Recaps

After waiting a week for the ruins to air out, Lynn agreed to explore the passage while Professor Gloger stayed behind to guard the way back. Lynn reached a burial chamber, found a fixed indoor portal, and opened the stone coffin.

• Lynn persuaded Professor Gloger to wait several days before entering the buried ruins.
• After a week, Professor Gloger urged Lynn to begin exploring, and Lynn agreed.
• Professor Gloger asked to accompany Lynn, but Lynn refused and told him to secure the way back.
• Lynn entered the passage alone, using a Superior Cat Potion to see the carved walls.
• Lynn reached a burial chamber containing a stone coffin and an indoor portal, then pushed open the coffin lid.

Lynn opened a stone coffin in an elven burial chamber and triggered a trap that sealed him inside with a Gargoyle. He used the Yrden Sign and careful attacks to defeat the construct, then absorbed its experience.

• Lynn opened the coffin, and its treasure burned into white mist that sealed the chamber.
• The witcher medallion warned Lynn of a Gargoyle's attack, and he dodged its first strike.
• Lynn identified the Gargoyle and struck its neck with a pickaxe, but found it far faster and tougher than expected.
• Lynn trapped the Gargoyle with Yrden and repeatedly attacked its weaker joints while avoiding its blows.
• The Gargoyle cracked apart into stones, and its experience surged into Lynn.

Lynn explored an underground elven palace, clearing out its monsters while keeping Professor Gloger safely outside. After finding a magically protected room that might preserve valuable items, he left to consult the professor before opening it.

• Lynn found a gargoyle's heart, recharged the portal's teleportation crystal, and discovered a vast underground elven palace beyond it.
• Lynn told Professor Gloger about the palace but refused to let him join the exploration, fearing the professor and his party would be killed.
• Over the following week, Lynn cleared Endregas, Kikimores, and Wraiths from the palace while avoiding damage to its architecture and murals.
• Lynn found that the armory's weapons and books had decayed, leaving only three intact weapon diagrams.
• After clearing most of the palace, Lynn found a magically protected room and returned to camp to consult Professor Gloger before opening it.

Lynn asked Triss to help open a magically protected door in the elven ruins, and she agreed in exchange for a share of any treasure. After arriving, Triss gave Lynn his promised reward, which he discovered was not what it seemed.

• Professor Gloger asked Lynn to open the magically protected door, but Lynn explained that he could not break its enchantment.
• Lynn offered to contact his sorceress friend Triss, and Professor Gloger agreed to give her a share of any treasure they found.
• Lynn used Triss's communication box and explained the situation; Triss agreed to come investigate.
• Triss suggested that she and Lynn could secretly take extra treasure, but Lynn refused because he wanted to honor Professor Gloger's trust.
• Triss arrived through a portal, kissed Lynn, and handed him her promised reward in a leather pouch.

Lynn and Triss opened the magically protected vault without triggering its destructive mechanism and discovered a huge stash of real elven gold coins. Professor Gloger and his students valued the treasure at nearly forty thousand crowns, leaving the group to decide how to handle it.

• Triss gave Lynn an enchanted dragonhide pouch, and Lynn thanked her before taking her to the vault door.
• Triss detected that the door’s magic would ignite the vault’s contents if attacked, then carefully dispelled it.
• Lynn and Triss opened the vault and confirmed its five chests of gold coins were real, not illusions.
• Lynn brought Professor Gloger and his students into the vault, where they valued the treasure at nearly forty thousand crowns.

After the group discovered the treasure of Aet Aye, Prince Adrian learned that Kiyan had died and that Lynn had helped Professor Gloger’s expedition. Adrian concealed his suspicions and arranged to send someone to collect his share, while preparing to deal with Lynn.

