Talk:The Whispering Hillock/@comment-36583602-20190314021348/@comment-178.11.53.49-20190420212252

Wrong decision mate. You can't approach this from an ethical pov, because as you said, we don't have enough information.

All we know is that the crones trapped that spirit, put up sentries that killed everyone getting too close, thus killing the villagers, and upon release the spirit took revenge on said villagers for wanting to kill it to keep their village safe. But as said, that's jackshit. And from Geralts pov releasing would be the only choice since the children are in immediate danger and the spirit promises to save them, while the fate of the village is only something learned later. Gerald wouldn't leave the children to die. Again: the fate of the village is something unknown at that point. The children's danger is very real. But even then: what if the children grow up to be murderers? What if the village was full of child abusers?

The only thing to go by, is the pure gameplay perspective. And releasing it gives more scenes and more gameplay, so it's the correct choice from a game perspective.