Elves of Murky Waters

The cave on the Lakeside near Murky Waters has become the refuge of a band of wounded and starving elves. They are led by Toruviel and have a relationship with the villagers that could at best be described as uneasy. They spend their days fishing or trying to heal their own sick and wounded.

Notable Elves in Murky Waters

• Toruviel, the leader of the band and old acquaintance of Geralt's.
• Chireadan, a sharper at dice poker and an old friend of Geralt's.
• The Elven craftsman, a gifted if somewhat aloof artisan.

Associated quests

• Armor — craftsman
• Daily Bread — Toruviel
• Dice Poker: The Sharper — Chireadan
• Free Elves — Toruviel
• The Giant Centipede Contract — craftsman
• The Heat of the Day — craftsman

Journal Entry

"Elves are proud beings with fiery temperaments, but they can't take care of themselves. It's a good thing they find those who bring them food once in a while."

Notes

• To initiate the sexual encounter, Geralt must give food of some kind to the sorceress in the Elven cave after completing the Daily Bread quest. She is quite combative in her attitude, but apparently that excites her too. I have found that wyvern meat or gutted fish works very nicely and is abundant in Chapter IV.
• The rest of the elves (male) grudgingly accept wyvern meat as well, but not gutted fish and teach of Honeysuckle, Bryonia, Han, and Mandrake root.
• One "Elf" in particular stands guard outside the cave all day and night. Toruviel, Chireadan, the Elven craftsman, and some other elves come out to the shore during the day and return to the cave at night.
• It is possible to lure Wyverns and Wolves to the cave entrance. Any elves in the area will fight these creatures. As Toruviel is essential to later primary quests, she can be wounded and knocked down but never killed. However, wyverns can easily kill all the other elves outside the cave, and none of them will respawn. Because Chireadan and the Elven craftsman are helpful, if not necessary, for other quests, take care to defend them against any foes you lure to their cave's entrance.
• If you do let a wyvern kill them, the elves' remains will contain the following:
  • Elven craftsman has 500 , two Elven swords of the Blue Mountains, and one Deithwen dagger.
  • Chireadan has 50 , two Ceremonial swords of Deithwen, one Deithwen dagger, and a set of "Rare dice #9" which do not appear in your inventory or quest items after you loot them.
  • The generically named Elf's remains have 26 , a Grindstone, and one Deithwen dagger.

The Refugee band

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  Toruviel

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  Chireadan

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  the elven craftsman

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  the elven sorceress

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  Elves of Murky Waters, journal image

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  the sorceress' romance card
  censored version is identical