• The treasure hunters divided the elven gold coins among Lynn, Triss, Professor Gloger and his students, Prince Adrian, and Oxenfurt University.
• Prince Adrian waited anxiously for Kiyan to report back, then answered a communication from Professor Gloger instead.
• Professor Gloger told Prince Adrian that Aet Aye and the legendary treasure of King Maelor were real, and credited Lynn with helping clear the ruins.
• Prince Adrian learned that Kiyan had died before reaching the ruins and suspected that Lynn had killed him after Kiyan’s failed attack.
• Prince Adrian told Professor Gloger to pay Lynn four hundred crowns from Adrian’s share and said he would send someone to collect the rest.

Lynn accepted the extra payment from Professor Gloger and agreed to protect him until Prince Adrian’s men arrived. When an armed squad reached the camp, Lynn and Gloger faced them, and their captain claimed they had been sent by the prince.

• Prince Adrian ordered forty men to kill everyone at Professor Gloger’s camp and bring everything back to the estate.
• Professor Gloger paid Lynn the agreed two hundred crowns and four hundred crowns in elven gold from Prince Adrian.
• Lynn promised to stay with Professor Gloger until the handover was complete, while planning to take Prince Adrian’s wealth.
• Triss spotted armed soldiers approaching, and Gloger chose to face them beside Lynn rather than shelter in the ruins.
• The soldiers’ captain identified himself as Prince Adrian’s man, and Lynn concealed his intentions while warning him about future weapons.

Lynn and Professor Gloger confronted Prince Adrian’s soldiers, who had come to seize the treasure and planned to kill them. With Triss’s protective magic shielding them, Lynn slaughtered the soldiers, and Triss burned the survivors, leaving the prince’s force dead.

• Lynn questioned the captain about the soldiers’ weapons and exposed their plan to silence him and Professor Gloger.
• The captain ordered his men to attack, and Lynn threw a Superior Grapeshot Bomb that killed several soldiers.
• Triss’s magical barrier blocked the arrows, allowing Lynn to drink a Superior Blizzard Potion and charge the soldiers.
• Lynn killed the captain and cut through the remaining soldiers with his swordsmanship.
• The surviving soldiers fled, but Triss’s fireball engulfed them, killing Prince Adrian’s forty infantrymen.

Lynn explained to Triss why Prince Adrian would continue targeting Professor Gloger and revealed his plan to eliminate the prince. After Lynn and Triss approached Gloger, the professor vomited and lamented that Adrian had betrayed him.

• Triss checked that Lynn was unharmed and learned he had expected Prince Adrian to try to kill them.
• Lynn warned Triss that Adrian could still threaten Professor Gloger even if he hid at Oxenfurt University.
• Lynn told Triss he planned to kill Prince Adrian and asked her to help him buy a few things; she agreed.
• Triss and Lynn went to Professor Gloger, who vomited after witnessing Lynn's slaughter and cursed Adrian for betraying him.
• Lynn reassured Professor Gloger that it was understandable for a scholar to be unfamiliar with noble scheming.

Lynn accepted Professor Gloger’s request to protect him and his students by dealing with Prince Adrian, who had tried to have them killed. After taking Adrian’s treasure, Lynn rode toward Drahim Manor while Triss headed through a portal to Vizima.

• Lynn warned Professor Gloger that Prince Adrian would remain a threat if he returned alive to Oxenfurt University.
• Professor Gloger feared he and his students could not kill Adrian or infiltrate Drahim Manor, so Lynn waited for him to ask for help.
• Professor Gloger offered Lynn Adrian’s share of the treasure and promised to keep quiet about the prince’s death; Lynn accepted his request.
• Lynn took Adrian’s treasure from the ruins and rode away from the camp with Triss.
• Triss opened a portal to Vizima to buy what Lynn needed, and Lynn told her, “Steel for villains, silver for monsters.”

Lynn joined the hunt for Prince Adrian by infiltrating Drahim Manor in armor and questioning a servant about the prince’s location. As Adrian waited anxiously for news from his men, shouting and hurried footsteps outside suggested the manor had been breached.

