Beast Tamer was a traveling showman in 1272, selling tickets for people to see rare and exciting creatures like a basilisk. In reality, the guy was either ignorant or deliberately cheating people out of their money, as it wasn't a basilisk he had but a young, ill-fed wyvern.
If Geralt intervenes: as he showed off the "basilisk" to a group of Redanian soldiers, the witcher came forth, eventually pointing out it was a wyvern. Realizing they'd been had, the soldiers began to move in to grab the man when the beast's cage suddenly broke and the wyvern got out while the "beast tamer" hid.
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Notes
- He's a direct reference to a scene in the Time of Contempt, except it was Ciri that pointed out it was a wyvern before the cage broke.