Echoes of Yesterday
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| Act(s) | 3 |
|---|---|
| Location(s) | Swamp, Trade Quarter sewers |
| Given by | Yaevinn |
| Reward | 300 orens + 2000 XP + points for the bruxa |
| Related | Gold Rush, Six Feet Under, A Posh Reception |
| ID | q3041_laragift |
Geralt receives Echoes of Yesterday from Yaevinn at the beginning of Act III, if the witcher happens to be in the Druids' Grove in the swamp. The elf asks Geralt to locate his men who appear to have gone missing in the sewers of the Trade Quarter.
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[edit] Walkthrough
Find Yaevinn in the swamp and get the quest, then proceed to the Trade Quarter (Triss' house) using the teleporter in the Mage's Tower. From there, head to the sewers.
After killing the ten or so drowners en route, you will find a dwarf named Ren Grouver and two elves standing around having a conversation about a skirmish. Talk to Ren. He'll tell you about their most recent encounter with a monster in the elven ruins and ask you to get rid it. The beast is not only blocking his path and but has killed some of his compatriots. He describes one of the unfortunate as having simply "exploded".
Take the mission and proceed into the ruins through the tunnel which can be seen through a large opening in the sewer wall. When you arrive at your final destination, you should see a cut scene featuring a succubus-like creature. Enter the room and kill it - it's a bruxa (vampire).
When you're done, Ren will enter the hall and thank you for your help. At this point Geralt mentions that the fight was "worth more than [Ren could possibly] know", which is strange as the actual battle is a breeze, but I digress. Next, Yaevinn arrives via the Elven Ruins teleporter, thanks you, tells you to forget what you've just seen here and gives you your reward. That's it, all done.
[edit] Notes
- You can't receive this quest if you undertake A Posh Reception first. After you finish A Posh Reception, if you try to make your way anywhere at all, a child will stop you and give to you the Gold Rush quest. (This is not always true. In two different games, normal and hard, I have completed the reception and not been forced to resolve the bank problem right away, so the event trigger must be more complex than this).
- Even if you ignore the child and go to the Swamp anyway, you will still find Yaevinn but he will not give you the quest because narratively he is really at the Vivaldi's Bank in the basement.
- It is advisable to do the first few quests in Act III in the following order:
- Six Feet Under for Siegfried, then
- this quest for Yaevinn, then
- you could sneak in Dandelion's Lute here
- A Posh Reception, and finally
- Gold Rush
- If you fail (failure is such a harsh way to put it!) to get the Echoes of Yesterday quest, it is not the end of the world, or even of consequence to the game narrative particularly. You will lose the 2000 XP for killing the bruxa, but these XP can be made up by killing the endless supply of alps also found in the ruins (but only before the Gold Rush quest -- after that, they no longer appear), and the Elven Ruins teleporter will not be immediately activated (it does get activated later).
- Upon accepting the quest from Yaevinn in the Druids' Grove, he'll tell you a story about Lara Dorren and mention Feainnewedd now grows where she "breathed her last." This conversation does not unlock Feainnewedd in the journal.
[edit] Phases
[edit] The Elven Temple
Yaevinn asked me to find his men. Apparently, they descended into the sewers to find an old elven temple. He also asked me to recover all the artefacts related to Lara I can find. Yaevinn asked me to find his men in the sewers of Vizima.
[edit] Evil
I met Yaevinn's men. Just as he said, they tried to get inside the temple, but found something living there, something evil and powerful. Only two elves and one dwarf survived. I should find out what happened to the others. I should find out what killed Yaevinn's men.
[edit] The Vampire
The temple was home to a vampire, one powerful enough to kill most of Yaevinn's men. It was a tough fight, but I slew him. (editorial -- oh really? and wasn't it a her?) The elf should reward me generously. I slew the vampire who killed Yaevinn's men. The elf should reward me generously.
[edit] Yaevinn
Although I found no mementos, Grouver thanked me. It's all very strange... Why did the Scoia'tael need to get to the elven ruins? Grouver also said Yaevinn would pay me for completing the job. We found no artefacts. Why did the Scoia'tael want to get to the elven ruins? I need to speak with Yaevinn.
[edit] Elven Ruins
I sense Yaevinn hasn't told me something. Why did he want to get to the elven ruins so badly? There's nothing here... I brought Yaevinn to the elven ruins.
