Von Tiele turned out to be a powerful magic user, and the castle dungeons were brimming with twisted abominations, created by foul experiments. The attempt to conduct an investigation and take control of the castle turned into a bloody slaughter. The king decided to heed to the mage’s advice and personally contacted the witchers. He even suggested particular candidates: seven monster slayers led by Raven, a witcher already famous throughout the whole continent. That’s why he discreetly turned for help to the Chapter of Wizards, but it refused to get involved in politics, especially when there was no hard proof.Īn old wizard by the name of Cosimo Malaspina, who was exchanging letters with the king, gave him rather unusual advice: “Hire the witchers, my good Lord”.

The king knew that if the rumours turned out to be true, even the well-trained agents of the Crown would stand no chance against the power of Alister von Tiele. More than thirty years ago, Kaer Tiele belonged to count Alister von Tiele, the head of an influential noble family, who was engaged in politics and put some pressure on the still young king Geddes.Īgents of the Temerian special forces, the precursors of the infamous Blue Stripes, had learnt that Alister was dabbling in black magic, including it’s most vile aspect – necromancy. Although they are no strangers to a superstitious fear of “the witchermen”, many peasants consider working in the stronghold as quite an honour and a good opportunity to make some money – the school’s steward, Bertram, is very generous to those who do their job properly. The castle servants are also recruited from the villagers living nearby. Thanks to such a state of affairs, the witchers can focus on training their adepts, as well as on their trade. Under an agreement between the Grandmaster Svar of Novigrad and the Crown, the peasants are obliged to supply the witchers with food. Most of them are fine with this agreement – after all, it’s better to give their yield to the monster slayers than to the tax collectors. There are a few quite prosperous villages situated nearby Kaer Tiele. That is why the school has many visitors, mainly merchants, bards and other travellers, who (if the Grandmaster allows it) can find in it a safe haven before they continue their journey. There are no other threats around – the grim fame of the monster hunters is enough deterrent for those who would desire someone else’s wealth or life. The witcher adepts, under their masters’ close scrutiny, eradicate every monster in the vicinity from time to time. Although it is surrounded by dense forests, there are many trade routes leading to it – a testament to the Wolf School’s reputation, earned throughout the last couple of years. The School of Wolf is situated in the kingdom of Temeria, two weeks of horseback ride from Vyzima.

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