History Characters / TheWitcherMagesAndAlchemists

* WeUsedToBeFriends: He and ''Geralt'', surprizingly enough. But Geralt considers that relationship ended by their meeting in the Kovirian court.

* AssholeVictim: Among many other things she does, she pulls strings to have Geralt unjustly arrested so she can make him do her bidding, mistreats her assistant Mozaïk, and [[DirtyCoward flees Kerack first thing when a storm blows through]] rather than help the people caught in the ensuing flood. With that in mind, her painful death at Sodden Hill sounds like it was a long time coming.

* VillainousLegacy: His creation of mutations and the Trials appears to be this, with various ruthless sorcerers and organizations in the series attempting to steal his knowledge of the process to create mutants and monsters for themselves. The powerful Viy of Maribor he summoned that caused his death and the destruction of half of Maribor is still reputedly out there somewhere in the world as well, wasn't confirmed to be slain or dead, to say nothing of other monsters he summoned over the years, and the ritual he created to do so falling into the hands of others.

* TheSociopath: Seemingly held zero remorse for the many innocent victims of his ruthless Witcher experiments, or the victims of the monsters he created, studied, experimented on and unleashed on the world. Alzur was very charismatic, and outgoing in manner, appeared to love Lylianna, but primarily seemed to [[ItsAllAboutMe care mostly about himself]] and [[ForScience his own work]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: Her nobleman lover sleeping around? Terrible, worth being [[AndIMustScream decompressed]] for years over. Her sleeping around? Perfectly fine.

* AssholeVictim: She pulls strings to have Geralt unjustly arrested so she can make him do her bidding, mistreats her assistant Mozaïk, and [[DirtyCoward flees Kerack first thing when a storm blows through]] rather than help the people caught in the ensuing flood. With that in mind, her painful death at Sodden Hill sounds like it was a long time coming.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Has a fondness for inflicting terrible punishments, including death, for petty reasons. One bestiary entry in ''Wild Hunt'' mentions she teleported a man into a nest of harpies after he said she reminded him of the creatures.

* EvilSorcerer: Resides on the upper echelon of the many of them that exist in the Witcher universe.

-->'''Alzur:''' ''"My dear Lilly... I am a husk without you. Our memories, our cause... it's all I have left now. I won't fail you again. I'll make your vision come true, no matter the cost."''

* TheSociopath: Seemingly held zero remorse for the many innocent victims of his ruthless Witcher experiments, or the victims of the monsters he created, studied, experimented on and unleashed on the world. Was very charismatic, and outgoing in manner, but only seemed to [[ItsAllAboutMe care about himself]] and [[ForScience his own work]].

* TheLostLenore: Lost the love of his life before beginning his work on creating the Witchers, the Sorceress Lylianna, and was left only with a TragicKeepsake in the form of her lily medallion.

-->'''Alzur:''' "We have the ingredients. Now we need the brewing pot."
-->'''Lylianna:''' "You mean: human subjects."
-->'''Alzur:''' "What else would I mean?"

* AffablyEvil: For all his many horrific yet great deeds, he seemed to have an impeccably polite and sociable manner, though this came out when he was engaging with nobles, those financing his projects and other outsiders during his adventures. It is said once they left he returned to being FauxAffablyEvil when he was around just the Witchers, who had a considerably lower opinion of him, especially Madoc. Geralt displays open contempt towards his memory around sorcerers who admired his work, considering him little more than a sick pervert.

* MadScientist: Perhaps the epitome of it for the series. Ruthlessly kidnapped and experimented on countless children to create Witchers [[TheSociopath without any evident regret]] for the agonizing Trials and the many who died horrifically during the mutation process. His mentor Cosimo Malaspina and disciple Idarran of Ulivo were this likewise, experimenting on them right alongside him.

* AffablyEvil: For all his many horrific yet great deeds, he seemed to have an impeccably polite and sociable manner, though this came out when he was engaging with nobles, those financing his projects and other outsiders during his adventures. It is said once they left he returned to being FauxAffablyEvil when he was around just the Witchers, who had a considerably lower opinion of him. Geralt displays open contempt towards his memory around sorcerers who admired his work, considering him little more than a sick pervert.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She is constantly barefoot.

* RichLanguagePoorLanguage: While many characters in The Witcher speak casually and with slang, she stands out in her scenes for being the most so, as most of the other characters are either imperial officials or high-ranking agents of Nilfgaardian intelligence.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Kenna takes pity on Ciri's inhumane treatment by Leo Bonhart and catalyses the return of her Power in her Elder Blood when she tries to probe her mind--whether she was simply trying to probe Ciri for information or knew what was about to happen is unclear, as Ciri claims that Kenna essentially forced her powers' return.

While not being an actual magician, Joanna is [[TheEmpath an empath]] with formal training behind her otherwise natural abilities.

* PsychicNosebleed: She actively avoids getting those, as it's a clear sign she's pushing it too far. She also quickly wipes out one after pushing the judge during her trial, since everyone present knows about her abilities (they were even included into the protocol [[AsideComment with a full explanation]]).

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: In the resulting chaos after Ciri's escape from their captivity, Joanna just pockets her pay so far and leaves as fast as she can, knowing that nothing good will come from sticking with her employer.

* YourWorstNightmare: Finds herself trapped in nightmares about furniture that eats people by Sarah, although the godling didn't really understand that she was tormenting Corinne due to her belief that scary dreams are fun.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Left the Council Of Mages when they deemed his original Witchers to be a failed experiment, and went on to prove them wrong, for better and for worse.

* DeathByIrony: The original creator of the infamous monster slaying Witchers who saved countless lives from monsters over the years is killed by summoning a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant]] [[BigCreepyCrawlies Viy]], taking half of Maribor with him in the process.

* NiceGirl: She isn't even evil enough to qualify for AffablyEvil - but she could make it easily to the top 5 of the nicest characters in the whole saga, being always polite, caring and, well, emphatic. It just so happens that this time she ends up in a ''really'' messed up company. After she's captured by Nilfgaardian authorities for her involvement with Skellen, she fully cooperates, knowing she stands a genuine chance to just get a pardon due to never doing anything wrong or outright illegal.

* PoliticiallyIncorrectVillain: Calls Keira Metz a whore and gets his lights punched out by her mid-sentence thanks to a set of brass knuckles she’s wielding.