Ladies of the Wood question, spoilers inside.

[Darksonic (Nerdy Bird Games)]

Hey I;m really struggling with the mission that says either free the tree spirit or kill the spirit, I killed the spirit in a save to see what happens and I hate my self for it because innocent orphans will keep dying and those witches may have once saved velen swamps but now they seem pretty evil and I do know that the tree spirit is evil to, but I don't know what to do, I am now trying to free it to see what happens, but I don't know which decision is less guilt on my side, I know it's a game but I take it to seriously and it's a pain in the ass.

What long term things happen if I free the spirit? I know downwarren dies but they sacrifce there kids for protection don't they? If that is true I couldn't care less about that village being wiped out so the Crones can't eat kids anymore. But does the tree spirit go on and destroy many other innocent people after or do you not hear from it ever again?

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GOOGLE FOR GUIDE!

Doubting the Spirit Edit

If you doubt the spirit, it will summon Endrega Worker minions to protect it. These will appear in waves, which you must defeat and in between them you should focus on hacking at the heart of the tree. Once you've killed the spirit, the Ladies of the Wood quest resumes.

Helping the Spirit Edit

Offering to help the spirit starts the secondary quest The Whispering Hillock. This is basically a short treasure hunt to retrieve the items needed to free the spirit (a black horse from nearby, feathers - from the raven nest earlier, and the bones of the spirit's body). You still have a chance to kill the spirit by tricking it, or you can release the spirit. In the long term, freeing the spirit will result in Anna's death, and the Hanging of the Bloody Baron. Not advisable, however the children in the swamp village are freed (and thus saved from eventually being eaten by the Crones) if you do release the spirit.

You can avoid the death of the Baron and his Wife, if you complete this quest before starting the actual "Ladies of the Wood" quest line.

[Darksonic (Nerdy Bird Games)]

I understand all that yes I've seen that on google guides but the guides don't tell me the results of what has happened after, I feel like freeing it was the better choice? What did you choose?

[MrFrengLitch]

Kill the spirit = Children eaten by the Crones, but Hannah is rescued by you and the Baron. The wife the baron will live and also the village will be safe.

Free the spirit = The spirit will save the children, but Hannah and the baron will die, and the village will be devastated by the spirit.

[NZPorterDJ]

Either way, and evil follows you deed. It is truely a choice between two evils. I didn't like either outcome, but the one where the children live seemed to be the lesser of the two.

[MrFrengLitch]

It's basically what you think is the lesser evil ^^ . I love it, it's not the "everyone lived happily ever after" stuff. Your choices matter a lot !

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Escrito originalmente por Darksonic:

I understand all that yes I've seen that on google guides but the guides don't tell me the results of what has happened after, I feel like freeing it was the better choice? What did you choose?

I suggest you to kill the spirit , baron and his wife is more important then some bunch of kids , dont forget to save before you gonna make some choice , you can always reload and choose other option. Think like a witcher

[Darksonic (Nerdy Bird Games)]

I can live with the Baron dying but I can't live with his people raping and killing everyone, I can live with the village being destroyed as they sacrifice they children just to keep them safe, when every other village manages to do it fine, I seem to be leaning more towards saving the spirit really, but I don't want the spirit to cause more death beyond that, I think the orphans are innocent and if the village ends up dying I think the crones won't be able to eat kids anymore.

[MrFrengLitch]

Go for it then, free the spirit. It's your playthrough afterall.

[Darksonic (Nerdy Bird Games)]

Thanks for the advice everyone :)

[FryARock]

Kill the spirit, then kill the crones. I think you should eliminate as many evil creatures as possible. Kill em all

[TargetLost]

There is no more consequences in the Game than what was mentioned here already.
I freed the spirit mainly because the horse was called black beauty and I somewhat hoped to meet that spirit again when fighting an enemy as a surprise force as alied or enemy which didn't happen.

[Mr. Tastix]

Killing the spirit dooms the Baron's wife and the Baron will off himself shortly after. Saving the spirit will doom the kids to being eaten by the Crones.

As much as I regretted the Baron's ending I wouldn't change it. The kids didn't do anything to deserve being eaten compared to what the Baron did with his life.

In saying this, the Sergeant who replaces him is arguably worse than the Baron so that alone could sway things. It's never so simple really.

Other than that it doesn't matter.

[Darksonic (Nerdy Bird Games)]

Does the sergeant guy take over even if you save the Baron and he takes Anna to a healer? I'm 95% sure though I'm sticking to saving the spirit, to me the Crones have lost it and will just kill anything anyway, the evil spirit well might not be so evil anymore who knows.

[FryARock]

Spirit is mother of crones. Read about it in inventory record.

[Darksonic (Nerdy Bird Games)]

I read that but I just can't side with the crones, i feel bad whichever choice I made though, they both ♥♥♥♥ you over :P