Act II, Kaedwen Part VIII -- The Aftermath of Curse Breaking

Act II, Kaedwen Part VIII -- The Aftermath of Curse Breaking

When you awaken confused you find that Dandelion is here -- here being the camp brothel -- and as you collect your wits he fills you in on how he found you, and you then question him, or rather you sort of exchange information... 

You finally recover a memory of Lethos you tell him, and you learn from Dandelion that you drove off the specters, and that Dethmold has gone a little nuts.  It seems that Henselt might have partly provoked the madness, and he certainly made it worse, as between the two of them they are gathering up the soldiers and nobles that they consider disloyal and hanging them.   It seems that a fair number of the nobles failed to back his play, but in spite of that Henselt managed to get the army behind him and has laid siege to Vergen, exactly like you feared that he would.

You ask about the plot and its leaders next -- and Dandelion shares what he knows -- but once you grasp the actual severity of the situation you try hard to convince Dandelion to flee, because of the danger that is posed to him personally by Dethmold due to his actions in writing the political broadside and his spying.  You somehow manage to convince him to run away, but he tells you where the leaders of the plot are meeting (the house on the cliff by the beach).

After Dandelion departs the Returning Memories quest advances, as does the Conspiracy Theory quest.  Now it is time to head for the cliff house!

Henselt and Dethmold take Revenge

-- The House on the Cliff --

Meet the plotters at the house and you overhear the conversation in the CS as you arrive, and you discover that Roche is one of them!  Not only that but they are not exactly getting along and they are universally afraid of Dethmold.    Judging by what they say after you arrive, it seems that Roche was the brains behind this -- when you ask him how he ended up leading this mess, you learn that it was one of Foltest's schemes!

When you ask about doings at the camp you learn that Roche is largely in the dark with respect to that...  Roche urges you to come with him back to the camp to warn the others -- but when you arrive at the Blue Stripes camp it seems it is too late!  The Blue Stripes have been lured into the camp under the guise of a banquet being held by Dethmold.  You run with Roche into the camp only to be attacked by patrols.

When you arrive you find all of Roche's men strung up by their necks and dead, with only Ves surviving!  It seems it was not just Dethmold but the King himself that was behind the orders to execute the Blue Stripes.  The King then abuses Ves... 

Ves warns Roche not to go to the Royal Tent -- telling him it is a trap -- but Roche will hear nothing of it, he wants revenge.   Between Ves and you Roche is talked down, and you convince him to head for the besieged city.  Roche dispatches Ves to the ship to have the crew get it ready.  You comment that it is hard to believe that Ves escaped death at the hands of Dethmold but that just sets Roche off...

The quest Conspiracy Theory is advanced and completed now, and we add a new quest, The Siege of Vergen, to our list!