Note: Your choice here will affect how you complete this quest but will have minimal impact on the Baron's storyline overall. You have a timed reaction here to make your choice: lift the curse by making it a Lubberkin or kill the botchling. However, the grave is empty and the botchling appears. Once you agree to start the next part, the two will wait for midnight, then the baron will lead Geralt out to where he buried the fetus. You can then choose to start the next portion or wait and come back here.
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Offer him the two choices on how to deal with the botchling and he will plead for Geralt to lift the curse instead of killing it. The baron will reveal how he found the stillborn and guess that it was his drunken abuse that led to his wife's miscarriage. Inside the baron's chambers respond in whatever way feels right as it will only affect the baron's verbal responses. Quickly put him down and bring him to his senses so that you can get the real story about his wife's miscarriage, his constant domestic abuse, and anger management issues. When approaching the baron (or after a cut scene if you rescued the stablehand), Geralt will have to defend himself from the aggravated and obviously drunk lord. Head to the main stables door and open it to save the man and his horses. He'll say that the roof has caved in and he can't open the stable door. Climb down the ladder into the barn proper to find the scared stablehand and the horses. Have Aard ready to cast in order to remove debris that blocks the path. If you wish to save the stablehand, race over to the stables and climb the exterior ladder to reach the hay loft. If you do choose to save him, you will be rewarded later with 20 Note: It is purely optional for you to rescue the stablehand. When you get close to the area of the fire, the witcher will be told that there are horses and a stablehand ( Oswin) trapped in the stables. As Geralt approaches the castle he'll notice there's a huge fire raging near it. Head back to Crow's Perch to confront the Baron.
He'll claim to be able to help locate Anna but, to do it, he needs his goat back. The Pellar will claim to have known the witcher was coming to save him and he'll recognize the talisman he made for Anna Strenger. Once Geralt has dealt with the men outside the hut, knock on the door to start a cut scene.