Overview
Feet as Cold as Ice is a Blood and Wine witcher contract. Jacquette, near the Nilfgaardian embassy in Beauclair, fears for her fiancé, the knight François le Goff, who has vowed to kill a monster called Grottore. The quest can also start at François’s camp by a cave northwest of the palace, near the Palace Gardens, or simply by entering the cave. François will be snoring, whatever the hour.
Helping François, or not
Once awake, François declares it is time to fight. Geralt can join him or send him in alone. If Geralt joins, François fights at his side but dies if Geralt strays too far. If he goes alone, or is abandoned, Geralt finds his remains in the cave and can still finish the job, or go straight back to Jacquette.
Grottore
The main chamber reveals that Grottore is a spriggan. Burn the flowers with Igni to lure it out. It summons archespores during the fight, and a superior Golden Oriole helps against their poison. Relict and cursed oils both work. Its corpse holds the sword Fen’aeth.
Back to Jacquette
- François dead: Jacquette is devastated and offers nothing. If Geralt asks, she pays angrily.
- François alive and sent home: she is overjoyed, they will marry in a week, and she pays.
- François alive and told to do as he likes: he keeps the trophy for himself and makes a new vow to bring Jacquette a striped horse from Zerrikania. She sees through him, breaks off the engagement, and pays anyway.
Helping François kill Grottore counts as a Proof of Valor for There Can Be Only One.