Mount Gorgon

Mount Gorgon is the highest peak of the Amell range and the great mountain that looms over Toussaint, its summit usually wrapped in fog. The Sansretour River flows near its foot, and the hilly country at its base, the Gorgon Foothills, takes its name from the mountain.

The name fits the brooding look of the place. In Greek myth a gorgon is a snake-haired monster whose gaze turns people to stone, and the word itself comes from the Greek for grim or dreadful.

In The Witcher 3

In Blood and Wine, Mount Gorgon is part of the scenery rather than a place to explore. It can be seen from almost anywhere in the duchy, but it cannot be climbed by normal means. The land beneath it is very much playable, though: the village of Fox Hollow sits in a small valley at the foot of the mountain, and the Gorgon Foothills hold quests such as A Knight’s Tales, Father Knows Worst and There Can Be Only One.

Good to know

Mount Gorgon hides one of the expansion’s best-known Easter eggs. PC players who used tools to reach the summit, which the game never intends you to visit, found a photo of the CD Projekt Red development team waiting at the top.