Temple Isle is the seat of the Church of the Eternal Fire, a fortified district of Novigrad reached across St. Gregory’s Bridge from the northern part of the city. It is where the Hierarch and the church’s leadership sit, and where the Temple Guard and the Witch Hunters answer to the men in charge. The stone here is cleaner than in the docks and slums, and the atmosphere is far less friendly.

Beneath the temple lies the Temple Isle dungeon, one of the more sinister parts of the city and a place tied directly to the fate of those the Church has locked away. On the eastern side of the nearby Electors’ Square, a priest of the Eternal Fire is secretly selling herbs and plays Gwent on the side, a small reminder that even the most devout have a price.

In the game, Temple Isle is where Geralt sees how much power the Church really holds, and it ties into the main story of Novigrad and into the fate of Triss Merigold and other mages.