Barricade is a main quest in the Prologue of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, played during King Foltest’s assault on La Valette Castle. The attack stalls at one of the towers, where the defenders have blocked the way with a wooden barricade and are raining arrows down from above.
Foltest hands Geralt the job of breaking through. Down in the courtyard stands a ballista the defenders never got around to hauling onto the walls, and Geralt decides to turn it on the barricade. Loading, cocking and aiming a siege engine takes time, though, and La Valette’s soldiers keep interrupting in waves, including a shield-bearer and a two-handed swordsman who are tougher to crack than the wood. One well-placed bolt later, the barricade is splinters and the assault rolls on.