• Lynn arrived at a village near the Pontar River and met Triss at a safe house.
• Triss gave Lynn a helmet, unmarked armor, and an arming jacket, and Lynn changed out of his witcher gear.
• Lynn infiltrated Drahim Manor under a spell that silenced his movements and subdued a servant to ask where Prince Adrian was.
• Prince Adrian worried that his soldiers had failed their mission or fled with his treasure, while his steward tried to reassure him.
• Shouts and hurried footsteps sounded outside Adrian’s study as if the manor had been invaded.

Lynn broke into Prince Adrian’s study and killed him despite the prince’s attempts to bargain, then discovered a hidden cache of gold. He took the larger chest and opened a smaller one before leaving its contents unrevealed.

• The old butler opened a secret chamber in the study and tried to usher Prince Adrian inside as Lynn charged in.
• Lynn deflected the butler’s crossbow bolt, threw him into the closing bookshelf, and used an Aard Sign to break the entrance open.
• Prince Adrian offered Lynn a position, wealth, and a share of his fortune, but Lynn said Adrian’s absence mattered more than his life.
• Lynn killed Prince Adrian with one stroke and found that the prince gave him little experience.
• Lynn found two chests in the secret chamber, took the large chest full of gold, and opened the smaller chest.

Lynn raided Drahim Manor, found an old journal written in Elder Speech, and killed the guards who tried to stop him. He escaped and returned to Triss, telling her that Professor Gloger no longer had to worry.

• Lynn found an old elven journal in a secret chamber and took it along with valuable artworks.
• Lynn fought his way through the guards surrounding him in the corridor, killing them as he advanced.
• Lynn killed the captain and pursued the fleeing guards, cutting down every last one before escaping over the manor wall.
• Lynn returned to Triss in the grove outside Drahim Manor and told her he had succeeded.
• Triss asked how Lynn had done it, and he modestly called it something insignificant.

Lynn returned to Vizima, spent several days with Triss, and gave her a ruby and an elven journal to translate before leaving for Novigrad. Back home, he reunited with Kasja and noticed her improved energy, then asked her to sit down for a conversation.

• Triss cleaned Lynn with a spell, and they returned to her home in Vizima, where they spent several tender days together.
• Before leaving, Lynn gave Triss a ruby taken from Prince Adrian's study and warned her to keep it hidden until things settled down.
• Lynn asked Triss to translate an elven journal from Drahim Manor, and she opened a portal to the countryside near Novigrad.
• Lynn bought Gilderoy Lockhart's book about trolls at a bookshop, then rode home to the upper district.
• Kasja welcomed Lynn, took Nidhogg to the stable, and served him breakfast.
• Lynn noticed Kasja seemed more energetic but pale, advised her to get more sun, and asked her to sit so they could talk.

Lynn arranged for Kasja to stay at Vivaldi Bank while he spent the winter at Kaer Morhen, then asked Vimme Vivaldi to hire skilled craftsmen for a year. He planned to use his wealth to repair Kaer Morhen, preserving the School of the Wolf’s home and preparing for its future.

• Lynn told Kasja he would return to his school’s headquarters for the winter and asked her to stay at Vivaldi Bank under Vimme’s care.
• Vimme agreed to look after Kasja and help Lynn find stonemasons, carpenters, and bricklayers experienced in castle work.
• Lynn assured Vimme that he could afford to hire the craftsmen, drawing on the wealth he had earned and collected on his expeditions.
• Lynn decided to repair Kaer Morhen to honor Vesemir’s attachment to the castle, make it warmer for Lambert, and prepare it as a future headquarters for witchers.

Lynn met Yarpen Zigrin, Zoltan Chivay, and their companions at the Vivaldi Bank and hired them to repair Kaer Morhen. They agreed on the work and began planning how to obtain and transport the materials.

