Complete the Pestilence side quest. Meet with Melichar after you heal everyone in the village and ask him to give you a chance to talk to the prisoner. The caretaker disappears, and you can enter the barn without any problems.
Wait for the epidemic to harvest its bloody harvest. You can wait a few days and let many villagers die due to illness.
Try to contact the prisoner during your first visit to the village. This option is not recommended. The watchman won't leave his post, which means it's impossible to slip past him. The only way to kill him is to attack a person when no one is looking at you. You can also try to execute him quickly, for example by shooting him in the head with an arrow.
Get information from a prisoner
Your main goal is to gain access to the shed where the prisoner is located. The situation here can have one of three outcomes:
Completing the Pestilence side quest will cure the bandit. Thanks to this, you can interrogate him in detail. You don't need to rely on unique dialog lines. Just select all the options and you will get everything from it.
A bandit can die if you make a mistake during the Pestilence side quest or spend too much time searching for a cure. Search his corpse and take the prisoner's letter.
You managed to enter the barn immediately after reaching Merkhojed (without launching the Pestilence side quest) - the bandit is in very bad shape, which means you can't get any information from him. You can, for example, finish him off and receive the prisoner's letter.
In the first option described above, there is another additional cut scene that plays out after you finish interrogating the prisoner. Stroh escapes to the barn and wants to kill the prisoner to avenge his son's death. You can:
Preventing Straw from killing a prisoner is an easy thing to do. The straw doesn't have any persuasion points, so select the dialog line associated with it.
Attack Straw is a bad option because you will kill an innocent person. This will worsen your reputation in Merkhoed.
Let Straw kill the bandit - you won't lose anything here, because you already have all the information.
Henry can take a live bandit to Rattay prison.
Give the report to Radzig.
Radzig can be found around the observation deck near Talmberg. Talk to this person and give them your report. This completes the quest. You will receive 175 pennies as a reward. 1xbet welcomes new customers with a 130% deposit match bonus, maximum €130. The bonus amount will be credited to your account after fulfilling the requirements. Use promo code 1xbet it for pre-match or live betting, as well as casino entertainment. The registration process takes only a few minutes. Remember to check the wagering requirements. Current offer may change without notice.
