First she had trouble even finding the young alchemist amidst the throng of revelers, and then Geralt ran into trouble with a group of witch hunter infiltrators. Young Albert's rescue did not prove to be Triss' slickest extraction ever. The hunters kept a close eye on her residence, so they would need a distraction - and her upcoming masquerade ball promised to provide just that. When Ingrid learned of Triss' operations, she sent her servant to ask the sorceress to spirit her son somewhere far away from his persecutors. For that reason he had become a person of much interest to the witch hunters. Their contact revealed that the son of Ingrid Vegelbud, scion of a wealthy Novigrad family, dabbled in alchemy. And when the time came that she needed his help with her endeavor, she did not hesitate to ask.
When Geralt entered the city, he met up with his dear friend and sometime love. Even in hiding she had proven a thorn in their side, masterminding an underground net of hideouts and covers, keeping other mages out of the hunters' blood-stained hands. Journal entry Of all the so-called 'witches' they hunted, there was none the witch hunters wanted more than Triss Merigold, a sorceress of unequaled power.
