Trial by Fire is a main quest in the Prologue of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, one of the flashbacks Geralt recounts while Vernon Roche interrogates him. As King Foltest, Geralt, Triss Merigold and Roche push towards the temple of La Valette Castle, where Foltest’s children are held, they are ambushed by a huge fire-breathing dragon, a far cry from the forktail the scouts had reported.
There is no fighting this thing on a bridge, so the job is simply to survive the crossing. Geralt has to move from one covered wooden walkway to the next while the dragon strafes them with fire, help his companions cut down the La Valette soldiers in the way, and finally sprint over a burning bridge before it collapses. Triss’s magic keeps the dragon busy, although her fireballs are best avoided too.
