Chapter Summaries

Lynn and Borch reached Myrgtabrakke’s lair, where Lynn gave Borch Superior White Honey to cure the poisoned green dragon. While Borch treated Myrgtabrakke, Lynn bonded with her baby dragon, and the chapter ended with Myrgtabrakke thanking him and apologizing for doubting him.

• Lynn and Borch found Myrgtabrakke gravely ill on a vast hoard of gold, with her baby dragon sheltered by her tail.
• Lynn gave Borch Superior White Honey and explained that it could neutralize the poison afflicting Myrgtabrakke.
• Lynn left the cavern while Borch treated Myrgtabrakke, and the baby dragon followed him into the passage.
• Lynn picked up the baby dragon and soothed her until she fell asleep in his arms.
• Borch called Lynn back, where Myrgtabrakke—now in human form—said the potion had neutralized most of the poison and apologized for suspecting him.

Lynn divided Myrgtabrakke’s treasure between himself, Borch, and the shepherds whose sheep she had killed. When Myrgtabrakke asked for help against an approaching dragon-slaying party, Lynn proposed avoiding a fight by leaving her hidden lair before the attackers found it.

• Borch vouched for Lynn, and Myrgtabrakke offered him half the treasure she had given Villentretenmerth.
• Lynn asked Myrgtabrakke to reserve part of the treasure to compensate the shepherds for their lost sheep.
• Myrgtabrakke agreed to let Lynn and Borch decide how to distribute the treasure, and Lynn divided it into portions for himself, Borch, and the shepherds.
• Myrgtabrakke told Lynn and Borch that armed humans were approaching and asked for help dealing with them.
• Borch offered Lynn another reward and a position in Zerrikania if he helped Myrgtabrakke.
• Lynn proposed that Myrgtabrakke leave her lair before the attackers discovered it, since the treasure had already been distributed.

Lynn persuaded Myrgtabrakke to leave the Kestrel Mountains and return to Zerrikania with Borch, avoiding a battle with the dragon-slaying party. After parting ways with them, Lynn traveled to Holopole, where hungry children watched him eat at an inn.

• Lynn warned Myrgtabrakke and Borch that news of Zerrikanians fighting alongside dragons could bring invasions from the north and south, and urged Myrgtabrakke to flee to Zerrikania with her child.
• Myrgtabrakke agreed to leave her lair with Borch, Tea, and Vea, and the group met the Zerrikanians waiting at the foot of the mountains.
• Borch offered Lynn a finely crafted Dragon Horn, and Lynn accepted it before parting from Borch, Tea, Vea, and Myrgtabrakke.
• Lynn rode Nidhogg to Holopole and learned from a militiaman that the dragon-slaying party had not returned yet.
• Lynn settled into the city's best tavern room for dinner, where the landlady chased away ragged children who stared at his food.

Lynn stayed in Holopole while waiting for the dragon-hunting party to return, taking in eight orphaned children as subordinates. He tracked down Yennefer and gained an audience with her, leaving her surprised to learn that Triss had sent him.

• Lynn paid the landlady to feed the street children and alert him when the dragon-hunting party returned.
• Lynn offered the orphaned children a place as his subordinates and arranged rooms for all eight.
• After the party returned, Lynn learned that Yennefer was staying in Holopole and went to her rented house.
• When the doorman refused to let him in, Lynn knocked him unconscious with a coin pouch and used his key to enter.
• Yennefer confronted Lynn with floating weapons, then invited him upstairs after he said he had important news.
• Yennefer asked how Lynn knew her name, and Lynn told her that Triss had told him.

Lynn asked Yennefer to help refine the second witcher mutation at Kaer Morhen and offered her a child in return. Yennefer reacted with dangerous magical force, and Lynn explained that he knew she wanted to regain her fertility and had joined the dragon hunt to fund an operation.

• Yennefer wondered whether Triss’s interest in Lynn stemmed from their old rivalry, then asked why he had come.
• Lynn invited Yennefer to Kaer Morhen for the winter to study Moreau’s notes and improve the second mutation.
• Yennefer warned Lynn not to make promises he could not keep after he claimed he had an offer she could not refuse.
• Lynn offered to give Yennefer a child, prompting her to unleash her magic and threaten him.
• Lynn told Yennefer he knew she wanted to restore her fertility and believed she had joined the dragon hunt to pay for the operation.

