Of Sheers and a Witcher I Sing

"Of Sheers and a Witcher I Sing"
Details
Type	Secondary quest
Expansion	Blood and Wine
Suggested level	43
Location(s)	Epona Square, Hauteville
Region(s)	Toussaint
Source	Le Papillon
Reward	?? / 150

Of Sheers and a Witcher I Sing is a secondary quest in the Blood and Wine expansion.

Journal entry

Beauclair is a city steeped in tradition, awash with wine and echoing with song. Though an unfortunate banishment had deprived its artistic scene of a certain bard's stimulating presence several years prior, at this time the town was still home to many talented composers, including a certain Adrien de Rouleau, whose career I had launched by giving him the nom de plume "Le Papillon." It was this rising literary star who one day asked Geralt for help finding a missing person: his hairdresser and close friend. Though this did not seem at first a job for a witcher, Geralt, for whom old habits die hard, decided to yet again help a poet in need.

If Geralt takes on Duvall and his henchmen:

Le Papillon's suspicions were well-founded: the hairdresser had indeed run into some serious trouble . An unsatisfied client, a knight named Beau Duvall, had taken him captive. Humiliated by a haircut which he felt did no justice to his inner beauty, Duvall wanted the hairdresser to pay a high price for his sloppy scissor work. Luckily Geralt arrived in the nick of time and despatched Duvall and his band to the next world. Thus the kidnappers were taught a lesson and the witcher earned the undying gratitude of hairdresser and poet alike.

If Geralt challenges Duvall personally:

Le Papillon's suspicions were well-founded: the hairdresser had indeed run into some serious trouble. An unsatisfied client, a knight named Beau Duvall, had taken him captive. Humiliated by a haircut which he felt did no justice to his inner beauty, Duvall wanted the hairdresser to pay a high price for his sloppy scissor work. Luckily Geralt arrived in the nick of time and challenged Duvall to a duel, which, I am pleased to reveal, the witcher won. In this way the knight was taught a lesson and the witcher earned the undying gratitude of hairdresser and poet alike.

Walkthrough

• Force open the doors to the hairdresser's salon using the Aard Sign.
• Use your Witcher Senses to look for clues about what happened to Jean-Louis.
  • Advertising leaflet, Hair balsam formula, Letter from Edgard Lavalliere.
  • Jean-Louis Ludovic's map.
• Follow Le Papillon.
• Kill the monster. (an archespore)
• Follow Le Papillon.
• Search the meadow using your Witcher Senses.
• Follow the footprints.
• Search the cave.
• Save the hairdresser.
• How to treat Beau Duvall after he mistreated the hairdresser: (timed)
  • Doesn't seem chivalrous… (×)
    • Defeat Beau Duvall.
  • Hair grows back.
    • Defeat Beau Duvall and his henchmen.

Notes

• The correct spelling is "shears".
• It seems the quest only shows up on the map after concluding the main quest.