At the Inn at the Crossroads a small group of local thugs try starting some trouble, but Geralt plays it cool and they back off. You can fight them, but it doesn’t make your task any easier. After the confrontation the innkeep tells him where Hendrik lives, which updates the quest. Before leaving, Geralt buys some more Gwent cards from the innkeep (priorities!) and asks him about The Bloody Baron – the local authority in Velen. After that he rides off into the sunset towards Heatherton.
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