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Marlene de Trastamara was a baron's daughter who lived in the Trastamara Hunting Cottage.
Since she was young, Marlene loved to arrange parties, to which she invited all the people of the duchy. One day, during one such party an individual claiming to be a beggar, heavily implied to be Gaunter O'Dimm, knocked on the door of her residence with a bowl and spoon in hand, asking for food.
According to old Toussaint tradition, the owner of a house must offer food and wine to such a beggar but Marlene refused to feed him, saying she'd prefer to give the leftovers to the dogs. The beggar then cursed her before breaking his spoon and leaving. The curse grew gradually, eventually turning her into a spotted wight. Her family, distraught over her transformation, abandoned her and left the estate for Kovir.
Over the next hundred or so years, Marlene the wight tried many times to lift the curse by capturing people and forcing them to dine with her, but without any success. She hoarded spoons, littering the estate with them, and spent most of her time preparing a wight's brew in a cauldron in the cottage basement. In 1275, however, Geralt of Rivia arrived at the estate in search of a sample of spotted wight saliva, which he needed for a Resonance potion.
Geralt lifted the curse by willingly sitting down at the table with Marlene, and together, without using spoons, they ate the brew which she prepared. Once she finished the brew, Marlene looked at the bottom of her bowl and saw her own reflection, which finally broke the curse. Marlene ran outside where she transformed back to a frail, old, human woman. Geralt took Marlene to Corvo Bianco, his estate, where she made a full recovery under the care of majordomo Barnabas-Basil Foulty.
Having no family left and no home to go back to, Geralt allowed Marlene to stay, and she became his personal cook at Corvo Bianco.
Since she was young, Marlene loved to arrange parties, to which she invited all the people of the duchy. One day, during one such party an individual claiming to be a beggar, heavily implied to be Gaunter O'Dimm, knocked on the door of her residence with a bowl and spoon in hand, asking for food.
According to old Toussaint tradition, the owner of a house must offer food and wine to such a beggar but Marlene refused to feed him, saying she'd prefer to give the leftovers to the dogs. The beggar then cursed her before breaking his spoon and leaving. The curse grew gradually, eventually turning her into a spotted wight. Her family, distraught over her transformation, abandoned her and left the estate for Kovir.
Over the next hundred or so years, Marlene the wight tried many times to lift the curse by capturing people and forcing them to dine with her, but without any success. She hoarded spoons, littering the estate with them, and spent most of her time preparing a wight's brew in a cauldron in the cottage basement. In 1275, however, Geralt of Rivia arrived at the estate in search of a sample of spotted wight saliva, which he needed for a Resonance potion.
Geralt lifted the curse by willingly sitting down at the table with Marlene, and together, without using spoons, they ate the brew which she prepared. Once she finished the brew, Marlene looked at the bottom of her bowl and saw her own reflection, which finally broke the curse. Marlene ran outside where she transformed back to a frail, old, human woman. Geralt took Marlene to Corvo Bianco, his estate, where she made a full recovery under the care of majordomo Barnabas-Basil Foulty.
Having no family left and no home to go back to, Geralt allowed Marlene to stay, and she became his personal cook at Corvo Bianco.
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