Carmen
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Carmen is the madame at the Eager Thighs Brothel, located in the slums of the Temple Quarter, near the Hairy Bear Inn. Her "girls" can be found plying their trade all around the Temple Quarter, and even on the dike. She, however, prefers to stay close to her base of operations, and so is usually found either directly outside the brothel, or just inside keeping the place tidy.
She has protection arrangements for her girls in place with the local underworld, but on occasion must call upon extra help with some of the nastier elements of the trade. Since Salamandra has moved into town, no one is safe. In Working Girls, she asks the witcher to help three of her girls who are being menaced.
She is one possible choice of guest to invite to Shani's party, though probably not a welcome one. That's alright, as it turns out that she is in love with a werewolf anyway, but she won't reveal his identity, in case Geralt decides to kill him. This leaves the witcher no other choice than to find out for himself.
It isn't Geralt's investigation however, that reveals the werewolf's identity. A chance encounter in the restricted part of the Trade Quarter leads to the surprising discover that Carmen's lover is none other than Vincent, captain of the City Guard. Once she realizes that Geralt knows that Vincent is the werewolf, she begs him to help find a cure.
She also enjoys a good round of dice and is a novice player herself.
[edit] Associated quests
- Beauty and the Beast
- Dice Poker: The Novice, as a potential opponent
- Working Girls
[edit] Journal Entry
- I met Carmen, a prostitute from Vizima's slums. All the local strumpets value her opinion, and it could be said that Carmen is their representative.
- I freed Vincent from the lycanthropy curse and managed to convince him that Carmen is worthy of his love. I hope things work out for them.
[edit] Notes
- Carmen reveals that her real name is Hela in later conversations, which she claims to be too common.
- In the Epilogue, if Geralt has killed Vincent the werewolf, we find Carmen one last time at the safe house where she again calls the witcher a bastard for killing the only person she ever loved. She then reveals the story of how she became a Viziman whore. She was raped by Mikul and his fellow guards, which is how she got pregnant. That pregnancy caused her father, the Reverend, to throw her out onto the streets leaving her few options. She also refers to the Reverend as the "plowing Reverend", so there is even some suggestion of sexual abuse at the hands of her own father. If Geralt apologises for killing Vincent, she tells him that she may forgive him someday, but not today.
