"A noble and a mage? Great, his ego must have been twice as inflated." Lambert rolls his eyes.

"I don't know his reasons. I don't hobknob with royalty, and knowing my luck he'd probably have me killed on sight too. I do know his father was assassinated when he was too young to rule, and one of his advisors was a sorceress. Rumor is, she might have arranged for it herself -- so she could take over." He shrugs, swirling his drink around his glass before taking a gulp.

"Your guess is as good as mine. Revenge? Fear? Inbreeding? Whatever made him hate magic doesn't matter. The witch hunters and the priests of the Sacred Flame make sure Novigrad burns with pyres all the same."