Talk:Strangers in the Night (The Witcher 3)/@comment-72.198.90.187-20170617233629/@comment-44837509-20200111062555

Manfred - the merchant - had nothing negative to say about Geralt. In fact, he corrected Rufus when he mistook him for Gerard - a different person. Rufus even introduces Geralt as the White Wolf. The exact line is "You confused him with Gerard, the stage artist who, indeed, attends fairs and breaks wind to the tune of popular melodies. To the delight of the crowds, I'd add. Our guest is none other than the White Wolf himself." So, even if he was talking about you being Gerard, which he wasn't, it didn't seem like he personally was bashing what Gerard did.

As far as Rufus goes, he didn't seem like he had issues with Geralt either, which led me to actually be relieved that he didn't treat me like every other red armor clad person did. He even goes so far as to ask you for help, if you choose to carry on the dialogue to its full extent.

This quest is purely for roleplaying purposes because there are different choices that you personally see to. I, myself, had to reload after my first go-around with this quest because I didn't like how Rufus just straight up kills Manfred on a hunch. Sure, it was a dumb decision on his part, but he still treated Geralt like a person rather than some scum like most Redanian soldiers do. None of them really struck me as the type to have any issues with Geralt and I wanted them all to live for that fact.