Gran Secondary Characters

Journal Description

In times of war one often encounters those who have suffered cruelly at the hands of fate. Geralt was thus not shocked to meet the woman who the children in the Velen swamps called Gran, though she seemed to have suffered manifold unspecified ills.

Whatever her woes, it was clear she cared for the war orphans in her charge with love and devotion.

Gran bore strange marks on her hands that burned with living fire. In time they proved to be signs of her indentured servitude to the Crones. How exactly the old woman had come to be in their power, however, remained unknown.

When Geralt heard from the fisherman about burning marks on Anna’s hands, he quickly added one and one to draw a conclusion. Though recent events had changed her nearly beyond all recognition, the Gran he had met in the swamps must have been the Bloody Baron’s wife.

When Geralt saw the marks on the woman’s hands, he quickly realized she must be the Bloody Baron’s wife, though changed beyond all recognition by the hardship she had suffered.

Geralt’s first attempts to talk to her came to nothing. He was only able to break through her mistrust with the help of a godling named Johnny. A few words from the latter convinced Gran to help Geralt talk to the mysterious Ladies of the Wood.