Codringher and Fenn was a famous law firm and detective agency in Dorian. It was founded by two men: Codringher and Fenn and had a reputation for getting the job done — for the right price. Their legal assistance was described to be somewhat dubious, because it often involved irrefutable cases being overturned through the sudden disappearing of evidence and witnesses suddenly redacting their testimonies or all-out vanishing.[1]
For some time, Geralt of Rivia (and probably many others) assumed that Codringher and Fenn were one and the same person; that Fenn was simply another of Codringher's convenient aliases. But while Codringher did use other aliases, Fenn did in fact exist, though he rarely chose to be seen.[1]
History[]
Search for Ciri[]
Around 1266, they were approached by King Foltest of Temeria's spies who were searching for Ciri and Geralt. Protecting the witcher and his ward, he told them Ciri had died three years previous in a refugee camp in Angren of diphtheria, suffering before her death.[1]
The following year, in June, they were informed by Dandelion of the mage Rience's escape in Oxenfurt, and later tasked by Geralt to learn what he could on Rience in the hopes of finding out what he wanted with Ciri. While most of the mage's background was missing, Codringher sold Geralt the information for 250 crowns, which did provide new insight into the mage's past before stating he could help the witcher make the problem disappear: to send a false Ciri that was of similar age and appearance as the real one, but the witcher refused. Codringher then promised to continue protecting Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer's location if agents were to contact him. He also helped Geralt find out about Akerspaark's sons and thus uncovered a fraud.[1]
On the last night of the month, during the Thanedd coup, Codringher was looking over new information he had acquired, showing the carriers of the Elder Blood; proving one of Ciri's ancestors was the infamous Falka, who had cursed those present just before she was burned alive that one day one of her descendants would destroy them. After presenting the information to Fenn, Condringher decided he was going to try and take part in the dangerous political environment going on with this information, three visitors knocked on the door. Ever cautious, when asked by the visitors for Codringher he pretended to be a servant named Mikael Dullod, but the three, Schirrú, Millet and Nazarian, knew who he was and Schirrú stabbed him in the stomach, and then again pulling the blade up to his chest. They then found Fenn before setting fire to the agency on Rience's orders, as Codringher lay dying,[1] probably only the chimney and half of the facade surviving the blaze.[2]
The Witcher[]
In the game, we hear about the agency of Codringher and Fenn when detective Maarloeve claims to have trained with them. The glossary entry (below) in the game is taken from the novels. It alone suggests that Raymond's "investigative techniques" would likely be far from orthodox, if he did train with the firm.
Glossary Entry[]
- Codringher and Fenn
- "A famous pair of lawyers who ran a firm in Dorian until both partners died tragically under mysterious circumstances. At its height, the firm was retained by people from all over Temeria. If someone had difficulties, troubles, problems - they went to Codringher and Fenn. So the firm's clients quickly received proof of dishonesty and malpractice by their business partner. They could count on receiving credit from a bank without insurance or security. As one of a long list of creditors, they would be the only one to exact what was due from the company declaring bankruptcy. Their son would be released from the dungeon and cleared of all charges based either on irrefutable evidence or a lack thereof, because if evidence existed it disappeared mysteriously while witnesses retracted any earlier testimony. The wife's lover or the daughter's suitor would suffer complicated fractures in three limbs, including at least one upper one - all as a result of an unfortunate accident. And an enemy with a grudge or some other troublesome individual would soon stop being a nuisance, often vanishing into thin air. That's how Codringher and Fenn worked."
Source[]
- Speaking with Detective Raymond Maarloeve