The Witcher 3 can surprise even after hundreds of hours. Many players just discovered they could save this doomed character

We can tell a good and extensive RPG game by its ability to surprise us long after its release, showing us solutions to side quests that we had missed before. The same is true for The Witcher 3, which also offers considerable freedom in the context of the course of narrative events and allows us to influence many different aspects of the presented world, including the lives of seemingly insignificant NPCs.

Novigrad on fire

One of the players recently found out, to his surprise, that it is possible to save the life of one of the characters associated with the Now or Never and A Matter of Life and Death quests. The events around both of these quests are really unfortunate for the mages in Novigrad.

As a result of the war, their persecutions began, and Triss Merrigold, who is involved in all this, decides to help her colleagues. So the sorceress asks Geralt for help. This is how the quest A Matter of Life and Death begins, where we can support and help save Albert Vegelbud, who got in trouble for his interest in alchemy and attracted the attention of witch hunters.

As part of this quest, we also meet the wizard Moritz Diefenthel. This guy just won't listen to reason from Triss, who's trying to convince him to escape from Novigrad. This takes place before the second gate of the Vegelbud residence, which we reach in the task.

After completing the quest, we can encounter him again - this time at The Glory Gate on a just kindling stake. If we don't arrive there before the start of the Now or Never quest, Moritz will burn in our absence.If the mage is still alive, you can use the Aard sign to put out the flames on the stake. Then, we can send Diefenstahl to Triss, which will help him stay alive. We will find him later in a group of mages, whom we help with evacuation as part of the Now or Never task.

The player was surprised to learn that a mage's life could be saved because... after a thousand hours spent in the game, he never realized that flames could be extinguished with Aard (previously, he had only been watching). As it turns out, he's not the only one:

However, our influence on the bloody events in Novigrad doesn't end there, as things get even more intense when Triss's friends escape from the angry crowd.

These two quests are also really important for the romantic storyline of Triss Merrigold and Geralt, because it's within them that the witcher can confess his love to the sorceress and start a serious relationship with her. So remember to kiss her at the Vengelbud's fountain in the quest A Matter of Life and Death, because otherwise she will reject you later.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

May 19, 2015

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