Iorveth's Path -- Act II: The Vergen Besieged

Iorveth's Path -- Act II: The Vergen Besieged

As you talk to Zoltan the enemy begins their attack -- you need to defend the outer gate and to start that process head up on the rampart and trigger the Dwarven defensive mechanism that unleashes boiling oil onto the attackers and then rejoin with Zoltan, and you will perform a strategic retreat to the second gates, where you will then defend against two waves of attackers who are trying to come over the walls using ladders.  You can make very effective use of your Signs here -- Aard can be used to literally blow them off of the wall!

Eventually you will learn from Saskia about a weak spot in the city defenses -- a secret tunnel that you did not know about but that the enemy just may.  Joining Saskia you head there and find that yes, indeed, the enemy knew about this way in, and you do battle with a fairly large force -- once you defeat them, you will find yourself battling that bastard Dethmold!  There is a surprise here and I am not going to ruin it for you...  Either here or in the video.

Trapping King Henselt for Victory

After you finish in the caves and chat with Saskia you rejoin Zoltan and again defend the walls, blowing the enemy back, until you are joined by Iorveth's forces and you need to fight your way to the gate controls to close the gate and trap Henselt!  With Zoltan you make your way to the gate and he closes it -- the King is trapped and surrenders and the battle is over for the most part.  Well done!

Pretty much all of the outstanding issues with Henselt are resolved in the lengthy CS that follows, including dealing with Dethmold.  After Saskia and Phillipa depart Iorveth voices his suspicions and you follow them -- when you find Phillipa and Saskia escaping through a portal that the sorceress has opened.  You search the rooms and find some damning evidence, and this pretty much ends the Vergen part of the story.  You now need to go with Iorveth to Loc Muinne, where you will pick up the story and the trail of your love!

Oh yes, and you will need to change discs :)