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Leader of the Scoia'tael commando in Flotsam. He aided the kingslayer with his resources. [[spoiler:At first, until Letho the kingslayer decided to betray him.]]

* ArcherArchetype: He's no slouch with knives though.

* [[spoiler:ChronicBackstabbingDisorder]]: [[spoiler:Plots to murder the king of the nation he was formerly the spymaster for. Then attempts to murder his co-conspirators.]]

* TheArchmage: She pulls down the entire magical defenses of [[spoiler:Arethusa]], just so, in a heartbeat. For the record, raising them involved a whole year's work for a powerful magician.

[[folder: Ermion]]

* AmicableExes: with Geralt if you choose her over Triss in the first game.

* CantArgueWithElves: There's no way to convince him to back off on his attacks on human civilians. [[spoiler: Unless you kill him]].

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the game, when siding with him.

* {{Badass}}: He's the archdruid for a reason.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Tissaia finds the idea ''ludicrous'' that a mage would ever choose their homelands over their fellow wizards. She is disgusted, [[TitleDrop contemptuous even]], that mages would fight for the North against other mages who would fight for Nilfgaard. She also believes magic should be a wizard's only passion and that all sorceresses should be sterialized.
** Leads to a BreakTheHaughtyMoment when she discovers not only DO mages hold nationalist sentiments but they are willing to fight and die for them. That compared to their homelands, political power, and race, that magic is a MINOR consideration.

* NeatFreak

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Pretty much all there is to be said about Yarpen.[[/folder]]

* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim: On Iorveth's path, he gets executed by a mind-controlled Saskia without any trial. Not that you'll feel any sympathy for him.]]
* [[spoiler:CampGay: As revealed in Roche's path.]]
** [[spoiler:DepravedHomosexual]]
* [[spoiler:CutsceneBoss: Though you ''do'' get to fight him earlier in a fairly challenging battle, he dies much later as one of these.]]
* [[spoiler:GroinAttack: How Roche kills him in his path.]]

Geralt and the others met many people, not all of whom were hostile. Some of them were. Others were friendly. Others yet were both or neither, clashing or cooperating with the heroes for their own reasons. For other characters in the saga, go [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheWitcher Here]]

[[folder:Queen Calanthe]]
The queen of Cintra, [[TheKingdom a kingdom]] lying to the south of Yaruga river. Once upon a time, she hired a certain witcher to solve a troublesome affair involving her daughter and a knight suffering from [[BalefulPolymorph a powerful curse]], which ultimately ended in the curse being lifted, the witcher making the request of the Unexpected Child, and the resulting tangle of the fates of everyone involved. Although she was a tough political player (nicknamed "the Lioness of Cintra"), she nevertheless could not prevent Nilfgaard from overrunning Cintra, and committed suicide to avoid falling into Nilfgaardian hands shortly after issuing a final edict to carry her granddaughter to safety. The girl eventually found her way into the custody of the same witcher who requested her years before.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: By jumping out of the window of her palace.
* IronLady
* TheMagnificent: The Lioness of Cintra.
* ManBehindTheMan: Her attempts at being [[SheIsTheKing the supreme ruler]] were defied by the nobility of the realm, as by Cintran law, the ruler had to be a man. She thus settled for the second-best thing, getting a husband who [[HenpeckedHusband wouldn't interfere]].
* PosthumousCharacter: For most of the cycle. The Saga takes place entirely after her death. The short stories cover the period both before and after.
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[[folder:Filippa/Phillipa Eilhart]]
-> Voiced by Pandora Colin (''Assassins of Kings'' and ''Wild Hunt'')

A scheming sorceress and a former lover of Dijkstra, whose machinations tend to occasionally propel the plot. Events of the Saga lead her to setting up the Lodge of Sorceresses, a secret organisation of significant influence.

* {{Animorphism}}: She can assume the form of an owl. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that Ciri later nicknames her Miss Owl.
* BlindSeer: In the third game. [[spoiler: She's trying to fix her eyes despite this being an extraordinarily difficult task. Ironically, it's a purely cosmetic change since she can see fine magically.]]
* CasualKink: In the second game, has a fondness for bondage and spanking.
* TheConspiracy: She starts one, with the [[ManBehindTheMan standard]] [[TakeOverTheWorld objective]] (technically it's to ensure the interests of magic users against the whims of politicians).
* [[spoiler:EyeScream]]: In the second game.
* DoesNotLikeMen: She did like them, only she switched to lesbianism and decided to start up an all-female magicians' conspiracy. On the other hand, she is not hostile towards men, she just thinks that women (read: her circle) would make better rulers.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: A variation of this in the third game. At one point, Filippa reveals to Geralt that she plans on taking Yennefer's current position as Emhyr's advisor and warns Geralt to take Yennefer far away from Nilfgaard when it happens. She fails to realize that Yennefer is only helping Emhyr in order to protect Ciri and that Yennefer is tired of politics and would much rather live in peace with Geralt.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: In the second game, Phillipa/Fillipa suffers a horrific fate [[spoiler: by having her eyes scooped out by King Radovid. This qualifies as this trope because the Sorceress always dismissed him as an easily-controlled pawn. As the third game proves, she only instilled in him an ever-lasting hatred of her.]]
* ManBehindTheMan: She through Dijkstra (it's usually more like friendly deals and cooperation than manipulation, though), also her co-conspirators through similar or less voluntary means.
* MysteriousBacker: She supplies the heroes with intel and political backing, if only of their use to her own agenda. Even then, she holds at least some respect for them, and remains at least coolly polite when their aims part.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Described as looking about thirty, while being probably no less than three hundred. But this is usual for magicians of the Witcherworld.
* OutGambitted: For a scheming, power-behind-the-throne, conspiratorial sorceress, quite a number of people managed to trick her out. Including [[spoiler:Geralt himself, and in the games, King Radovid, who not only sees through her manipulations, but has her arrested and ''blinded''. She is also led around by her lover, and Nilfgaardian spy, Cynthia.]]
* TheOwlKnowingOne: She's one of the most cunning sorceresses out there, and often assumes the form of an owl.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The novels call her Filippa, while the game uses the Anglophone spelling Philippa.
* SmugSnake: Adopts this role in the second game, being determined to manipulate the kingdoms of the North to their ends, only to create a ever-increasing series of disasters which can end up [[spoiler: destroying magic in the North.]]

