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Who should you side with during the Necessary Evil quest in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2? After completing a handful of main quests, including Wedding Crashers and Back in the Saddle, you’ll be tasked to confront Lord Semine by an even more powerful lord, based entirely on information gleaned from torturing a prisoner. You’ll have to choose to side with Hashek, or the oblivious Lord Semine and his people. This guide looks at what choice is best – but do note it contains minor spoilers of quests following this one.
Making tough choices during quests isn’t the only difficult decision Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 throws at you. You’ll have to decide which perks to take as well – but luckily for you, we’ve put together all the perks in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 and highlighted the best among them in the RPG game. Once you know what kind of Henry you’d like to build, read on to know which choice you should make during the Necessary Evil quest.
Kingdom Come 2 Necessary Evil quest outcomes
To start the quest, Lord von Bergow tasks you with torturing a prisoner in the dungeon beneath the kitchen of the Crone’s tower. You can use your persuasion and intimidation to glean information from him without resorting to torture; however, these checks are absurdly high to get a name of a conspirator out of him. Unfortunately, you have to resort to torture, but don’t overdo it when asking after Istvan Toth and your father’s sword, as you can kill him and lose reputation with Hans Capon.
During this sequence, you should learn the following:
- The bandits that attacked your party and von Bergow are hiding in Nebakov.
- Olda Semine was involved in von Bergow’s attack during the night of his wedding.
- Istvan Toth is working with the bandits.
Learning that Istvan Toth is working with the bandits does nothing regarding the quest; however, confirming the bandits are in Nebakov is required to advance it. More importantly, if you fail to learn that Olda Semine was involved, you will immediately advance to attacking Nebakov Fortress – the next quest. If you omit the fact that Olda Semine was involved, you will receive fewer men when you do attack Semine Fortress. If you plan to defend Semine, omit this information for an easier fight, but if you plan to torch Semine, tell von Bergow the truth.
Once you arrive at Semine Fortress, a cutscene will play. Hashek, von Bergow’s man, wants revenge for the prior attack, even though your party is only meant to investigate. To get it, he’s determined to kill everyone in Semine when only Olda Semine was involved. You have to choose between going against the more powerful von Bergow or siding with Lord Semine to protect him and his people – at the cost of also protecting Olda.
Siding with Hashek
If you decide not to believe Lord Semine about his involvement, you, Hashek, and his men will butcher the guards and Lord Semine before executing his son. You can chastise Hashek all you want and even offer to let Olda Semine escape, but this results in a loss of reputation. Olda Semine is executed regardless. This is messy business that has moral implications later but does not dramatically affect the story; von Bergow is disappointed things went that far and the next quest proceeds without change.
You will see the men brutally butcher the people of Semine Fortress. Both Henry and Capon express regret that things had to end so brutally. When meeting with von Bergow afterward, you can tell him the lengths that Hashek went to. He will chastise Hashek, but only because Semine brought in money, not because of the bloody business.
Siding with Lord Semine
If you choose to defend Lord Semine from an unjust attack, you kill Hashek and the guards you travelled there with. Fortunately, Lord Semine torches his own fortress to cover his tracks and Capon comes up with a cover story that bandits attacked and only the two of you escaped. Lord Semine implies he has somewhere to hide until after the war; we initially thought you may run into him again, but he doesn’t make another appearance. Olda Semine also survives.
Henry and Capon question whether they did the right thing, and you can reassure the latter that you both acted accordingly, as Hashek was out of line to kill innocent people. Lord von Bergow does not find out about your betrayal at Semine, thankfully, making this the better choice, which is compounded after the story revelations following the next main story quest. With this sorted, you’re off to attack Nebakov Fortress with the Chamberlain and a small army. Of course, things never go to plan in the land of Bohemia, and enemies soon become allies and vice versa.
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