Lynn convinced Yennefer that his prophecy about her future bond with Ciri was genuine enough to consider, and she agreed to visit Kaer Morhen under conditions. She demanded Moreau’s notes and funding for new experimental equipment, leaving Lynn silent over the cost.

• Lynn told Yennefer that Ciri would become her beloved child despite sharing no blood with her.
• Yennefer ended her magical attack, repaired the damaged room, and agreed to visit Kaer Morhen if Lynn met her conditions.
• Yennefer demanded Moreau’s notes, and Lynn handed her a handwritten copy of the original.
• Yennefer requested at least two thousand orens for new experimental equipment and warned that later research would require more funding.
• Yennefer assumed Lynn could not afford the equipment and considered reviewing the notes despite the lack of experimental data.

Lynn gave Yennefer five thousand Orens to research and improve the Secondary Mutation, then brought seven children back to Novigrad to train as witcher apprentices. He left one boy behind by choice and ended the chapter wondering whether Triss was angry after she failed to answer his message.

• Lynn gave Yennefer five thousand Orens and arranged to meet her in Novigrad before traveling together to Kaer Morhen.
• Lynn let Xiaopang stay at the tavern and gave him some coins after the boy chose to work in the kitchen instead of following him.
• A month later, Lynn returned to Novigrad with seven children from Holopole and entrusted them to Letho, George, and the others for training.
• Lynn told the witchers to make the apprentices' training less inhumane and to treat their companions with care.
• Lynn tried to contact Triss through the communication box, but she did not respond, leaving him to wonder if she was angry.

Lynn reunited with Triss after months without contact, and they spent time together at his villa. Before returning to Vizima, Triss agreed to ask Aretuza whether a child’s constitution matching a witcher school could improve the odds of surviving that school’s Potion of the Grasses.

• Triss appeared through a portal, kissed Lynn, and reproached him for failing to keep in touch.
• Lynn explained that he had met Yennefer to seek help deciphering Moreau’s notes on secondary mutation, and Triss understood why he had not asked her.
• Lynn gave Triss hunting clothes he had bought in Toussaint, and she tried them on for him.
• Lynn and Triss spent another day and night together before she returned to Vizima.
• Lynn asked Triss to consult Aretuza about whether a child’s constitution could improve their chances of surviving a school’s Potion of the Grasses.

After learning that Jaeger's Gang had captured Vernon Roche, Lynn rode to their remote base outside Novigrad to rescue him. He scouted the abandoned farm, then approached openly as the gang's guards spotted him.

• Dudu increased the assets he managed for Lynn by nearly forty percent, while Tyensail's smithy continued at a steady pace and the Syndicate expanded in Novigrad.
• Drake told Lynn that Jaeger's Gang worked for city councilor Jager and had captured Vernon Roche and several companions after they tried to rescue a kidnapped girl.
• Lynn learned that Roche and the others were likely being held at Jaeger's Gang's abandoned farm outside the city.
• Lynn rode Nidhogg through the Hierarch Gate and found the farm after more than forty minutes.
• Lynn tethered Nidhogg, scouted the farm, and then walked toward it in plain sight as guards Sam and another gang member noticed him.

Lynn attacked Jager’s farmhouse gang, killing its members with arrows, alchemical bombs, and his sword. After Jager tried to shoot him with a crossbow, Lynn caught the bolt and threw it back, killing Jager as well.

• Lynn approached the farmhouse and killed Sam and the gang members guarding the fence with arrows.
• Lynn used Superior Dancing Stars and Gwyhyr to slaughter the gang members who rushed out of the farmhouse.
• Jager ordered his crossbowmen to shoot Lynn, but they struck their own men while Lynn killed the remaining attackers.
• Lynn shot the crossbowmen inside the farmhouse through a window, while Jager escaped the arrows by dropping to the floor.
• Jager loaded a crossbow and fired at Lynn, who caught the bolt and threw it back, killing Jager.

