[Source] Holofernes Meiersdorf is the halfling who runs the Honeyfill Meadworks east of the Free City of Novigrad. He introduces Geralt to his sons Franklin, Bernie and Hugo, and confirms Rico is also his son. He says he’s been expecting someone like the witcher to help him with a phantom. He describes not the entity, but the death of a farmhand with wounds like that of frostbite. After, you’re told asked to follow him.