The Fall of the House of Reardon Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Quest
Suggested level: 6
Group: Secondary Quests
Location: Velen
You can start this quest by reading the "Monster in my Manor!" note posted on the Lindenvale Notice Board or by talking to Dolores directly.
Continuing his tour of rural Velen, Geralt stopped by the village of Lindenvale. There he came across a grief-stricken old woman. The cause of her woe? She was homeless, a monster having made its nest in her family manor and forced her into a rental situation elsewhere that had recently proven unaffordable. When Geralt approached her, she asked him to rid her manor of this beast. In return she gave him a precious token - the key to the chest in which she claimed to keep her life savings. Geralt couldn't refuse to help an elderly person in need, especially not one so eager to reward him handsomely for it, and so decided to do as she asked.
Related points of interest
Lindenvale Notice Board
Velen / Novigrad
Dolores
Velen / Novigrad
Reardon Manor
Velen / Novigrad
Cellar
Velen / Novigrad
Quest stages of The Fall of the House of Reardon
1. Ask Dolores about the monsters in her manor.
She will reveal that after her husband's death she decided to return to her family home where she expected to find her brother, but instead she found only monsters there. Agree to help her and she will give you the key you can use to unlock the box where you should find some valuables as a payment for the help.
3. Kill the monsters in the manor.
The events that will take place in the estate depend on whether Letho is alive or not. You could have decided on his fate in the "Imperial Audience" quest.
- If Letho is dead, the estate will be filled with wraiths, which you have to kill.
- If Letho is alive, then the property will be covered with traps and you will receive the "Ghosts of the Past" quest when you enter the property.
4. Return to Dolores.
To find the box of valuables that Dolores mentioned to you find a small box in one of the houses. You'll find the Sturdy barn key in it.
With this key you can open the door to the left side of the barn.
Inside you will find a hidden locker and a box containing 100 florins in it. You will be able to open it as long as you already have a key from Dolores.
You can also discover what happened to Dolores' brother. To do this, go to the back of the barn where you will find the entrance to the Cellar.
Use the Aard sign and break one of the basement walls and you will gain access to a small room where you will find Dolores brother's skeleton and some Loose scraps of paper.
The go back to Dolores and inform her that her property is now safe and this quest will end.
Dolores moved back in to her family manor and lived there in peace and comfort to the end of her days.
If you found the corpse of Dolores' brother:
Speaking of that brother... while in the manor, Geralt happened across a most unusual find - the body of a young man bricked up behind a wall. It seemed this was no macabre bricklaying accident but a grisly murder - the man was Humbert, Dolores' brother, and his murderer Dolores' first husband, Roderick. He returned to Dolores and told her this, and, though learning the truth froze the old woman's blood in her veins and undoubtedly took years off the already short time remaining to her, she was grateful to Geralt for the information.
If you met Letho:
When Geralt arrived at the Reardon family manor, he found that Letho had long ago rid the place of the beasts that once prowled it. All that was left for him to do was to tell the woman that her former home was now safe. When Dolores heard the news she was beside herself with joy, as the place was closely tied to her fondest childhood memories - to the days when she was young and beautiful and lived there with her brother and parents.
If there were monsters in the manor and you killed them:
Geralt rid the Reardon family manor of its monstrous dangers. When Dolores heard the news she was beside herself with joy, as the place was closely tied to her fondest childhood memories - to the days when she was young and beautiful and lived there with her brother and parents.