The Witcher 3’s Fairy Tale-Inspired Quests Are Must-Plays for Any RPG Fan
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has two quests that are directly inspired by fairy tales, and they're both well worth experiencing.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has two quests that are directly inspired by fairy tales, and they're both well worth experiencing.
The short version
- Ladies of the Wood and Beyond Hill and Dale are both excellent These inspirations continue through The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , widely considered to be one of the best RPGs of all time.
- The third game in the series by CD Projekt Red famously raised the bar for the quality of its side quests, and there are two that truly embody that fairy tale formula, albeit with much darker themes.
- They are, for all intents and purposes, grotesque as hell.
What happened
The three are sisters and daughters of the original Lady of the Wood, whose spirit lives beneath an ancient oak tree nearby, after the Crones killed her. Geralt's search for Ciri — the main storyline that runs through The Witcher 3 — leads him to an encounter with the Crones, but not before he meets a group of orphans being looked after by a woman known only as Gran.
Why it matters
As it turns out, Gran is suffering from a curse that forces her to be a servant of the Crones.
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