Was it Thaler who borrowed the frying pan at White Orchard?

[kissybyc]

Was it Thaler who borrowed the frying pan at White Orchard?

I assume you all know which quest I'm talking about? The prologue quest where I need to help an old lady get back her frying pan, a fetch-quest-turned-murder-mystery. A mysterious pan borrower needed her pan to make ink, then killed someone before leaving in a hurry.

On my second playthrough I realized how likely it was Thaler who was the mysterious guest in question. We know the mysterious pan borrower was obviously involved in intelligence work, was trying to meet up with a Nilfgaardian secretly, wrote with frequent Thaler-style cursing, and left behind a silver monocle (a quest item no less). All leads point to Thaler. He was just returning from negotiating with Nilfgaardians when we first rescued him later on. With Tameria intelligence disbanded and its members hunted down, it made sense for Thaler to seek refuge while continuing his work at the nearby village White Orchard.

If it is something that has been confirmed by the fanbase long ago, then count me ignorant. But dang CDPR did an amazing job connecting the dots!

 

[Eruvadhor]

I have nothing to confirm whether you are correct or not.

Despite this, I must say, that your eye for detail is awesome.

That damn Thaler.

More slippery than an eel!

 

[Richiesname]

I thought this too. On my first playthrough, just starting out, I went "Yes! Thaler is back!" Seemed reasonable, as you earlier find Yen's crystal raven skull. So the silver monocle made me think you'd give it to Thaler later. Especially since it's a quest item. But even meeting Thaler, you never get the option to give it to him. Total bummer!

Anyone know if there's any use for that and the burned papers?

 

[Kasztan187]

I thought this too. On my first playthrough, just starting out, I went "Yes! Thaler is back!" Seemed reasonable, as you earlier find Yen's crystal raven skull. So the silver monocle made me think you'd give it to Thaler later. Especially since it's a quest item. But even meeting Thaler, you never get the option to give it to him. Total bummer!

Anyone know if there's any use for that and the burned papers?

There are 2 silver monocles in Witcher 3.
1. You pick up in the frying pan quest which is NOT wearable.
2. Is the one you can only equip by using the debug console, they are both the same exept the debug console one is WERABLE.
A developer said that you can wear the monockle but I think they forgot to change the script from the monockle you pick up in the quest to make it wearable

Here is link for a guy who found the command to get the wearable one:
http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/54810-Wearable-monocle?p=1869163#post1869163

I would also like to hear opinions explaining how Thaler got to the house, who was the garroted guy, what was he doing there and why did they fight