 "Scenes From a Marriage"
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Type |
Main quest |
Expansion |
Hearts of Stone |
Suggested level |
35 |
Location(s) |
von Everec Estate |
Region(s) |
Novigrad |
Source |
Olgierd von Everec |
Reward |
1427  Violet rose or Painting of Iris holding a violet rose |
Related |
Dead Man's Party Open Sesame! Whatsoever a Man Soweth… |
Scenes From a Marriage is the last of the quests fulfilling Olgierd's three wishes in the Hearts of Stone expansion.
Journal entry[ | ]
- With two wishes down and one more to go, Geralt reported back to Olgierd. There he received his third and final task, which, following in the vein of the its predecessors, seemed nigh unto impossible to complete. Olgierd wanted Geralt to find and bring him the violet rose he had given his wife the last time he saw her. As this was many years ago, and flowers are not noted for their longevity, the rose had certainly disintegrated by now. Yet since Geralt had grown used to finding the unfindable and doing the undoable, he nevertheless set out to try to recover this flower of yesteryear.
- Olgierd's abandoned residence was haunted by the ghost of his wife, Iris von Everec – or more accurately, by deadly spectral emanations coming from her dormant spirit. Geralt had to overcome many obstacles before finally awakening Iris' ghost from her tortured sleep so he could talk to her about the violet rose. After he did so, he traveled to the world of the ghost's imagination to revive memories repressed within it and defeat the embodiments of Iris' fears.
- Geralt asks Iris for the rose:
- In short, it was one of Geralt's more unusual adventures. At its end, our hero emerged from the imagined world with a very tangible rose in hand, ready to deliver to Olgierd in completion of his wish. The price of obtaining this rose? The ultimate end of Iris von Everec.
- Geralt does not take the rose from Iris:
- At its end, our hero emerged from the imagined world not with the rose itself, but with a very faithful likeness of it painted by Iris von Everec herself. In this way he fulfilled the letter of Olgierd's wish – the rose had been delivered, though in painted form, and with the eyes of Iris von Everec staring out of its canvas.
Walkthrough[ | ]
- Go to the von Everec Manor
- Find a way to get inside the manor
- Search for the partner of the thief you met
- Follow the tracks on the ground
- Use your Witcher Senses to search the grounds of the von Everec estate for a violet rose
- Examine the back garden
- Open the gate
- Search the estate's back garden using your Witcher Senses
- Defeat the estate's caretaker (22+136
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- Search for Iris von Everec on the upper floor of the manor (22+136 )
- Examine the remains on the bed (68 )
- Portrait of Iris and Olgierd
- Ornate robe, Ornate boots (relic versions)
- Key to the manor's front door
- Find a fitting spot to bury Iris
- Look for Iris von Everec's memories and find a way to restore them
- Use your Witcher Senses to find a way to restore the memory
- Place the items that fit the scene where they belong (68 , 1st memory)
- Search the area around the memory using your Witcher Senses
- Place the item that belongs there in Iris von Everec's hand (68 , 2nd memory)
- Defeat the wraiths
- Use your Witcher Senses to find a way to restore the memory
- Carefully examine the painting in the dining room (68 , 3rd memory)
- Use your Witcher Senses to find a way to restore the memory (68 , 4th memory)
- Go to the painting studio
- Use your Witcher Senses to find a way to restore the memory
- Arrange the elements of the tableau vivant as they are in Olgierd's portrait (68 , 5th memory)
- Go to Olgierd's study
- Use your Witcher Senses to find a way to restore the memory
- Look around for candles and chalk
- Complete the partially erased pentagram (52 , 6th memory)
- Find a way to escape the fire (104 )
- Escape from the blizzard and find a way back into the house
- Use your Witcher Senses to find a way to restore the memory (52 , 7th memory)
- Defeat the wraiths (15 )
- Use your Witcher Senses to find a way to restore the memory (52 , 8th memory)
- Go to the parlor
- Face Iris von Everec's greatest fear
- Defeat Iris von Everec's nightmares (12+156+260 )
Notes[ | ]
- After burying Iris, Geralt can place one of three items on her grave: an Ornamented brush, Iris' sketchbook, or a Portrait of Iris and Olgierd. It does not seem to matter what Geralt says and what item he places on her grave though. It appears to be fitting to mention liking her paintings and placing her sketchbook on her grave.
Gallery[ | ]
Geralt enters the Everec Manor via recently opened breach in the wall.
The especially sinister Caretaker is burying one of the thieves.
The Black Cat and Dog seem want to help Geralt.
Iris' 2nd "painted" memory.
Iris' 3rd "painted" memory.
Geralt faces Iris von Everec's greatest fear: a letter from Olgierd.
Defeating Iris' nightmares.
Iris' violet rose.
It is up to Geralt to decide: leave Iris' last memory of Olgierd with her, or take the rose.
Iris' leaves behind a Painting of Iris holding a violet rose.
