The Flame That Cleanses

The Flame That Cleanses is a main quest in Act V of The Witcher, available only if Geralt has sided with the Order of the Flaming Rose. At the start of the act, Zoltan Chivay meets Geralt on the Dike with ugly news: the Order’s knights are said to be butchering civilians in Old Vizima while they fight the Scoia’tael. Geralt goes to see for himself.

White Rayla greets him by boasting about her tally of dead Squirrels and about handing Toruviel over to the hangman. At the field hospital Geralt meets Shani and Siegfried, but a striga at the tower and then a Scoia’tael attack on the wounded keep interrupting. Things end at the barricades, where Geralt and Siegfried try to break through to Rayla, and Yaevinn, crazed with grief over Toruviel, kills her with an arrow. With the streets taken, Geralt and Siegfried head on to the swamp cemetery.

Walkthrough

Talk to Zoltan on the Dike at the start of Act V and head into Old Vizima.
Speak with White Rayla, who sends you to Siegfried at the field hospital. Optional: loot Scoia’tael bodies to match her kill count.
Meet Shani and Siegfried at the field hospital.
Go to the tower and kill the striga, then return to the hospital.
Fight off the Scoia’tael attacking the wounded (steel sword and Group style work well).
Rescue White Rayla from a Scoia’tael squad and follow her to the Order command post.
With Siegfried, break the first barricade with Aard and push on to the second, where Yaevinn strikes.
Continue with Siegfried to the swamp cemetery.

Quest Consequences & Choices

This quest only exists on the Order path; if you sided with the Scoia’tael or stayed neutral, Act V opens with a different quest instead. At the command post you can optionally spend the night with Rayla.