• Lynn found Yarpen and his dwarf companions waiting in the bank’s VIP lounge and learned that Vimme had recommended them for castle repairs.
• Yarpen introduced his skilled crew, and Lynn agreed to hire them after they promised to do the job well.
• Zoltan Chivay introduced his companions, including the gnome Percival Schuttenbach, and Lynn welcomed them to the work crew.
• Yarpen and Zoltan explained why they had left Mahakam and come to Novigrad seeking work.
• Lynn told the group that he wanted them to repair Kaer Morhen, and Yarpen agreed they could handle the job.
• Lynn and the dwarves planned to source stone and timber in the Blue Mountains, buy other supplies in Novigrad, and use Lynn’s runic leather pouch to transport them.

Lynn traveled by barge along the Pontar River with Yarpen, Zoltan, and the other dwarves, planning to cross Kaedwen on foot to reach Kaer Morhen. The captain, Luoshili, revealed that river traffic had become dangerous and asked whether Lynn was taking the nonhumans to join the Children of Freedom.

• Lynn considered the dangers of crossing Kaedwen and recalled that Triss could not portal the group directly to Kaer Morhen because she had never visited it and transporting so many people would require too much magic and material.
• Luoshili joined Lynn on deck, introduced himself, and asked which witcher school he belonged to.
• Lynn identified himself as a member of the School of the Wolf and redirected the conversation when Luoshili asked about the School of the Cat.
• Luoshili explained that several barges had disappeared on the Pontar River, but he was making one last voyage before retiring in Novigrad.
• Lynn and Luoshili spat into the river after Luoshili spoke of retiring, and Luoshili asked whether Lynn was leading the nonhumans to join the Children of Freedom.

Lynn and his companions prepared to defend their barge from the notorious pirates blocking the Pontar River. The passengers hid, the sailors took the bow, and Lynn’s dwarven companions guarded the stern as the pirates approached.

• Luoshili told Lynn that pirates had massacred a village near Hagge Fortress and that patrols had failed to find them.
• A sailor reported that many ships were blocking the barge’s route, and Luoshili recognized them as the pirates.
• Lynn agreed that he and his companions would fight, and Luoshili ordered everyone onto the deck.
• The sailors nearly clashed with Yarpen, Zoltan, and the other dwarves, but Lynn assigned the sailors to the bow and his companions to the stern.
• Luoshili rebuked his men for their hostility toward the nonhumans, while Yarpen and Zoltan joined Lynn at the stern to meet the pirates.

Lynn and the dwarves fought off a pirate boarding attack on Luoshili’s barge, but a monstrous octopus emerged from the river and dragged Luoshili underwater. The battle continued aboard the rocking barge as Lynn narrowly failed to save the captain.

• Pirates ambushed the barge with arrows and grappling hooks, and Lynn hurried to the bow while the dwarves defended the stern.
• Lynn cut the pirates’ ropes and fought alongside Luoshili and his sailors as more pirates boarded from both sides.
• The dwarves slaughtered the pirates attempting to board the stern, while the sailors struggled against the attackers at the bow.
• Lynn killed several pirates and rushed to help Luoshili after the captain’s first mate was stabbed.
• The barge rocked violently, and a giant tentacle crushed pirates on deck before another tentacle seized Luoshili and pulled him into the river just beyond Lynn’s reach.

Lynn killed the giant octopus that had attacked the barge, saving Luoshili and helping the survivors reach Dorian. There, Lynn collected the bounty for the monster and shared the pirates’ reward with the sailors and dwarves.

• Lynn leaped onto the giant octopus, stabbed it with his silver sword, and blew up its head with a Superior Dragon's Dream Bomb.
• The sailors rescued Luoshili, and Lynn treated his wounds with a Superior Swallow Potion that helped him survive.
• With the crew too badly injured to continue, Luoshili took the passengers to Dorian and refunded Lynn and his dwarven companions.
• The survivors reached Dorian without encountering trouble from elves, while Yarpen, Zoltan, and the other dwarves headed for a tavern.
• Lynn learned the bounties totaled one thousand orens, shared the five hundred-orens pirate reward with Luoshili's sailors and the dwarves, and kept the octopus bounty.

