A day in Duchess Anna Henrietta's life (no spoilers)

[simon_93]

A day in Duchess Anna Henrietta's life (no spoilers)

Just a note, there is no spoilers for the story of B&W below, and the description of Anna Henrietta is purely fictional. Hope you like it

Anna Henrietta, Duchess of Toussaint, was envious of the White Wolf's freedom. She never enjoyed handling the ducal affairs, nor hanging out with the solemn nobles. Her meeting with Geralt gave her a taste of another life. So she secretly ran away from Beauclair to appreciate the beauty of her duchy.

When the sun was just rising, Anna Henrietta has already arrived by the riverside, appreciating the glory of the sunrise outside of the castle window for the first time in her life.
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She walked up onto the small countryside road. She was surprised to see how tiny her majestic castle has become from the distance
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A selfie on the bridge
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Although Beauclair has some gorgeous greenhouses, Anna Henrietta prefers the smell and touch of wild grasses and flowers
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[simon_93]

I wonder what is that place in the distance...?
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Anna Henrietta ventures back into the city, to avoid getting recognized, she changed into a less conspicuous outfit, and try to observe how her subjects live their daily life.
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And as the sunset approaches, she arrives in front of her castle. It's time to change back
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Our greenhouses are not so bad after all....

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[aozgolo]

Awesome screenshots, very lovely view of the richness of Toussaint, both it's people and it's environs.

 

[simon_93]

Thank you

I really love Toussaint, it really stands in direct contrast with the previous regions - the desolation of Velen and the wildness of Skellige- which makes Toussaint's characteristics all the more attractive

 

[aozgolo]

Thank you

I really love Toussaint, it really stands in direct contrast with the previous regions - the desolation of Velen and the wildness of Skellige- which makes Toussaint's characteristics all the more attractive

Mhmm, I'm waiting to do Blood and Wine until I get there in my NG+ run, I haven't even done Hearts of Stone yet, but starting from the beginning and going through the whole game + new content I think will give me a grand impression of the whole journey. I did load up my old post-game save and journey to the new land though and did a handful of starting quests

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Right up to where you meet your "old friend" in the warehouse

Then just rode around the landscape awhile taking it all in, it's gorgeous but I didn't want to ruin it too much so I sadly said farewell, and I will return again at the end of another long journey!

 

[simon_93]

Haha I was in the same boat as you. I started ng+ and a week after HoS was released. But I didn't want to rush through the story and skip most side quests, but I was also too impatient to play HoS, so I loaded up my old save as well.

Guess I will do a complete run next year or something when my memory about the story etc is fading.