The Witcher 3 has quests with really difficult electionsthat affect the world and important characters. There are not many such missions, and "whispering hill' is one of them.
Passage of the main quest "whispering hill" at The Witcher 3 directly connected with the search for Cyril and two other missions: "Mistresses of the Forest" and "Family Matters".
The consequences of the assignment are significant affect Velen and its inhabitants. According to many players, this is one of the most difficult quests in terms of moral choices.
In particular, with the missionwhispering hill» associated the following characters, whose fate depends on Geralt:
- Bloody Baron;
- Anna Stenger;
- Tamara Stenger;
- children from Krivoukhovy swamps;
- residents of the Shteigery settlement;
- Black Mara.
Most of the elections will lead to controversial consequences and an ambiguous outcome, with both positive and negative aspects. Exists the only successful run, during which all positive characters will remain happy and alive. But to achieve this is difficult (and possible only on some versions of the game), because you need hand over secondary tasks and communicate with the characters of the third Witcher in a certain sequence.
About the Mistresses of the Forest and the Black Mare
For the first time about mistress of the forest White Wolf learns thanks to Keire Metzwhen help her find the magic lamp, then use it in Mouse tower on the island. In response to help, the sorceress will give the witcher book about patrons this edge. He is interested in them because Ciri's tracks lead precisely to the Mistresses of the Forest. Also need to explore orphanage on Krivoukhovy swamps, because he is directly related to the patrons of Velen.
Geralt learns that The mistresses of the forest are witcheswho control Velen and the inhabitants of this region. Despite their cruel methods of government, the people revere the Benefactors. Once a year, the Mistresses descend to the inhabitants in the guise of beautiful maidens, but their real essence is as ugly as the soul. In honor of such an event, people arrange a holiday and share troubles with the Patrons, many of which witches solve.
О Black Mare The White Wolf learns from another book ("The one who knows”), which is found in the process of passing the game. After reading it, it becomes known that this is a powerful druid who fashioned three "daughters" out of mud — the current Mistresses of the Forest. Over time, Black Mara began to go crazy and terrorize the inhabitants. The "daughters" had to kill her next to a huge oak tree on Lysa Gora.
How to find Whispering Hill
Whispering Hill is located on the map right at the sign "ancient oak". This huge sprawling tree can be seen before completing the quest, as it catches the eye and the area is not closed from exploration. A hostile volkolak of the sixth level roams right by the oak tree, so you should be on your guard and fully armed.
To all goodies survived, it is necessary to go inside the oak before activating the Whispering Hill mission. Inside, the White Wolf will find a strange organism fused to the root of a tree. In the dialogue it turns out that this is Black Mara. She will ask the witcher to release her. You must select the option "I have to think».
After Geralt finds Anna Stenger in the Crooked Marsh with the children, Black Mara will tell the white-haired one that the kids are in danger, but she can prevent it.
Quest options
If you go through the quest in the order in which the main missions arrive, then some good characters won't survive or go insane. So the White Wolf first activates the task "mistresses of the forestand find Bloody Baron's wifelooking after children in the swamps. Whatever choices the player makes, at the end of Velen's storyline Baron gather a small army and go to save Anna.
In order for the children to give Geralt a clue to find Ciri, they will need to be entertained. Then one of them will lead the white-haired one to Ivasikuwhich tells an interesting story. When the witcher returns to the swamp, Anna will call three patron witches who will give the quest.
The mistresses of the forest will ask the White Wolf to help the inhabitants village Steigerywho have been facing various calamities in recent months. They will send Geralt to the Old Oak. If the player is going to complete the Whispering Hill mission perfectly, then by this moment he has already met the resident in the roots of the tree - Black Mara.
The former druid gives the locals trouble, so the witcher will have a choice:
- disenchant Black Mara, and in return she will save the children, but will leave behind a bunch of corpses in the face of the inhabitants of Steigers;
- kill a powerful being, because of which the children will be eaten by witches, and Anna will go completely crazy.
When deciding whether to free Black Mara in The Witcher 3 or kill the witch, rely not only on the consequences of the choice, but also on how you personally would solve this riddle.
