Talk:Whatsoever a Man Soweth.../@comment-2607:FEA8:BCDF:E94C:8449:1CA9:38A:25D-20171211014151

I'm not sure who edits these pages, but there's a decent Trivia section that could be added on here for sure.

Here we go:

-You can hear random groups of children singing the song that plays in O'Dimm's puzzle world. There are direct references in the song to the actual level design of the puzzle world and the overall story of Hearts of Stone. For example, "Gold, silver, jewels - he lays riches before you." There is a cave full of gold and treasure to distract you. There's also "His tongue sharp and silvery as he implores you. Your wishes he grants, as he swears to adore you." This is about getting Geralt to agree to his deal on the ship and about getting Olgierd to agree to his deal as well when he was desperate.

-There's a theme of reflection that's referenced a lot throughout the Hearts of Stone storyline and you recieve a few clues on the solution to the riddle as well.

-If you choose to take the rose in the quest Scenes From A Marriage, the dog and cat tell you to "seek salvation in glass that cannot be broken", which is, of course, water.

-When on the boat with Shani in the quest A Midnight Clear, Shani asks Geralt to take her to the moon, Geralt says he can't as the moon is in the sky, Shani mentions that the moon's reflection is shown in the lake and that they can go there just fine(I'll also add that this is the same kind of reasoning that O'Dimm uses to trick Olgierd into "going to the moon" at the temple).

-O'Dimm's nickmame "Master Mirror" is also a hint/distraction to his riddle, as you're also meant to find him after solving the riddle. In that sense, it's actually two riddles disguised as one since O'Dimm starts cheating and breaking the glass mirrors, forcing you to solve another riddle and find an "unbreakable mirror", so to speak.

-The whole questline is a reference to both the Polish story "Lord Twardowski" and a ballad version of the same of story.

-Not sure if this would go on the Vlodimir page, but O'Dimm states that Vlodimir always copied his brother Olgierd and tried to reflect his characteristics, giving us insight as to how Olgierd may have acted before gaining his "heart of stone", which is, from a writing perspective, absolutely genius! This subtle element of the story meshes incredibly well with the contrast between Geralt and Vlodimir at the wedding, giving us insight as to how Geralt may have acted if he had retained more emotions during his mutation(or if he had never undergone the mutations, therefore never having gained his "heart of stone". This is some seriously brilliant storytelling from the guys at CDPR, they deserve the praise.

I may have missed something, but I think these are the most notable ones.