Pomp and Strange Circumstance

Main StoryToussaintBlood and Wine

They first sought out the bootblack. The boy directed them to a poorhouse. It was there they learned Syanna had indeed planned five murders. All to wreak vengeance upon those who had caused her to be banished from the court and the Ducal Palace. The final victim was to have been her very own sister, Duchess Anna Henrietta. Geralt considered confronting Syanna.

Choices & consequences

Syanna's trial before Duchess Anna Henrietta — the moment the whole expansion turns on. Whether the sisters end in an embrace or a murder comes down to one cell conversation beforehand.

Did you visit Syanna's cell and choose the forgiveness line (after reading the governess's diary, winning the ribbon, and finding the fifth-victim letter)?

Yes — talk her toward forgiving her sister
The sisters argue but reconcile. Both Syanna and Anna Henrietta live — the best ending.
No — skip the cell talk or fail the persuasion
Syanna feigns peace, then stabs Anna Henrietta through the heart; the guards cut Syanna down. Both sisters die and Toussaint is left without a ruler.

Quest facts (85)

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49 facts

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Bootblack dd start

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Also used by Blood Run

Dett sya dead

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In phase: Epilog

Valor

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Also used by A Knight's Tales, A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man, Contract: Bovine Blues +8 more

Butler intro done

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Audience community

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Know syanna plot

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In phase: Character Journal Entries, Epilog

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In phase: Bugfix, House, Quest Npc Default Dialogues

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In phase: House, Mounted Equipment

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In phase: Epilog

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In phase: Duntynne

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In phase: Character Journal Entries, Epilog

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In phase: Epilog

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In phase: Epilog

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In phase: Duntynne

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In phase: Epilog, House

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In phase: Epilog

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In phase: Duntynne, Epilog

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In phase: Epilog

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In phase: House, Quest Npc Default Dialogues

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In phase: Epilog

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In phase: House, Quest Npc Default Dialogues

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In phase: House, Quest Npc Default Dialogues

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Gates: Character Journal Entries, Duntynne, House

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Gates: House

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Gates: Duntynne

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Gates: Mounted Equipment

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Gates: Duntynne

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Gates: Duntynne

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Gates: Epilog

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Gates: Epilog

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Gates: Epilog

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Gates: Character Journal Entries

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Gates: Epilog

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Gates: Epilog

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Gates: Epilog

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Gates: Epilog

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Gates: Epilog

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Gates: Epilog

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Gates: Duntynne

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Gates: House

Objectives

1.Talk to Damien.
2.Place a flower on Anna Henrietta's grave.
3.[Optional] Talk to the bootblack during the day.
4.[Optional] Talk to Syanna.
5.[Optional] Find the shelter.
6.Defeat the attackers.
7.[Optional] Follow the guard to Syanna's cell.
8.Collect mandrake roots.
9.Kill the monsters.
10.Return to Regis.
11.[Optional] Put on a mask and gloves.
12.Use your Witcher Senses to find Regis.
13.Use your Witcher Senses to follow the hoof prints.
14.Help Regis defeat the vampires.

Objectives a quest can show, in roughly the order they appear; some are optional or mutually exclusive branches.

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