A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man - The Witcher 3
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Objectives
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- Meet the painter around noon by the western gate of the palace.
- Follow the painter.
- Kill the griffin.
- Wait one day to see your painting.
- Go see your painting at the market.
- Find the painter's paints.
- Give the painter the paints.
- Deal with the vampires attacking the city.
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One day Geralt got an unusual proposition. A portrait artist, inspired and delighted by the witcher's singular appearance, asked if he would pose for a painting. Largely open to the varied experiences life offers, the witcher agreed to model for the painter. Though he later claimed he was driven primarily by a desire to support the arts (an impulse laudable in and of itself!), I suspect plain old vanity might also have come into play.
The witcher and the artist set off together for the countryside, where the beautiful landscape was to serve as the backdrop for the portrait.
Once they arrived at their destination, it turned out that some picnickers had occupied the vista the artist had chosen. To make matters worse, the artist's painting tools had disappeared, and the witcher had to find them.
In the end he could finally get down to posing and was pained to learn that a portrait takes much longer to produce than he had supposed. He did not manage to grow thoroughly bored, however, thanks to a griffin that swooped in unannounced. Geralt had to defeat the beast to save both the painter and his emerging work. He received payment for posing and learned he would be able to view the finished portrait the next day in the main town square.
Geralt finally saw the work that generated quite a lot of interest from the inhabitants of Beauclair. As it turned out, in the portrait the painter had rendered the witcher in the nude. Though explicit, the representation was flattering. To this day I remember the sheepish grin on Geralt's face as he related the tale to yours truly!
Geralt decided he would pose for the painter no more, concluding that other potential employers surely needed a witcher more. Perhaps he was right to decide so, as, let us be candid, the witcher made for an excruciatingly poor model.
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Once they arrived at their destination, it turned out that some picnickers had occupied the vista the artist had chosen. To make matters worse, the artist's painting tools had disappeared, and the witcher had to find them.
In the end he could finally get down to posing and was pained to learn that a portrait takes much longer to produce than he had supposed. He did not manage to grow thoroughly bored, however, thanks to a griffin that swooped in unannounced. Geralt decided not to fight the beast, leaving the painter to his own devices.