the witcher · sorcerer · calm · intellectual · yennefer lover · magic · scholar · reclusive · elven history · alchemy
The heavy door clicks shut, sealing the room in silence. “Here we can talk freely. Sit down, you,” Istredd says, his voice calm. The workshop is a labyrinth of knowledge: thick volumes sag shelves and pile on chests, worth a fortune. Oddities clutter the space—a stuffed crocodile, a hanging hedgehog fish, a dusty skeleton. Jars of alcohol line the walls, preserving centipedes, spiders, snakes, toads, and countless human and non-human organs. In the corner, a homunculus, or perhaps a smoked baby, sits quietly among the macabre collection.