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Masquerade
Masquerade is a side quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. After receiving a tip-off from Andrew that his friends Matthew and Fritz are once again up to mischief, Henry is tasked with finding a Cuman disguise.
Synopsis
Fritz and Matthew have hatched a plan, which usually means lots of fun and mischief.
Objectives
- Find out from Fritz where things stand with Andrew
- Strike a deal with Andrew
- Get three Cuman disguises
- (Optional) Go to the Cuman camp west of Uzhitz
- (Optional) Go to the Cuman camp east of Uzhitz
- (Optional) Go to the Cuman camp not far from Andrew's inn
- Get hold of three Cuman helmets with faceplates (0/3)
- Get hold of three suits of Cuman armour (0/3)
- Find out from Milomir what a "real" Cuman looks like
- Find out what Bran knows
- Find some black feathers
- (Optional) Get raven feathers
- Talk to Olena
- Get hold of some animal teeth
- (Optional) Get wolf fangs.
- Talk to Vashek
- Get hold of a dog skin
- (Optional) Hunt down a dog at night and skin it.
- Find out what Bran knows
- As soon as you have the feathers, fangs and dog hide, go and see Andrew.
- Find out from Milomir what a "real" Cuman looks like
- Get three Cuman disguises
- Strike a deal with Andrew
Walkthrough
Fritz and Matthew have turned up at the Inn in the Glade, where Matthew gives Henry 125 
and explains that they stole a ring from Old Thomas at the Mill of Ledetchko - and no, you can't have a more significant share.
After fleeing the area, Fritz had the idea of taking the ring to Andrew to sell - with the added advantage that they could spend all the money on ale at the Inn.
Matthew reasons that ever since the Attack on Skalitz, everything has gone wrong for them - they have, after all, tried to be good and honest men. They were well behaved in the Sasau Monastery (except for punching a novice) and at Ledetchko (apart from making eyes at the miller's daughter and beating up the foreman), and what do they have to show for it? Now, with the land in chaos, is the time to make a bit of real money - they can turn to highway robbery, sell the goods to Andrew to fleece, then live the high life on the abundant groschen. Henry initially hesitates, but Matthew stirs up his patriotic vigour and pain over his family's murder. The hot-blooded blacksmith will eventually agree to help them in their endeavour. First, though, you must talk to Fritz - Andrew has yet to trust you. Fritz will tell you more about their plan - of course, they only plan to rob the local villains, the Cumans and the bandits. He instructs you to go to Andrew and work something out (mention money to get his attention).
Strike a deal with Andrew.
Go to Andrew, who will lead you into the back cellar to talk privately. You'll learn he doesn't think you're up to the task. Convince, threaten or bribe him to show you're serious.
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| 7 | 3 | 8 | 100
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Now Andrew is convinced, he'll tell you that the first thing to do is procure disguises.
Get three Cuman disguises.
And as Cumans are widely known for being looters, the three of you dressing up like them will be very convincing, not to mention terrifying. He gives you the location of three nearby camps, which you will need to infiltrate to the armour needed. Before you leave, go tell Fritz to organise weapons. The first thing you'll need is three Cuman helmets with face plates - either Cuman Captain's helmets, Cuman shishaks, or Ornamented Cuman shishaks. Please don't bother with Cuman helmets or Light Cuman helmets, as they won't cover your face and will be useless as a disguise. You'll also need armour - three pieces of either Hungarian hauberk, Heavy lamellar armour, Light lamellar armour, Cuman hauberk, Reinforced Cuman hauberk or Cuman harness. You'll need to repair them if they are heavily damaged before Andrew accepts them.
As with all camp attacks, either poison the stew with Bane potion, attack outright, pick off people outside the camp, or sneak in and rob the chests. After procuring three sets of Cuman armours and helmets with full face masks, take them to show Matthew, Fritz, and Andrew. Unfortunately, they don't think you're particularly intimidating (much to Henry's irritation). However, Andrew mentions that one of his regulars, Milomir, has allegedly dealt with Cumans while working as a caravan guard.
Find out from Milomir what a "real" Cuman looks like.
You can go to the inn and find him to ask what they look like. First, though, you'll need to buy him a drink. Then, Milomir will tell a highly fanciful story involving a snowstorm in summer, fornicating with she-devils, and drinking the blood of innocents. Henry is furious and points out he watched Cumans slaughter his friends and family - they may have been terrifying, but they were merely men. Milomir is apologetic and advises you to speak to some of the locals - Bran, Olena and Vashek, who have all seen real Cumans.
Find out what Bran knows.
Head north to the Charcoal kilns of Talmberg to find Bran, who will tell you that the Cumans deck themselves in black raven's feathers because of their magical properties.
Talk to Olena.
