Free Elves is a main quest in Act IV of The Witcher, played out at Lakeside and the village of Murky Waters. Once The Paths of Destiny is done, White Rayla of the Order of the Flaming Rose tells Geralt that Toruviel’s Scoia’tael have taken hostages in the village and that the Order is ready to attack. Rayla wants both the elves and the villagers who traded with them, though she promises a fair trial if the elves lay down their arms.
Dandelion, hiding behind Celina’s house, brings the worst news: Alvin is among the hostages. Geralt can talk to Toruviel and the captives, but the real decision comes in his last conversation with Dandelion, where he either backs the Order, backs the Scoia’tael or keeps his hands clean. The side he picks here is the one he is locked into for Act V.