Assassination of the Black Mary
Organism in oak roots can't deal damage, so summons endriag for its protection and is wrapped in a wood shield. Killing each wave of monsters removes Black Mara's defense, allowing her to be slashed with a silver sword.
After the white-haired one deals with the former druid at the request of the Mistress of the Forest, he will be met at the exit from the oak Headman of Steigers. He will cut off his ear as payment for helping the Patrons.
The Benefactors will eat the children, causing the Bloody Baron's wife, who cares for them, to will lose his mind. If at the end of the quest the husband reconciles with Anna and Tamara, then he will take the madwoman to Zerrikania in order to cure her of her illness.
The witch hunters brought by Tamara will have time to kill only a few inhabitants of Velen. In the absence of the Baron, power over the region will pass to his centurion, which will negatively affect the villagers: they will be regularly robbed by the people of the new ruler.
Liberation of Black Mara
To free a creature trapped in oak roots, you need to perform a ritual.
This will require 3 component:
- raven feather;
- raven bones;
- black horse.
The white-haired one will already have the feather, because he found it after talking with Ivasik. It will not be difficult to find bones and a mare, since points will be marked on the map.
When the ritual is completed, Black Mara will move into a black horse, first jumping to Shteigery (kill all the inhabitants and burn the settlement), and then coming to the Krivoukhovy swamps (save the orphanage children).
The mistresses of the forest will be beside themselves with rage, killing Anna, because of which Bloody Baron hangs himself. The reins of power will pass to the centurion, and Tamara Stenger will remain among the Witch Hunters.
How to save the children and Anna
To save Anna and the orphanage children in The Witcher 3, you need to:
- Come to Whispering Hill before meeting with the Benefactors.
- Tell Black Mara "I should think."
- When the inhabitants of the Steigers send the White Wolf to the root of the oak, perform the ritual and free the Black Mara.
- Come to the Owners and report that their "mother" is free.
- Go to the Bloody Baron with the news that Anna has been found.
- Come with him to Krivoukhov Marshes in order to free Stenger's wife.
Before leaving on a missionReturn to Krivoukhovy marshes", necessary talk to Tamara in Oxenfurt. Then the daughter of Anna and the Baron will come to the swamp along with the Witch Hunters, who will help Geralt and Philip in the battle against the monsters. Moreover, when the family will argue among themselves, you must either support the Bloody Baronor choose neutral options in dialogue. This will lead to Tamara and Anna forgive Philip.
The children who were saved by the Black Mara will be in Oxenfurt, they can even be found on the streets of the city. Anna and Philip will go to Zerrikania, so they won't appear in the game again. Geralt will not meet Tamara either.
The inhabitants of the Steigers village will be killed by the Black Mara to the root. In their respect, the situation is slightly better if you take the side of the witches. In this case, the Witch Hunters only execute a few people from the settlement.
As a result, it turns out that all positive characters (Anna, Baron, Tamara, children) saved, Black Mara (an ambiguous creature on the verge of good and evil) is released, and the village of Steigera is no more (the only negative consequence).
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Anna and Baron are positive characters)) one ran to the left while her husband was fighting, and the other was a psychopathic drunkard.
and who is the black mara? it is known only from witch tales, and history is written by the victors. the children (the black mara created them?) decided to seize power, the usual redistribution of power. Why are witches eating children better than black mara?
At 1.31 it seemed to work. the witches said that the children were missing but Anna remained alive
I'm going through the latest version, remaster, this version is working, I made the perfect ending
This option is not working in the remaster. If you go this route, the village will be burned, the children will disappear, Anna will go crazy
Well, yes, an entire village was slaughtered (where there are families with children), but it's not so bad, the only insignificant negative. They released the uncontrollable, it’s not clear what, a monster who is not averse to genocide, and has already proven itself in the past - well, that’s good. But they saved the baron, an alcoholic and a rapist, as well as his little wife, who brewed all this, cheated on him, etched the child, contacted the witches. Good ending.
Witches will eat orphans. Kinda creepy too
everyone has their own lesser evil opinion like felt-tip pens