Talk:Mutual of Beauclair's Wild Kingdom/@comment-2600:8801:B30C:8100:74F4:E588:161F:A955-20190123223831

I ultimately chose to eliminate the basilisk for one reason alone: not because she was especially dangerous herself, but to stop (certain somebodies in) the merchants' guild from sending men to their deaths to collect on a risk-free investment. And because the one charged with her care was in fact facilitating and perpetuating this behavior. Unfortunately, in the end it's once again the men who are the true monsters.

That there may or may not be a letter in a bandit camp somewhere alleging the creature's innocence is irrelevant imo; the game is largely predicated on the assumption that Geralt knows what he is doing and is capable of determining the cause of death and being responsible and if the devs did include such a letter (I have yet to see it), it was a poor decision imo and because I enjoy this game, I intend to ignore it.