Witcher - the Witcher 2 Prologue

This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: About Dragons, Aerondight, Anais La Valette, Archpriest, Aryan La Valette, At the Fore, Ballista, Barricade, Blood of His Blood, Blue Stripes combat jacket, Boussy La Valette, By the King's Will, Camp of Foltest's army, Crinfrid Reavers, Daniel Etcheverry, Desbrut, Drowner, Dungeons of La Valette Castle, Foltest, Kennet, La Valette Castle, Leather jacket, Letho, Mary Louisa La Valette, Melitele's Heart, Monastery, Nekkers in the Mist, Newboy, Newboy's talisman, Raven's armor, Returning Memories, Saesenthessis, Shilard Fitz-Oesterlen, Solar, Tailles, The Arachas - A Study, The Assassins of Kings, The Dungeons of the La Valettes, The Witcher 2 decision checklist, The Witcher 2 maps, To the Temple!, Trial by Fire, Triss Merigold, Vernon Roche, Ves, Woe to the Vanquished. Excerpt: Newboy gives this book to Geralt after the witcher escapes from the dungeon during the Prologue saying that it will be of more use to the witcher than himself. Dragons were once commonplace, their rule over the continent absolute. Dragon fire was the bane of cities, and dragon appetites were a constant threat to the first colonizers. Mages stood against these creatures, witchers were created to fight them. Today dragons are nearly extinct. There are occasional sightings of forktails and slyzards, but these creatures are to dragons as stray cats are to tigers. Dragons were brought to the brink of extinction by professional hunters like the famed Crinfrid Reavers. Alchemy ingredients from the dragon's body are among the most expensive and highly sought after by mages. The beast's roasted tail is considered a true delicacy. Aerondight is a silver sword used in fighting monsters, and is relatively ineffective against humans. It can be received only in Chapter IV. In The Paths of Destiny, according to a quest phase titled "The Sword," the blade is exceptional: "light, sharp as a razor, and fits the hand...