[[folder:Fringilla Vigo]]
A short-haired resident sorceress from Toussaint, who has been recruited by Filippa into her conspiracy. When the hanse gets into the principality, she assumes an ostensibly advisory role, but only to manipulate them according to plans of the Lodge.

* BlueBlood: Personally, she is a close relative of the ruler. She is also a distant relative of Cahir, although she apparently ceased to visit the Dyffryn castle before he was old enough to remember her.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Angouleme comes to her with "a problem", she immediately asks [[MistakenForPregnant how long it's been since the last menstruation]]. Angouleme was afraid Geralt won't take her along for the rest of the quest.
* CourtMage: Of Toussaint.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: At one point in the story, she actually invents a cosmetic that prevents blushing.
* OutGambitted: Tricked out [[spoiler:by Geralt]] right when she thought she has him around her finger.
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Geralt's, for Yennefer.]] He even slips and calls her by the latter's name.
* TheVamp

[[folder:Tissaia de Vries]]
One of the most influential people in the wizarding community, Tissaia is staunchly on the side of neutrality of magic, a stance that she cannot shake off even as it becomes obvious that a group of influential magicians conspire with Nilfgaard.

* TheArchmage: She pulls down the entire magical defenses of [[spoiler:Arethusa]], just so, in a heartbeat. For the record, raising them involved a whole year's work for a powerful magician.
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: As she realizes what was the outcome of her actions.
* LawfulStupid: For her, the neutrality of magic is non-negotiable. Even when Dijkstra was only there to stop even greater infraction.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her actions basically allow [[spoiler:the Thanedd coup]] to proceed.
* NeatFreak

[[folder:Codhringer (and Fenn)]]
A legal adviser and detective of renown. At a price, he can find out any secret -- or conversely, befuddle any investigation, remove incriminating evidence, or arrange for any person to disappear. Geralt hires him to perform research on Ciri's heritage and find out who is after her.

* AmoralAttorney
* DeadpanSnarker
* GeniusCripple: Fenn, who does actually exist. He's a legless midget who does most of their book research.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Codhringer's cough is implied to be this.
* KnowledgeBroker
* PrivateDetective: Codhringer often plays this role. Presumably, he hires or bribes other people, rather than does the legwork on his own.
* RightHandCat: Codhringer's.
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[[folder:Queen Calanthe]]
The queen of Cintra, [[TheKingdom a kingdom]] lying to the south of Yaruga river. Once upon a time, she hired a certain witcher to solve a troublesome affair involving her daughter and a knight suffering from [[BalefulPolymorph a powerful curse]], which ultimately ended in the curse being lifted, the witcher making the request of the Unexpected Child, and the resulting tangle of the fates of everyone involved. Although she was a tough political player (nicknamed "the Lioness of Cintra"), she nevertheless could not prevent Nilfgaard from overrunning Cintra, and committed suicide to avoid falling into Nilfgaardian hands shortly after issuing a final edict to carry her granddaughter to safety. The girl eventually found her way into the custody of the same witcher who requested her years before.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: By jumping out of the window of her palace.
* IronLady
* TheMagnificent: The Lioness of Cintra.
* ManBehindTheMan: Her attempts at being [[SheIsTheKing the supreme ruler]] were defied by the nobility of the realm, as by Cintran law, the ruler had to be a man. She thus settled for the second-best thing, getting a husband who [[HenpeckedHusband wouldn't interfere]].
* PosthumousCharacter: For most of the cycle. The Saga takes place entirely after her death. The short stories cover the period both before and after.
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[[folder:Avallac'h]]
->Voiced by Michael Maloney (''Wild Hunt'')

An enigmatic -- and eccentric -- elven wizard, known only to few in the Witcherworld and then mostly in the context of the Tower of the Swallow. Among Aen Elle, however, he is one of the top dogs, the real brains behind the plans and actions of theirs.

* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing: He initially acts as a guide for Ciri in the Tower, but it turns out quickly that all he has in mind is his agenda.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Depending on how you interpret his behaviour, but he makes this kind of impression.
* [[spoiler:EvilGenius: It's heavily implied he's currently in charge of the old Elven genetic program, and he plays this role in the triumvirate ruling the Aen Elle elves. The prospect of being handed over to his lab is a threat that is used on Ciri once.]]
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards: In the third video game, he opposes Eredin because he feels Eredin has gone too far with his ambition.]]
* FantasticRacism: He doesn't really have a stellar opinion on humans. You know, it's an Aen Elle thing.
* MysteriousBacker: Acts as this for Geralt once, providing him with explanations. Vague, but still.
* TheOneThatGotAway: It's implied Lara Dorren was this for him.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When talking to him, don't mention Lara Dorren in an unflattering context. Just don't.
* {{Troll}}: He just can't help himself once in a while.
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Geralt and the others met many people, not all of whom were hostile. Some of them were. Others were friendly. Others yet were both or neither, clashing or cooperating with the heroes for their own reasons.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Pretty much all there is to be said about Yarpen.