Talk:At the Mercy of Strangers/@comment-79.177.49.172-20161118084757/@comment-172.56.22.154-20170610060228

I'm sure he wasn't "always" a bandit. Bandits are lawless cutthroats, that harm the common people. Patriotic refugees would not hesitate to kill a bandit. Fact that they hesitated to kill him personally, and instead left his fate to the drowners...makes his story extremely viable. Those refugees were all about fighting for their country...and they have respect for others who do/did the same. Although Verdun went derserter from the army, he still once frought for king and country. Considering all that, it's makes sense for them to hesitate to kill him personally.

Honestly, if you save him, there's nothing worth feeling guity over with this quest (IMO). At the point where the player meets him, Verdun is guilty of nothing but being coward. Being left for dead, makes his revenge understandable. Reason I killed him however, is cause he had the refugees killed. Rather than tying up them and leaving them to the drowners. If he had done that, I would've counted it as an "eye for an eye," and walked away with my payment.

Either way, this quest is another shining example of civilians in Witcher, doing unnecessary/bad things...and yet the player is made to feel guilty when they(civilians) reap the consequence. No one forced them to to tie a man up and "feed" him to drowners. Explain to me, why I should feel guilty if he goes off to murder them, after I save him.