Thread:Kennyannydenny/@comment-24448826-20160610164803/@comment-3186821-20160610165504

Uhh let me think. Well according to the character entry in the Glossary the hermit is the Lady of the Lake. I don't know about the first Witcher (never played that) but in Blood and Wine, after you did the five virtues you have to battle the hermit. After defeating him, he steps into the water. And up comes the Lady of the Lake with Aerondight.

She indeed says something along the lines of "the hermit admitted he knew you". Maybe it's a split personalilty. Or that sentence is just an oversight of the makers. Or she's talking about herself in third person. It looks like she just used the hermit as a disguise and then showed her actual appearance. As for that sentence, it could be either of those three explanations, although I suspect it is the second or third.