emerged from the submarine and slaughtered the attacking frogmen after activating Blood of Madness.
• Dick returned to the submarine, and Nazi marveled at his strength and compared him to Sparta, Atlantis's fishman grand commander.
• Nazi spotted the portal beside an enormous conch, and Stein piloted the submarine into the bright opening.