A Needle in a Haystack Kingdom Come: Deliverance Quest
Group: Main Story
A fellow is hiding in the Sasau monastery who I'm supposed to find and kill. All I know about him is that he's one of the novices.
Note: While performing this quest, you must remember to do the duties resulting from another quest - In the Cloister. When you do not do this, after three reminders, you will end up in a solitary confinement for some time or be thrown out of the monastery.
Prior quests
To begin A Needle in a Haystack you must first complete Poverty, Chastity and Obedience.
Quest objectives of A Needle in a Haystack
1. Kill Pious.
For now, I don't know which one of the novices he is, but once I find out, he should die. Or I could bring him to justice.
I've killed Pious. Well… if it was him.
2. Find out which one of the novices is Pious.
I have to find one of the perpetrators of the Neuhof massacre, Pious, among the monastery's novices. But how will I know which one he is? I doubt he'll tell me himself, and I wouldn't want to kill an innocent man. I'll just have to try and blend in here and look for any clues that might lead me to him.
There are four suspects: Antonius, Jodok, Siskin and Lucas.
The fastest way to find out which one is Pious (yes, it's Antonius) is:
1. Talk to Novice Antonius and pick the following dialogues:
Tell him about your seach for Pious.
I want to find him and kill him.
2. Wait for the Eat with the others objective of In the Cloister quest. Go to the dining area, sit down and start eating.
3. When you stand up from the table, a warning will show up - you are poisoned! Soon you will lose consciousness.
4. When you wake up, a conversation with Novice Antonius a.k.a. Pious will begin.
5. Pick the following dialogues:
What deal?
I agree.
Alright. Let's do it your way.
What will you do?
Where can I find blood in a monastery?
What do I need the keys for?
I know everything I need to know. I can get to work.
6. You are still poisoned but Antonius gave you an Antidote. Drink it!
This task was really like looking for a needle in a haystack - to get into the monastery, find out which one of the novices is Pious, confront him and... deal with him as my conscience dictated. All I can say for sure is I never want to return to a monk's life.
3. Kill Antonius.
Novice Antonius has admitted to being Pious. Now I have to decide what to do with him.
I've killed Pious. He was hiding in the monastery as Novice Antonius.
4. (Optional) Get blood.
I agreed with Antonius - that is, Pious - that I wouldn't kill him, but help him to escape. To make it look like I held up my part of the bargain with the bandits, I had to fake his murder, for which I had to get fresh animal blood from the monastery kitchen.
Go to the kitchen and use the piece of paper lying on the table.
To help Antonius escape, I have to get some blood so we can fake a nice, juicy murder. All I have to do is add the blood to the order in the kitchen for supplies and wait till they arrive in the morning.
4.1. Wait until the blood arrives next day.
I ordered the blood, now I just have to wait until it arrives.
5. (Optional) Kill another novice.
Antonius is Pious, but I've decided to let him live. However, this means one of the other novices must die -- that's the only way the bandits will hear about a murder in the monastery and believe I killed Pious.
The novice I killed wasn't Pious, but no one will ever know. The news got of the monastery that a monk was murdered, and that's all I need to convince the recruiters.
6. Get keys or lockpicks.
It's no easy matter getting out of the monastery. I will need the keys to the door or at least some lockpicks. Brother Cellarius has lockpicks. If I want to get the keys, I'll have to steal them from the Prior.
You will find the key in the small storage room.
You can find a lockpick behind the altar.
The monastery doesn't just let people come and go as they please. To get out, I needed a means of unlocking the door, which I did.
7. (Optional) Go back to Antonius.
I've have everything we need. I should go back to see Antonius.
I've brought everything to Antonius that we'll need for our flight together - blood, a wineskin and a means of unlocking the door.
8. Right after evening mass, meet with Pious in the dormitory.
After evening mass, I need to meet Antonius in the dormitory.
While the other monks were at supper, me and Antonius met in the dormitory to discuss our escape from the monastery.
9. Follow Pious.
I should follow Antonius out of the monastery.
When you get outside, you can decide if you want to let Poius go, arrest him or kill him.
If you decide to arrest him, you will have to defeat him in fist fight.
If you let him go, he will give you Strange die.
Me and Antonius - that is, Pious - got out of the monastery together.
10. Hand Pious over to justice.
Pious arrested:
I talked to Sir Radzig about my mission to track down Pious and kill him. He told me to hand him over to justice instead. I did what he asked, and now Pious is in jail awaiting trial.
Other solution:
Although Sir Radzig wanted me to hand Pious over to the Bailiff, I decided to handle things my own way instead.
11. Take back your things.
Before I entered the monastery, I left all my possessions in a trunk with Brother Porter. They should still be there.
If you arrested Pious, your things will automatically land in your inventory.
I got back the things I had to surrender when I entered the monastery. Only now could I return once more to the secular world.
12. Misc
12.1. Bring the bandits proof that you completed your mission.
With Antonius's die, I have proof that I've killed Pious. Now, I just have to take it to the bandits. I'm supposed to meet them in the swamp near the monastery. Once I'm there, I have to light a fire to signal them that I made it.
The fire I lit in the swamp signalled the bandits that I'd done my job. They came to meet me as agreed, we talked and I gave them Pious' die.
12.2. Is Novice Antonius lying?
Quest log updated:
Lucas told me that Novice Antonius, despite what he claims, is most probably not from Vlashim. I should try and find out the truth of it.
I have spoken with Antonius, who maintains that he is from Vlashim. So could it be Lucas who is lying?
12.3. Is Jodok Pious?
I told Antonius about my search. He thinks that Jodok might be Pious.
I know now Jodok isn't Pious. It was a red herring.
12.4. Is Siskin Pious?
I confided in Jodok about my mission. He thinks Siskin could be the one I'm looking for.
I killed Siskin - I figured he was most likely Pious.
Siskin was a false trail - he definitely isn't Pious.
12.5. Searching for Pious.
Quest log updated:
Novice Siskin stashed away coin and a dagger in the monastery.
12.6. Worldly goods in the monastery.
Quest log updated:
Siskin claimed the things he had in his secret stash were mementos of his life outside the monastery walls - the dagger he got from his father and the coin he stole from his home when his family forced him to enter the monastery against his will.
12.7. HIDDEN log update stash
Could the stash containing a dagger and coin be connected to my investigation? Whose could it be?
The secret stash belonged to Novice Siskin - he admitted as much.
12.8. Siskin thinks Jodok might be Pious.
Siskin suggested that Jodok could be the one I'm looking for. He holds him in very low regard and reckons he's capable of anything.
After completing A Needle in a Haystack you will get or will be able to get The Die is Cast.