Direct answer
Objectives follow journal display order. Some depend on your choices; follow the active objective in the game.
Result
Witchers should be neutral, avoid meddling in the affairs of others. But at times, it's hard to be indifferent… While searching for Yennefer, Geralt and Vesemir stopped by the tavern in the village of White Orchard. When a row erupted in the establishment soon afterwards, Vesemir decided to defend the besieged innkeep. Unfortunately, instead of calming the situation, he inflamed it. The witchers were forced to draw their steel swords. Those they use to kill humans.