Lynn rescued Vernon Roche from Jaeger's Gang after killing its members and finding Roche’s companions butchered. Back at The Spear Cave, Lynn offered Roche a job leading a special unit formed from half the beggars absorbed by the Syndicate.

• Lynn found Jager dead and collected several thousand Novigrad crowns in promissory notes.
• Lynn discovered Roche’s butchered companions in one barn and burned their bodies with the Igni Sign.
• Lynn freed Roche from a cage, and Roche learned that Lynn had killed Jaeger’s Gang alone.
• Lynn reassured Roche that his companions’ deaths were not his fault.
• Lynn and Roche returned to The Spear Cave, where Lynn offered him command of a special unit drawn from the Syndicate’s beggars.

Lynn met Sasha, the Doppler posing as Chappelle, who explained that Eternal Fire extremists were plotting against him after he curtailed their abuses. After verifying their crimes through the Syndicate, Lynn killed the extremists and finished his list of targets.

• Lynn visited Temple Isle and heard Sasha explain how his reforms had angered extremists within the Eternal Fire.
• Lynn offered to eliminate the extremists, and Sasha gave him their names after Lynn argued that doing so would protect Novigrad.
• Lynn gave the list to the Syndicate and asked Drake and her subordinates to verify the targets’ crimes and movements.
• After the Syndicate confirmed the evidence, Lynn spent two days killing the targets while disguising himself with Glamarye.
• Lynn killed the final target, burned the list, and reflected on how his speed helped him defeat or evade groups of enemies.

Lynn met Earl Mignole's Wife to learn about her connection to his teacher, Vesemir, and offered her a mastercrafted School of the Wolf steel sword. She revealed their past romance and ended the meeting still attached to the memories.

• Lynn arranged a meeting with Earl Mignole's Wife after learning she collected witcher items.
• Lynn showed her a mastercrafted School of the Wolf steel sword, and she offered him a purse of crowns, thinking he needed money.
• Earl Mignole's Wife asked Lynn about Vesemir, and he told her that Vesemir was his teacher and spent winters at the castle.
• Earl Mignole's Wife recounted meeting Vesemir in 1234, falling in love with him, and secretly spending nights together.
• Earl Mignole's Wife said her father issued a warrant for Vesemir and married her off, while Vesemir left his armor behind as the first piece in her collection.

Lynn promised the Countess that he would tell Vesemir about her and encourage him to visit Novigrad, then began preparing to return to Kaer Morhen with Geralt. When Yennefer arrived, Lynn gave Geralt silver jewelry to help him approach her, and Geralt hurried after her.

• Lynn asked the Countess whether she wanted to see Vesemir again, and she eagerly agreed.
• Lynn refused the Countess’s request to travel with him to Kaer Morhen, promising instead to tell Vesemir about her and urge him to visit Novigrad.
• In September 1251, Lynn told his companions to prepare to leave Novigrad and planned to begin training the seven children he had brought from Holopole.
• Lynn contacted Yennefer, who arrived by portal and went inside without acknowledging Geralt.
• Lynn handed Geralt Toussaint-style silver jewelry, and Geralt understood the hint and hurried after Yennefer.

Lynn welcomed Yennefer with a feast, but the gathering was interrupted when Tissaia arrived at the villa. After dinner, Tissaia asked Lynn what he truly thought of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, leaving the reason for her visit unexplained.

• Lynn prepared a welcome feast for Yennefer, and Regis, Dettlaff, and Syanna brought ingredients for the meal.
• As everyone ate, Lynn sensed powerful chaos magic outside and went to investigate with Geralt and the others.
• Lynn recognized Tissaia in the courtyard and invited her inside, where she greeted her former student Yennefer.
• Tissaia joined the feast and was impressed by Lynn's cooking.
• After dinner, Tissaia asked Lynn about the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, and Lynn questioned whether that was why she had come from Gors Velen.

Tissaia met Lynn to learn whether the witcher could become an ally and heard his warning that the Brotherhood of Sorcerers had become dangerously influential. Lynn challenged her belief that royal advisers stayed out of politics by recounting how Alzur ended Temeria’s Endless War.

