Iorveth's Path -- Act III, Part 1: Arriving in Loc Muinne

Iorveth's Path -- Act III, Part 1: Arriving in Loc Muinne

We begin with a CS of the Ambassador talking to a sorceress seeking assistance with reversing the spell on Triss.  He tells his sorceress Assire to reverse the spell and she agrees to try -- throwing the statue in the water, Assire casts her spell and Triss is restored, a bit the worse for wear.  Once she has served her purpose the Ambassador executes Assire, and then takes Triss prisoner.   This officially triggers the quest For a Higher Cause, and you regain control of Geralt.

You have a choice to make coming up, but for now you need to follow Iorveth as he leads you to an entrance that he knows about that will bypass the knights guarding the main path and gates ahead.  You could go say hello to them I suppose, but they will want to kill you when you do -- your call?

The path you follow with Iorveth includes fighting the odd Harpy or three, and at the end of it, you will battle an Arachas and some Endrega and then emerge into one of the outer courtyards, where you are attacked by Gargoyles.  After you defeat them continue to follow Iorveth and he will lead you through the town where you will encounter some troops who you learn the location of Phillipa from by overhearing them talk.

Freeing yourself from Jail

Remember I said you had a choice to make?  You can either try to find her by going through the sewers yourself, or you can allow yourself to be captured, which is a fast track to reaching her.  You decide which way to do it -- sewers or captured?   Getting arrested really is the quickest way to find her, and once you end up in the cell you are disarmed it is true, but you still have your magical abilities mates...

After the conversations play out you need to quickly burn through your bonds using your magic -- do it too slow and you die -- getting arrested is easy, just move through the town until you are arrested -- you should put up a good fight, no reason for them to think you are just giving up, but they will arrest you and take you to the prison, and there you will find Phillipa -- just before her eyes are put out!

Talk to her to learn what you can, and then watch as she is punished by the King -- and after that you have to decide what to do...  Here is the thing, you may want to go to rescue Triss -- and you can do that, but first make a save and then choose to save Phillipa, which will send you down a path of quests that will lead to unlocking the Achievement "Spellbreaker" (15 G) Help Iorveth find the dagger needed to free Saskia from the spell that holds her.

The Ambassador decides that you need to die -- though the King was going to allow you to live...  You need to get free and take out the guards and then deal with the Ambassador once and for all!  After you deal with the guards talk to Phillipa again and learn what you can, then agree to help her (sort of).

-- Into the Sewers --

Leading Phillipa into the sewers, Iorveth appears and deals with the guards, so you can pass.  Once into the sewers you get a CS with Iorveth, in which you learn about the spell from Phillipa and how it can be lifted.  You hand Phillipa over to Iorveth so you can clear the way ahead of monsters.

Do not allow the monsters to surround you or they will quickly kill you -- fight defensively and you will be OK.  Be sure to allow time for yourself to heal before spawning the next group of monsters -- no reason to fight with a handicap... 

Obtaining the Dagger

When you reach Phillipa's house go ahead and take out the Gargoyles who are guarding the main room first, and then when you take her upstairs you get a CS in which you discover the chest with the dagger.  But it is magically protected -- you need to go downstairs and get the notes that show which candles to light and in what order -- head down and check the notes, you want the combination in the middle -- you light the candles and then Iorveth releases Phillipa to cast the spell and she betrays you!

You have to battle the Guardian of the Chest to proceed -- and keeping it off-balance seems to help a lot!  Once you defeat it you get a CS with Iorveth and once you exhaust your chat options with him, he heads on ahead and you unlock the Achievement "Spellbreaker" (15 G) Help Iorveth find the dagger needed to free Saskia from the spell that holds her.  You should also unlock the Achievement "Guru" (50 G) Achieve character level 35 -- if you have not already unlocked it that is...