Lynn led Yarpen and his dwarves through the Blue Mountains to Kaer Morhen, explaining why the witchers kept their fortress hidden and deflecting questions about its repairs. When the group reached the ruined stronghold, Yarpen agreed that the dwarves would help restore it, but a shout from the walls interrupted them.

• Lynn and Yarpen discussed the Blue Mountains’ harsh climate and why witchers needed to hide their headquarters from hostile outsiders.
• Paulie asked whether the castle repairs meant the witchers planned to take on apprentices again, and Lynn claimed he wanted to make the ruins warmer and safer.
• Lynn kept his larger plans secret as the group continued through increasingly cold mountain terrain.
• Lynn led the group along a narrow mountain path and through the valleys until Kaer Morhen appeared before them.
• Yarpen praised the fortress and promised that his dwarves would help repair it, but a loud shout came from the walls.

Lynn arrived at Kaer Morhen with a group of dwarven friends, where Lambert welcomed him and introduced them to the witchers. Vesemir took Lynn aside in the kitchen to ask why the dwarves had come.

• Lambert recognized Lynn, lowered the drawbridge, and greeted him with a tight hug.
• Lynn introduced Yarpen Zigrin, Zoltan Chivay, and their companions to Lambert.
• Lambert told Lynn that Geralt had not returned and mocked Berengar for being absent.
• Vesemir welcomed the dwarves into Kaer Morhen, sent Lambert to help Eskel fish, and asked Lynn privately whether they had come to collect a debt.

Lynn hired dwarven craftsmen to repair Kaer Morhen and told Vesemir he intended to revive the witchers by training new apprentices. Vesemir warned him that others had failed and the path would be difficult, but admired Lynn’s resolve and did not try to stop him.

• Lynn reassured Vesemir that the dwarves were workers he had hired to repair Kaer Morhen, then showed him a chest of gold.
• Vesemir warned Lynn not to tell Lambert how much he had earned or lend him money, and Lynn learned that Lambert owed money to Vesemir, Geralt, and Eskel.
• Lynn told Vesemir about his contracts and explained that repairing Kaer Morhen was preparation for training witcher apprentices.
• Vesemir cautioned Lynn that past efforts to restore the witcher schools had failed and asked whether he had considered the hardships.
• Lynn declared that he would devote his life to reviving the witchers, and Vesemir responded with admiration rather than opposition.

Lynn questioned Vesemir about the witchers’ neutrality and the fall of Kaer Morhen, while Vesemir explained the obstacles that had kept the School of the Wolf small. The chapter left Lynn suspecting that sorcerers had helped Kaedwen destroy the castle, a suspicion Vesemir confirmed.

• Vesemir decided not to discourage Lynn’s effort to revive the witchers and told him that Kaer Morhen had once housed twenty-three witchers and forty apprentices.
• Vesemir explained that kings and sorcerers had restricted witcher recruitment to the Law of Surprise and encouraged public resentment toward witchers.
• Lynn asked why the castle library contained no account of the siege, and Vesemir revealed that he had survived by hiding among the dead.
• Vesemir described Kaer Morhen’s former defenses and confirmed Lynn’s suspicion that Ban Ard had substantially aided Kaedwen’s army in taking the castle.

Vesemir warned Lynn about the challenges of restoring the witchers and offered the School of the Wolf’s support. After a feast, the group worried that Geralt had not returned, and Eskel asked Lynn about his connection to the dwarves.

• Vesemir explained that Lynn would need apprentices, a safer Trial of the Grasses, a resident sorcerer, funds, land, and a plan for dealing with the Brotherhood of Sorcerers.
• Vesemir offered his help and said the other members of the School of the Wolf would fight for Lynn’s plans.
• Lynn, Vesemir, Lambert, and Eskel served a feast, and Yarpen praised Vesemir’s cooking.
• After four hours of eating, Vesemir noticed that Geralt had not returned, and Lambert and Eskel said his absence was unusual.
• Eskel reassured Lynn about Geralt and asked how Lynn had met the dwarves, suggesting their relationship went beyond employment.