Question about Devil By The Well side quest (spoiler)

[Medieval Tavern]

Hello,
I've just finished this contract but i don't really understand the story of it. In the quest, i found the yellow diary, it's about a couple who sent the petition against sinister lord. But i dont know, why the girl died, who hang her in the well and who break her hand wearing bracelets. I know the moonwraith is the girl who die in painful and violent before her wedding. But i dont understand the story of this ghost. I appreciate if someone can explain me the story!
Sorry for my english
Thanks!

[kurosect]

There was a couple living under some local lord, they got tired of him being an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and left to live in the woods. The lord wanted them back so he sent for them to talk them back, but they insisted to stay, and also the girl mentioned lords son who commited suicide after he was found out being gay (Mislav scout was his lover), lord got furious, killed the man and girl he hanged in that well. Body was still hanging, but the arm fell down because the bracelet was heavy and when the body decomposed it just broke on itself.

I dont remember everything that well, done is on the first day of release.

[SkyLance]

They defied the lord, left his village (remember peasents are basically serfs), then set up their own village. They had permission from some judge, thus protecting them from the lords wrath. However he and his men came to talk and ask them to return, but instead killed them.

The husband was stabbed, the woman was injured then dragged out of the house to the well and hung from the bucket rope. Her arm fell off because of the weighty bracelet she wore, although technically that whole skeleton should have fallen apart in the state it was in, not to mention 20 years hanging there, but I won't go there.

The reason it all went sour is down to the fact the woman in question made a remark about the lords son when he visited their new village (better to call it a hamlet, it's too small to be a village).

If you did the other quest with the hunter, which is part of the Griffen quest, then you'll understand exactly what it was that she said to anger the lord.

Spoilers ahead.

In short his son was homosexual and was secretly seeing the hunter, they were found out by the stable hand who told the lord. The lord banished the hunter but the lords son commited suicide shortly after, the lord was full of grief and became unstable/alcoholic. The estate also fell into ruin, probably because the lord no longer cared as his only heir was now dead. Although the estate falling into ruin probably happened long after the womans death, she said the wrong thing as the lord was obviously still emotional over his loss.

That's the story around that quest, as far as I know. Hope it helps.

[Medieval Tavern]

Many thanks! now i understand it

[SkyLance]

You're welcome.

[Medieval Tavern]

One more thing, did the game mention what happen to the lord after all. did he paid for what he've done?

[WolfEisberg]

Originally posted by Elsa:

One more thing, did the game mention what happen to the lord after all. did he paid for what he've done?

I thought the Lord was killed by Nilfgaurdian not long before Geralt arrived. When talking to the bar keep she talks about how there was going to be a fund created to kill the Griffon, but the Nilfgaurdians killed the lord so the contract was never created.

[Medieval Tavern]

Originally posted by eisberg:

Originally posted by Elsa:

One more thing, did the game mention what happen to the lord after all. did he paid for what he've done?

I thought the Lord was killed by Nilfgaurdian not long before Geralt arrived. When talking to the bar keep she talks about how there was going to be a fund created to kill the Griffon, but the Nilfgaurdians killed the lord so the contract was never created.

Wow! Thank you! I've never paid any attention to that detail

[BlueNova]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but if you go to the female Herbalist she will fill in the rest of the story because she knew of the couple. Good story imo.

[Medieval Tavern]

Originally posted by BlueNova:

I don't know if this has been mentioned but if you go to the female Herbalist she will fill in the rest of the story because she knew of the couple. Good story imo.

I didn't know that. I'm going to check her now. Tks