

He hired the Michelet brothers to deal with Geralt, though he lied to them by saying it was just an ordinary man they needed to kill, not a highly skilled witcher.

However, Rience had been expecting something like this would happen, having given out many amulets to message him directly in the hopes the witcher would find and use one. The group then headed out to confront Myhrman to find Rience. She later revealed that when she was visiting a local, Myhrman, he was entertaining a guest he called "Master Rience" who had made unwanted advances towards her before being told to leave her be by Myhrman. When Rience's name was mentioned, Shani suddenly asked if he had a badly burned mark on his face. Knowing Rience was close, Geralt then hid in Oxenfurt for a short while before being joined by Shani, Dandelion, and Philippa Eilhart. They almost succeeded until the monster that'd been plaguing the waters, an aeschna, attacked and all the rogue guards were subsequently killed. It almost worked, but rather than get Geralt himself, the mage once more offered a reward and several rogue Temerian guards boarded the barge the witcher was on instead, planning to capture him for Rience. Later on, in 1267, Geralt took a contract on a barge for the Malatius and Grock Company with the intent of drawing Rience to him. After teleporting, he issued a contract for Geralt across the northern kingdoms. Yennefer interfered before they could get any information and threw a powerful fire spell through his open portal just before it closed, leaving a noticeable burned mark on the left side of Rience's face. Dandelion was visiting the brothel, and so after talking to him in the bard's room, Rience hired some thugs to capture and torture him for information. Travelling to Velen, Rience visited the giant oak Bleobheris, where Dandelion was performing melodies about the witcher and Ciri to hundreds, and he hid in the crowd, listening for details about the young girl.Īfter the concert was finished, Rience followed Dandelion along the road until he came to Mama Lantieri's, a brothel in a small town. In 1266, while continuing his search for the young girl, he set his eyes on the bard Dandelion, whose famous ballad about the lion cub of Cintra had drawn his attention, especially as it referred to Ciri being in a witcher's care. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine Review
