CD Projekt Red Hid Songs of the Past Sword in 1-Month-Old Belleteyn Art

8 articles · Updated · Eurogamer.net · May 28

A sword in CD Projekt Red’s newly announced Witcher 3 expansion artwork appears to match one tucked into the studio’s 30 April Belleteyn illustration, suggesting the reveal was seeded about a month early.
The match centers on an unusually ornate multilayered crossguard — a V-shaped guard overlaid with gold swirling decoration — visible in both images and highlighted by fans in side-by-side comparisons.
That has fueled speculation the expansion could connect to Cidaris and possibly Dandelion, who appears in the earlier festival art, though the report says the evidence remains circumstantial.
The sword also seems unlikely to be Ciri’s Witcher 4 weapon: the hilt and blade details differ, including 2 notches in the new art versus 3 on Ciri’s sword.
With Songs of the Past due next year and the next marketing beat expected in late summer, CD Projekt Red still has months to clarify whether the sword is a major clue or just an Easter egg.

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