Royal Blood

Royal Blood is a Chapter 2 main quest in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, set in Vergen on Iorveth’s path. One ingredient of Saskia’s antidote is royal blood, and only two people nearby can supply it: Prince Stennis and King Henselt.

Stennis refuses at first. Then peasants gather outside his house, blaming him for Saskia’s poisoning and ready to lynch him. Iorveth calms the crowd, and Geralt questions nobles, peasants, a dwarven craftsman, Zoltan and Dandelion, a peasant suspected of taking a bribe, and Stennis himself. The clues point to Olcan, a priest close to the prince, and to the goblet made for Saskia.

Geralt then decides Stennis’s fate. Either the prince is handed over to Saskia for judgment, leaving Henselt as the only source of royal blood, or the peasants kill him and Geralt takes a vial of his blood.

Walkthrough

Go to Stennis and ask for his blood.
Go to the prince’s house and stop the peasants from lynching him.
Talk to the nobles, peasants, the dwarven craftsman, Zoltan and Dandelion.
Talk to Stennis.
Get the suspected peasant to talk, or ask Cecil Burdon where the priest lived.
Judge Stennis for the poisoning of Saskia.
If Stennis is handed to Saskia, obtain Henselt’s blood instead.

Quest Consequences & Choices

If Geralt leaves Stennis to Saskia’s judgment, the prince is taken away under guard and Geralt must get royal blood from Henselt. If Geralt condemns him, the peasants kill Stennis, the rightful heir to Aedirn’s throne, with lasting consequences, and Geralt collects his blood.