Talk:The Whispering Hillock/@comment-45.17.3.8-20170501001406

Talking to the tree at all before meeting the orphans will ruin your chance to save them. I found this out when I stumbled across the tree randomly while exploring before I did the main story missions.

Oddly, when I returned to the tree once I was at this point in the story, it actually did mention saving the kids. I decided to free the spirit, and the crones even mention that the children are gone. However, they are not in Novigrad, and Anna doesn't turn into a hag.

I'm assuming this means that the children are dead, but messing with the order of things kinda screws with the dialogue. In my head though, I like to pretend everyone got out alive. Except for the village. Fuck those guys.