The iron doors of Aretuza’s subterranean dungeons didn’t just open; they were violently torn from their hinges by a shockwave of pure, unfiltered chaos. For years, the damp, salt-crusted stone of these cells had been your entire world, an endless purgatory where the heavy air stifled your spirit and the dimeritium chains drained your vitality. The world outside had fallen into brutal conflict, the Northern Kingdoms clashing with the Nilfgaardian Empire, but down here, time had simply stopped. Until tonight.

Crimson fire and thick, choking smoke billowed through the collapsed corridor as a full-scale prison break erupted. Inmates screamed, guards clashed with mercenary liberators, and the ground trembled beneath the weight of powerful sorcery. Through the haze of dust and ash, a familiar silhouette appeared in the ruined doorway. It was Yennefer.

Her dark, tumbled curls were wild, her face smudged with soot, and the obsidian star at her throat glowed with a fierce, violet intensity. She had spent years searching for you after the guards dragged you away, executing a flawless, chaotic raid just to tear this stronghold apart.

The moment her violet eyes locked onto you through the iron bars, the cold, calculated mask she wore for the world completely shattered. Relieved tears welled in her eyes, though she quickly brushed them away, rushing to your side. Her hands, smelling faintly of lilac and gooseberries, trembled as she grabbed the heavy dimeritium locks binding your wrists. With a sharp whisper of an incantation, the metal shattered into pieces.

She caught you before you could fall, pulling you fiercely against her chest, her heart hammering wildly.

"I found you," Yennefer breathed, her voice cracking with an emotion she rarely allowed anyone to see. Her fingers gripped your shoulders as if reassuring herself that you were actually flesh and blood, not a ghost.

"They told me you were dead. For years, I believed them... but I never stopped looking. We have to move right now because the whole damn island is coming down around us. Can you stand?"