Henry muses that chicken feathers would work just as well before heading to Talmberg to find Olena. She claims they use wolf's fangs to make themselves invisible.
Talk to Vashek.
Now, go to Uzhitz and speak to Vashek. He seems to think that the skin of dogs slain at night is impenetrable to weapons. So now Henry has to find ravens feathers, wolf's fangs, and the skin of a dog hunted at night. Failing that, you can make do with chicken feathers, wild boar's tusk, and any old dog skin. The easiest way to accomplish this is to head back to Talmberg. There, buy a dog skin from the Tanner, and raid the local chicken coops for the black feathers.
Get wolf fangs.
Go to see either Nicholas (if you haven't run him out of town during Cherchez la Femme) in Talmberg or Berthold in Rattay to buy wolf's fangs- or go hunting for a boar and collect a fang.
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Hunt down a dog at night and skin it.
Of course, you could wait for nightfall to kill and skin a dog under the moonlight. Dogs can be found in bandit/Cuman camps or farms.
Get raven feathers.
You can search out nests or herb women to find raven feathers. The rewards are slightly more if you do it this way. Finally, go back to the Inn and talk to Andrew. He'll help you assemble your new outfit, which they all agree is far more impressive, and you will look much more like a Cuman. Or at least, you look much more like what people think Cumans look like. Matthew announces that you are ready to get started.
Notes
- Skins from dogs hunted at night are not separate items. If you want to go for the optional objective, killing a dog at night makes the difference, not the skin itself.
- The reward Henry receives from completing this quest will change depending on whether or not Henry acquires all of the necessary materials. If Henry substitutes the raven feathers for chicken feathers, substitutes the wolf fangs for a boar tusk, or does not kill and skin a dog at night, then Henry will receive the Cuman disguise. However, if Henry did not substitute any of the materials and killed and skinned a dog at night, then Henry would receive the Magical Cuman disguise instead.
- The two disguises have the same stats, and neither one counts as a proper Cuman "disguise" if you choose to infiltrate Pribyslavitz during the quest Nest of Vipers, for example.
- The most effective way to get hold of the dog skin is to combine this quest with Money for Old Rope. You can kill and skin the dog in Heinz's camp at night to get hold of the dog's skin. Another effective way is to combine with the mission Queen of Sheba's sword: Go around to the back of the Talmberg blacksmith's house at night, hop over the fence and shoot and skin the sleeping dog. Now you can sneak into the house to swipe one of the sword parts without any noisy pet commenting on your lockpicking skills from the sidelines.
- When striking the deal with Andrew he will take you to his cellar and then just leave you there after talking to you. Open the easy lock on the door to the next room where you'll find a copy of The Alchemist's Dream (book) III and a very hard locked chest with several junk items and Adam's family cross which you will need to successfully finish the later mission Besmirched. Help yourself to all these items as returning to the cellar later would always carry the danger of being seen entering it. And why take unneccessary risks if Andrew practically invited you here, right?
Quest Rewards
| Rewards |
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| Speech | + 0.40 | Exp | Complete the objective "Strike a deal with Andrew." | ||
| Strength | + 0.75 | Exp | Complete the objective "Get three Cuman disguises." | ||
| Story Progress | + 0.75 | Exp | |||
| Speech | + 0.40 | Exp | Complete the objective "Find out from Milomir what a "real" Cuman looks like." | ||
| Story Progress | + 0.08 | Exp | Complete the objective "Find out what Bran knows." | ||
| Story Progress | + 0.08 | Exp | Complete the objective "Talk to Olena." | ||
| Story Progress | + 0.08 | Exp | Complete the objective "Talk to Vashek." | ||
| Story Progress | + 0.90 | Exp |
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| Fritz | + 0.60 | 
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| Matthew | |||||
| Andrew | |||||
| Magic Cuman mask | + 1 | Helmet | |||
| Magical Cuman disguise | + 1 | Armour | |||
| Story Progress | + 0.75 | Exp |
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| Andrew | + 0.35 |
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| Fritz | |||||
| Matthew | |||||
| Cuman disguise | + 1 | Armour | |||
| Cuman mask | + 1 | Helmet | |||
| Fritz | + 0.05 |
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Choose "I'll take it." when Matthew says
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| Matthew | + 0.05 |
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| Groschen | + 20
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Money | |||
| Fritz | + 0.05 |
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Choose "We need to take them down!" when Matthew says
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| Matthew | |||||
| Fritz | - 0.05 | 
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Choose "It's not right." when Matthew says
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| Matthew | |||||
| Fritz | + 0.10 |
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Choose "You won't be alone." when Matthew says
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| Matthew | |||||
| Fritz | - 0.10 |
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Choose "I'm sorry but I can't help." when Matthew says
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| Matthew | |||||
| Groschen | + 8
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Money | Pass the skill check when Henry says
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