The Blood of Dawnwalker: Search for Villagers With Walking Canes (Blasphemy)

The “Blasphemy” side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker turns a stolen banner into a small piece of detective work, and it ends with an objective that sounds vaguer than it is: search for villagers with walking canes using Focus Mode. There is only one person the game wants you to find, and he is not hiding.

Quick answer: Track the quest, travel to the yellow search circle in Oakhaven, and look for Premysl sitting on a bench outside a log cabin. Talk to him, ask about the banner, his hand, and his cane, then accuse him directly.

Blasphemy quest details and the Oakhaven search area

Before you go anywhere, open the journal and make sure Blasphemy is the tracked quest. That paints the search zone onto the map as a yellow circle, which is the only marker you get. The circle sits in Oakhaven, and the suspect is inside it.

Detail	Value
Quest	Blasphemy
Objective	Search for villagers with walking canes using Focus Mode
Search area	Oakhaven, marked by a yellow circle on the map
Target NPC	Premysl, seated outside a log cabin
Evidence	Injured hand and a walking cane

How Focus Mode marks the villager

Focus Mode drains the color out of the world and highlights anything you can interact with. Ordinary objects and people glow white, while anything tied to the quest you are tracking glows gold. Inside the Oakhaven circle, that gold outline lands on a single villager.

You do not need to sweep the whole village. Walk the perimeter of the circle with Focus Mode on, and Premysl stands out against the desaturated background almost immediately. He is sitting still on a bench in front of a log cabin, so he will not wander away from you mid-search.

Dialogue order to confront Premysl

Finding him is only half the objective. The quest wants Coen to assemble the case out loud, and the conversation is where it happens. Work through the options in this order.

Start the conversation and open with “Somebody stole the banner – did you hear?” Premysl plays dumb and denies knowing anything about it, which is the expected response rather than a dead end.

Coen raises the stolen banner during the conversation with Premysl in Oakhaven — Coen opens by asking Premysl about the banner Gremla was making. Image: Rebel Wolves

Pick “I see you’ve hurt your hand.” He blames his own clumsiness for the injury, but the line locks the detail into the conversation so you can use it later.

Premysl explains away his injured hand while sitting outside his cabin — Premysl writes off the wound on his hand as clumsiness. Image: Rebel Wolves

Follow up with “Is that your cane?” Premysl explains what he uses it for, which is the second piece Coen needs to tie him to the theft.

Finish with “I know you stole the banner, Premysl.” Coen lays out the cane and the wounded hand together, and the denial collapses.

Note: the middle two questions are what unlock the accusation. Skipping straight to the confrontation gives Coen nothing to point at, so ask about the hand and the cane first.

How to confirm the objective is complete

The search objective clears the moment the conversation with Premysl begins, and the journal entry for Blasphemy updates once the accusation lands. If the yellow circle is still sitting on your map after you talk to him, you have found a different villager and need to keep sweeping the marked area with Focus Mode.

How Blasphemy resolves also carries forward. Details inside the chapel during the Blood Mass, including what hangs above the altar, change depending on how this quest ends, so it is worth closing out before the ceremony rather than leaving it open.