Now or Never Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Quest
Suggested level: 14
Group: Secondary Quests
Location: Novigrad
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Novigrad was once famed as a place of tolerance and the rule of law. That is why it attracted mages from all over the world, those persecuted by Radovid and Emhyr alike. The Free City did not live up to their hopes, however, and rather than being a safe haven it became their slaughterhouse.
Triss Merigold, with whom you, dear reader, are already well acquainted, decided to evacuate all mages still alive to a place far removed from the front lines - Kovir. This was no simple task, and so the sorceress asked the witcher for help. Geralt agreed out of concern for the persecuted mages' fate - and Triss' fate most of all...
Prior quests
To begin Now or Never you must first complete A Matter of Life and Death.
Quest stages of Now or Never
1. Meet Triss.
2. Follow Triss to Berthold and Anisse's hideout. / Kill the Eternal Fire guardsmen.
3. Follow Triss. / Kill the witch hunters.
4. Follow Triss. / Enter the mage's hideout and follow Triss.
5. Enter the sewers. / Find a path through the sewers. / Find a way to cross the rats' feeding ground.
6. Meet Dijkstra at the port. / Kill the witch hunters.
When it seemed the mages were finally safe and would set sail for Kovir's snow-covered shores, witch hunters swarmed over the docks and attacked their ship. Like setters who track down hares in even the deepest burrows, they had picked up Triss' trail despite her painstaking efforts to cover it. Luckily, Geralt stood in defense of the mages - as did, surprisingly, Dijkstra, for whom "love thy neighbor" had never been a guiding principle, nor the fate of the mages a matter of particular importance.
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If you told Triss that you love her:
With the witch hunters dispatched, the time had come to say goodbye. Geralt sensed his heart accelerate as he realized he might never see Triss again. The thought was unbearable, so before it could overwhelm him, instead of bidding her farewell, he asked her to stay. Though the circumstances on the blood-spattered docks were decidedly unromantic, in that instant all the feelings between Geralt and Triss came rushing back in full force.
If you let her go:
With the witch hunters taken care of, the time had come to say goodbye. Though much had bound Geralt and Triss in the past, on this black day, on the blood-slicked planks of the Novigrad harbor, their paths parted. Witcher and sorceress would, true enough, meet again on several occasions, but only ever as friends. Their flight from the Eternal Fire had been the last flicker of the fires of their mutual affection.
After completing Now or Never you will get or will be able to get A Deadly Plot.