Conspiracy Theory

Conspiracy Theory is a main quest in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, part of Chapter 2 on Vernon Roche’s path, set in King Henselt’s Kaedweni camp. The sorcerer Dethmold summons Geralt and asks him to look into a group of soldiers plotting against Henselt, a plot that seems tied to the curse on the battlefield.

Geralt follows leads around the camp: a square coin that points him to Whistling Wendy at the brothel, a hideout where the plotters attack him on sight, and a mocking pamphlet about Henselt that turns out to be Dandelion’s work. In the hideout he also recovers Seltkirk’s chainmail from a man named Traut, which helps with lifting the curse. Roche is closely watched in the camp and cannot help openly.

After a detour searching for a missing soldier named Odrin and a fight with a draug, Geralt wakes in the brothel after three days of rest. Dandelion tells him the conspirators will meet in a hut on the cliff, where Geralt finds Roche himself leading the plot. The two hurry back to the camp, only to learn that Dethmold invited the Blue Stripes to the canteen for a meal, where they were captured and hanged. Geralt talks Roche out of immediate revenge, and they set out after Síle de Tansarville, who has fled to Vergen.

Walkthrough

  1. Talk to Dethmold about the conspiracy against Henselt.
  2. Ask the soldiers around the camp about the plot.
  3. Bring the square coin to Whistling Wendy at the brothel.
  4. Report to Dethmold, who assigns soldiers to back you up.
  5. Enter the plotters’ basement hideout, defeat the conspirators and search the room (Seltkirk’s chainmail and a pamphlet about Henselt are found here).
  6. Talk to Dandelion about the pamphlet and report to Dethmold.
  7. Help the drunk soldiers look for their missing companion Odrin to gain more information.
  8. After waking in the brothel, go to the cliff-top hut where the conspirators are meeting.
  9. Go to the Kaedweni camp with Roche and fight the waiting men-at-arms.
  10. Go to the camp canteen.
  11. Find Síle de Tansarville in Vergen.

Quest Consequences & Choices

Dethmold offers a reward for the dead conspirators. Geralt can take the money, or refuse it on the grounds that witchers do not take contracts on humans, in which case Dethmold mocks him.

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