Talk:The Whispering Hillock

Moral off-topic
I'm at disaccord: what option to make my main one? I tried both and still unsure. To save baron whom I spent so much time with and his wife or the orphans that I barely knew?.. what to do... what to do... any ideas? :) - John Miles (talk) 19:42, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * On my first (naïve) run, i rather liked the baron and tried to stick with him and purely by accident, ended up having him live and walk off into the sunset with his addled wife. Not knowing the other options, i was dissatisfied. On my second run, without meaning to at all, I've ended up with him hanging himself and his wife dead simply because i let the ghost in the tree live. I did find, to my pleasant surprise that the orphans ended up with Marabella in Novigrad. So having seen both sides, next run, i will kill the ghost in the tree again .. who cares about those orphans? :D — Game widow (talk) 19:47, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I personally have some sympathy for baron. Why you were "dissatisfied"? Yeah, he's a drunkard, but he started drinking after his wife cheated on him and all started to break apart from that point. And after she decided to kill their baby that I think could really "fix things right" and brought the curse on herself - I think she really deserved what she got, and baron is really kind-hearted in his nature (how he treated Gretka, Ciri, etc.)... but still: it's ONE baron's life (because I have serious doubts as well as Geralt that Anna can be cured) and FIVE kid's lifes... hmm... I tend to chose to save the kids, but... I don't want poor fat fellow dead. :(( - John Miles (talk) 20:15, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I was dissatisfied because there wasn't real closure .. specifically with Anna. She was left addled-brained and the two of them set off, hoping ... maybe ... to find a cure. I had hoped for a more definitive (and i confess, happy, ending). I am not convinced that the situation is that black and white, there might be a series of choices that leaves them all alive. Certainly killing the ghost in the tree seems necessary to keep the baron alive (but i could be wrong). — Game widow (talk) 20:22, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * When you release the ghost, not only baron and Anna dies... all people of Downwarren are doomed. The choice is: 5 children OR the whole village and lord of Velen with his wife. SMiki5five (talk) 22:12, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Seriously? that sucks. And do you have a comprehensive list of these decisions/consequences? because if so, we need that! (For the record, i want the baron to live too!) — Game widow (talk) 22:14, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Nah... 1st: Not all of them, but many (e.g. Ealdorman (Downwarren) survives). 2nd: Many of them if they are not killed by ghost are killed by witch hunters that came with Tamara before you and baron. You see their corpses hanging and eldorman explains that. So, many of them are doomed anyway... and... they are not even orphans!.. they're totally noname NPCs! :)) PS. I'll upload a video soon (maybe tomorrow, maybe in a couple of days) with both variants of "Return to Croockback Bog" quest (the one if you killed ghost in the tree and the one if you let it free). - John Miles (talk) 22:23, 24 August 2015 (UTC)