[Act I] Why was Geralt arrested?

[isaacmm]

[Act I] Why was Geralt arrested?

Well after being really frustrated how things were going in Act II, i guess because i didn't see Raymond right off the bat when i left the sewers, the sub-quests like the Suspects ones were messing up the main quest, i had no idea why was doing something, was basically doing what the game told me to. I decided to start again from the time Geralt was arrested.and here is my question, why was he arrested in the first place?

 

[Corylea.723]

The official reason is because he's carrying a pass that's for a Knight of the Flaming Rose, which he clearly isn't. I doubt that this is the only reason, though. I imagine that the Order likes to harrass witchers because they're not entirely human. And there's that kockatrice that needs killing; it's possible that they arrested Geralt so that they could get him to kill it for free. The main reason, though, is that someone knows that he's on the trail of Salamandra, and as you'll find out from Jethro when Geralt is released, Salamandra has high-level connections.

Spoiler

In Chapter III, you'll discover that there's been some question about just how legal a lot of the government's recent actions are....

Make sure you listen to the things that NPC's tell Geralt -- even Jethro, who seems none too bright -- because there's a mystery to solve and a conspiracy to uncover, and you'll need plenty of information.

 

[petra_silie]

I suggest Mikul the guard from the outskirts is involved as well. He is the type of guy who sucks up to someone to leverage from a situation. I'm sure he told the Order "Hey, do you want to arrest a witcher? I will send you one of these barstards.".

 

[alonfire]

I was wondering the same thing, but i don't think the order had something to do with this... If they had Siegfried wouldn't be down there in the first place...If Siegfried is so conceited inside the order they wouldn't call a random witcher who just showed in the outskirts just to slay a cocktrice. I think that Mikul just happened to blame him from the deaths in the outskirts and called the guards to hold him up, though he hid the details so that he wouldn't be blamed by his girlfriend suicide. The guards just didn't give a damn they just locked the witcher up..

 

[TheSilver]

I doubt the whole idea with the c*o*c*katrice. Siegfried (why am I reading it the whole time as "Sieg-fried"?) seemed to be in the sewers on his own, without any consent from the Order. The whole "a c*o*c*katrice killed me dad" story suggests a want to hunt any c*o*c*katrice whereever it is.My guess is simply that not only does the Order not like Witchers, but also the fact that Geralt quite clearly isn't a Knight, as Corylea pointed out.

 

[Corylea.723]

Siegfried seemed to be in the sewers on his own, without any consent from the Order.

Well, I haven't played the Order path, but my understanding of what happens at the end of that path suggests that Siegfried is fairly high up in the Order, so I doubt he answers to very many people. Certainly we see him in charge a a group of knights, in Chapter III.

The whole "a c*o*c*katrice killed me dad" story suggests a want to hunt any c*o*c*katrice whereever it is.

What language did you play The Witcher in? In English, Siegfried's father is killed by a manticore.

I think that Mikul just happened to blame him from the deaths in the outskirts and called the guards to hold him up, though he hid the details so that he wouldn't be blamed by his girlfriend suicide. The guards just didn't give a damn they just locked the witcher up..

I think this portrait of Mikul is spot on:

I suggest Mikul the guard from the outskirts is involved as well. He is the type of guy who sucks up to someone to leverage from a situation. I'm sure he told the Order "Hey, do you want to arrest a witcher? I will send you one of these barstards.".

From the armored guard's, "Is this the one you told me about," it sounds to me as if Mikul reported Geralt's presence to the guards and set up his arrest before Geralt killed the Beast and the villagers who attacked him after the Beast's death (if you save Abigail). Mikul may be a big shot in the village, but he's fairly low on the city-guard hierarchy; the armored guard was clearly in charge during Geralt's arrest scene, not Mikul.

 

[petra_silie]

Mikul is a "brown-noser" when it comes to high-ranking authorities of the city-guard hierarchy. Even though the armoured guard was in charge when Geralt was arrested, I suggest Mikul tells eveybody in the outskirts: "With my support the city guards of Vizima could arrest Geralt. The city guards can always rely on me. They appreciate my engagement!"

 

[Corylea.723]

Mikul is a "brown-noser" when it comes to high-ranking authorities of the city-guard hierarchy. Even though the armoured guard was in charge when Geralt was arrested, I suggest Mikul tells eveybody in the outskirts: "With my support the city guards of Vizima could arrest Geralt. The city guards can always rely on me. They appreciate my engagement!"

"Brown-noser" is one of English's less attractive phrases , but I think you're absolutely right in your assessment of Mikul's character. Slimy little creep!Can we go back and kill him, Mom? Pleeeease! I still remember Trughbull's saying that his blade "thirsts for" Mikul. I think maybe he didn't like him much. ;D

 

[Gamewidow]

speak for yourself! i think 'brown-noser' is a very descriptive and accurate phrase :evil: Ms. Parlsey's summation is right on the money eace:

 

[Corylea.723]

speak for yourself! i think 'brown-noser' is a very descriptive and accurate phrase :evil: Ms. Parlsey's summation is right on the money eace:

I said she was right on the money. Twice. There are many descriptive and accurate idioms, but that doesn't make them attractive; the two dimensions are orthogonal.

 

[Eoghain]

The official reason is because he's carrying a pass that's for a Knight of the Flaming Rose, which he clearly isn't. I doubt that this is the only reason, though. I imagine that the Order likes to harrass witchers because they're not entirely human. And there's that kockatrice that needs killing; it's possible that they arrested Geralt so that they could get him to kill it for free. The main reason, though, is that someone knows that he's on the trail of Salamandra, and as you'll find out from Jethro when Geralt is released, Salamandra has high-level connections.

Although I'd already come to the Salamandra-connection conclusion, your other suspicions are highly plausible. Both the harassment of Witchers (whom they despise for apparently various reasons) and the matter of the Cocatrice (misspelled for you-know-why).However: You also mentioned, as well as some others, a desire to go back and kill Mikul. I do not share this desire. I sympathize with Mikul, because he's just a lowly guard and has to do what his superiors tell him, and that means being party to the highly corrupt politics regarding the obviously powerful Salamandra. Plus, he's also portrayed as not only highly uneducated but also dumb. He clearly doesn't have the mental skill even to advance his position, much less act cleverly enough to help protect people he sees as virtuous and helpful -- and it's clear from his final statement "Witcher, I... I apologize" (paraphrasing) that he both has a conscience and realizes just how helpful Geralt has been to him... while -- and this is important -- highly likely knowing nothing about the sudden, almost inexplicable and vicious slaughter of the entire village, much less of the killing of the village leaders by Geralt's hand.

 

[vg12702]

I think that the reason Geralt was arrested was because The Professor and Salamandra needed to stall his pursuit of them, and if possible , cause his death or serious injury while fighting the cockatrice in the sewers, making him a nonfactor or at least less formidable. It was all part of a carefully laid plan to hinder his investigation into the looting of the witchers' fortress and the mutation experiments that were made possible by the stolen scrolls. Mikul had no real influence and none of the mental aptitude that would be necessary to formulate and execute an intricate plot against Geralt.