Iorveth's Path -- Act II: Back in Vergen

Iorveth's Path -- Act II: Back in Vergen

Back in Vergen now, head for Phillipa's house co confront her girlfriend Cynthia, who it seems is a Nilfgaardian plant!  When you arrive you get an interesting CS with Phillipa and Geralt looks for the Rose and it is missing -- or not!  Phillipa find it and that completes the ingredients that are required -- and you advance the quest A Matter of Life and Death, and complete the quest Where is Triss Merigold for this Act. 

Give all of the ingredients to Phillipa and she will make the antidote and give it to Saskia, who recovers fully!  Actually the cure looks worse than the disease...  At least until the Rose is applied heh...  Anyway the Virgin Warrior recovers and offers Geralt a reward -- the last item that he needs, the sword that Saskia owns.  She asks you why you are helping her, tell her what you like -- and she thanks you again and gives you the sword, thus completing the quests A Matter of Life and Death and Hatred Symbolized and advancing the quest The Eternal Battle. 

At this point we need to talk to Phillipa again in order to obtain the last two items for lifting the curse, but before you do that check your quests if you have not been following this guide, because after this point the side-quests that relate to his Act will fail if you have yet to complete them!  If all is well, then talk to her -- she gives you the items you need and tells you to head for the battle...

-- About the Tattoo --

You may be wanting to have her remove the Tattoo -- the problem with that is that if you did not obtain Wolf's Aloe previously -- it can be had in the village outside of Flotsam it seems -- you cannot have her remove it.  But if you followed this guide you bought some!  So you can have her remove it if you like.

Breaking the Curse

-- The Battle --

Basically this is a self-guided event as you will be possessed by each of the four specters and you will complete their special struggle, after which you will turn the tide of the battle!  Each has a CS and each has a clear goal -- you start out needing to capture the flag by slaying the standard bearer, then you need to deliver a message to the commander by running through your own side's fire to reach the officers -- you go from cover to cover to do this.

You get a CS that depicts the messenger reporting, and you learn that there will be no support for the Dun Banner in this battle.   Sabrina tries to influence the tactics and fails, then acts on her own, and in the process betrays the honor of the King!  We see her gather her forces and begin to cast the magical weapon that nearly wipes out both sides of the battle, and then you learn that it really was a betrayal that took place, and not an accident!

You now get a CS of a Jamaican Warrior and you are possessed, and need to battle your way along the path in order to battle the enemy General.  Once beat into submission you battle the monster-sized General who you defeat by casting trap Signs and then damaging while he is trapped.  Take cover when he calls for Archers or Trebuchets, and rinse and repeat as needed.

Finally as the warrior monk you simply need to lead the men into the light to end the battle -- the message is delivered, Sabrina is confronted, and you resolve the battle the way that you needed to in order to break the curse!  Well done Mates!

A CS follows in which more memories are recovered by Geralt -- cool that -- and you learn a little more about Letho and Geralt's story, and it turns out it is related to The Wild Hunt!

Then you wake up and find yourself in Phillipa's quarters, where she tells you that she rescued you after you broke the curse.  Good on ya Geralt!

You report the events, and she confirms that the curse is gone, and then you talk about Henselt -- and then you sort of explore the sorceresses motivations.  She tells you that Henselt's Army is near and the attack is imminent, and you advance the quests Vergen Besieged and Returning Memories, and complete the quest The Eternal Battle.