An Eye for an Eye

An Eye for an Eye is a secondary quest in and part of the Assassins' quests (the other two being A Deadly Plot and Redania's Most Wanted) needed for Reason of State. However, this could be allowed to fail without locking out Reason of State (see notes for further details).
 this quest will fail if not completed before starting The Isle of Mists.
== Walkthrough ==
After interacting with Vernon Roche, he tells you Ves is being troublesome and asks for help in her going rogue. You can go with him straight away or meet him later at Hanged Man's Tree. Just down the road, in Mulbrydale, Ves starts an attack on the black ones.
Rush down to the village and help kill the Nilfgaardians, but more importantly save Ves as she can die here and that would fail the quest. She doesn't die as quickly as her health drops at first, but be sure to reach her as soon as possible, so that you have some control.
After the skirmish, Roche will berate Ves and they'll argue until they see one of the Nilfgaardians has survived, lying nearby. Roche wants to spare him while Ves states they need to kill him. Ultimately it comes down to Geralt's decision, so choose whichever path you wish. If you choose to kill him, Roche will finish him off despite being against it.
== Journal entry ==
:Those under Roche's command rarely defied orders. When they did, the task of disciplining them fell to Roche's second-in-command, Ves. No one who endured a reprimand from this tight-lipped yet strong-armed soldier would ever think of insubordination again.
:Yet this time Ves strayed from her usual loyalty and ignored Roche's orders by leaving her post without permission. Faced with an unusual dilemma, Vernon decided to turn to the witcher for help.
:: If Ves survives the fight:
::: The peasants of Mulbrydale had helped Roche's guerillas in the past, so Ves decided to stand in their defense now, in their hour of need, though she knew this was a hopeless and nearly suicidal mission. Had not Geralt and Roche come to the rescue in the last minute, Ves would surely have died a premature death after being cut down by Nilfgaardians, Yet as it were, the imperial troops were defeated – but their leader escaped with his life thanks to Roche's intervention and Geralt's support.
:: If Ves dies in the fight:
::: Yet Roche and Geralt did not come to the rescue in time. Ves fought to save the peasants of Mulbrydale - though she knew full well she stood no chance of winning against her substantially more numerous opponents. No historian will write of this stuggle, nor will any bard sing of it, and no gravestone shall mark Ves' resting place.
:Vernon Roche fell into dour spirits after Geralt's conversation with Radovid at the chess club. He didn't want to say right then what had blackened his mood. Instead, he asked the witcher to come talk to him at his hideout near Oxenfurt.
== Objectives ==
* Meet Roche at his camp.
* Meet Roche by Hanged Man's Tree.
* Save Ves.
* Kill all the Nilfgaardians. (50)
== Notes ==
* In the Official Prime Guide, it was noted that to unlock Reason of State, all three Assassins' quests (A Deadly Plot, An Eye for an Eye, and Redania's Most Wanted) had to be completed/couldn't be failed. However, it was later shown the latter two could be failed as long as one completed A Deadly Plot and bribed Dijkstra (as opposed to breaking his leg) at the end of Blindingly Obvious to get the quest to unlock.
** For this particular quest, you can fail by letting Ves die without locking out Reason of State, but allowing this means not getting Roche's assistance later (see note below).
* This quest has to be successfully completed in order to get Roche's help for The Battle of Kaer Morhen. Not only will he require it before agreeing to help, but he will also refuse if Ves dies.
* One of Ves' comrades during the attack drops a Wild Hunt warrior axe and one of the Nilfgaardian soldiers drops Condottiere's boots. The Nilfgaardian soldiers here are also the only known loot source for zerrikanian powder.
== Bugs ==
* If the quest A Deadly Plot is available, but you haven't met Roche at the Passiflora yet, he will remain there until you do so, even if quest markers show him at the camp or Hanged Man's Tree. This was meant to be fixed in a patch but some may still have this issue.
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Category:The Witcher 3 secondary quests