• Tissaia learned from Triss about Lynn and sought him out before he left Novigrad to assess his potential as an ally.
• Lynn told Tissaia that the Brotherhood of Sorcerers was in a dangerous position and compared its influence to an adviser controlling Aretuza Academy.
• Tissaia argued that the Brotherhood’s royal advisers only advised kings on magical matters and did not take part in court politics.
• Lynn recounted the Six Years’ War, the succession crisis after King Abdank’s death, and the Endless War in Temeria.
• Lynn said the legendary sorcerer Alzur had brought the Endless War to an end.

Lynn argued that the Brotherhood of Sorcerers had become entangled in northern politics and offered Tissaia an alliance to protect Aretuza. He revealed a Thyssen family signet ring, leaving Tissaia shocked and warning her to keep their discussion secret.

• Lynn challenged Tissaia’s claim that the Brotherhood would not threaten the northern kings, citing sorcerers’ ties to rulers and political ambitions.
• Tissaia asked how Lynn knew so much, and he declined to reveal his sources.
• Lynn said Tissaia’s real priority was protecting Aretuza and offered to be its ally when turmoil came.
• Tissaia questioned whether Lynn had enough power to help, and Lynn revealed a signet ring bearing the Thyssen family crest.
• Tissaia recognized the ring, and Lynn urged her to keep their discussion secret to avoid making an enemy of the Thyssen family.

Lynn told Tissaia he planned to help Istredd Thyssen reclaim Kovir in exchange for land where witchers could live, and argued that witchers needed to abandon neutrality and fight for respect. He warned that mages’ pursuit of power would eventually endanger Aretuza Academy as well.

• Lynn explained that Istredd Thyssen was gathering allies to retake Kovir and had promised witchers territory there in return for Lynn’s help.
• Tissaia was shocked that Lynn intended to violate Alzur’s principle of neutrality and asked what had led him to accept.
• Lynn reasoned that Aretuza’s support could improve witcher mutations and potions, while a future Kovir territory could give the academy a safe refuge.
• Lynn challenged Tissaia to consider whether witchers’ centuries of sacrifice justified people exploiting and rejecting them.
• Tissaia said fairness had never existed, and Lynn replied that only fighting could earn respect and that witchers had to change to survive.
• Lynn warned that mages’ lust for power would bring about their own destruction and implicate Aretuza Academy.

Lynn persuaded Tissaia to visit Kaer Morhen and planned who would travel there with him as he worked to strengthen the witchers. Triss then confirmed that an old research notebook described how matching children’s constitutions to a witcher school could improve the Trial of the Grasses’ success rate.

• Tissaia asked to visit Kaer Morhen in winter, and Lynn welcomed her as a guest.
• Lynn arranged for Regis and Dettlaff to stay at an inn so Tissaia would not discover their identities.
• Lynn chose Tissaia, Yennefer, several witchers, Kasja, and seven street children to accompany him, while deciding not to make Kasja a witcher.
• Triss told Lynn she and Margarita had found a notebook documenting witcher mutation experiments from the Order of Witchers.
• Triss reported that matching children to suitable witcher schools could raise the Trial of the Grasses’ success rate by ten to twenty percent.

Lynn led a large party toward Kaer Morhen, teaching the children about family and avoiding settlements in Kaedwen because of the kingdom’s prejudice against nonhumans. When they spotted smoke and flames ahead, he decided to investigate and took Letho with him, leaving the others concealed in the woods.

• Lynn provided horses and stored the party’s supplies in his runic leather bag before they departed Novigrad for Kaedwen.
• During the journey through Redania, Lynn taught Kasja and the children that family would support them through anything.
• After entering Kaedwen, the party avoided towns and villages, and Lynn disguised himself with Glamarye to buy food in bulk.
• The party spotted smoke and flames ahead, and Lynn suspected the destruction might not have been caused by bandits.
• Lynn took Letho to scout the area while the rest of the party hid in the woods, instructing them to continue toward Kaer Morhen if the two had not returned by nightfall.