Death to the Traitor!

Death to the Traitor! is a main quest in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, played in Chapter 1 in Flotsam. It follows Geralt’s decision to work with Vernon Roche and the Blue Stripes, which means agreeing to kill Bernard Loredo, the commander of the Flotsam garrison.

Geralt sneaks into Loredo’s mansion through a monster-filled cave and the garden. Inside he meets Helena (Helen), who passes on a message from Ves, and he confronts Loredo’s mother Marietta, who is making fisstech in the basement, to get the key to the tower. He also finds the pregnant elf Moril held in the tower.

Geralt kills Loredo, then escorts Moril out while Ves helps her give birth and Roche holds off soldiers in the courtyard. Moril’s child survives but she dies. Iorveth gets away, Flotsam is not handed over to Kaedwen, and Geralt sets out for Aedirn with his companions to look for Triss.

Walkthrough

Wait after dark in the alley behind Loredo’s mansion to meet Roche’s men.
Find another way in: a secret passage through a cave full of monsters leads to the garden.
Deal with the foreign merchant in the garden, either by stunning him or by avoiding him.
Find Helen by the window Ves was meant to open and learn where Loredo has locked himself in.
Go down to the mansion’s basement and defeat Marietta Loredo to get the key to the upper floors of the tower.
Explore the upper floors and take the ornate key from the chest beside the guard sergeant’s bed.
Use the key to open Loredo’s room and kill him.
Check the room next door, where Moril is held, and lead her outside.
Help Roche defeat the soldiers in the courtyard while Ves delivers Moril’s baby.

Quest Consequences & Choices

The merchant in the garden can be stunned or simply avoided. Siding with Roche here means Iorveth escapes; Flotsam stays out of Kaedwen’s hands, and Geralt leaves for Aedirn with Roche’s people.