History Characters / TheWitcherTemeria

* TheUnfairSex: ZigZagged, and left to personal interpretation. Though several characters blame him alone, the Baron argues that there was fault on both sides. He spent longs periods away from home and became an alcoholic; during one of his absences, Anna had a long-term affair with another man and tried to run away with him while also stealing the Baron's daughter. After Philip killed her lover, she said things to hurt him to push him into [[SuicideByCop killing her]], and then ultimately [[spoiler:made a deal with the Crones rather than bear the Baron's second child]].

* TheUnfairSex: ZigZagged, and left to personal interpretation. Though several characters blame him alone, the Baron argues that there was fault on both sides. He spent longs periods away from home and became an alcoholic; during one of his absences, Anna had a long-term affair with another man and tried to run away with him. After Philip killed her lover, she said things to hurt him to push him into [[SuicideByCop killing her]], and then ultimately [[spoiler:made a deal with the Crones rather than bear the Baron's second child]].

* SympatheticMurderer: It's unknown how many people he's killed, being both a former soldier and a lord with penchant for hanging dissenters. We do know that he murdered his wife's former lover and fed him to dogs while in a jealous rage. If the player chooses, they can ask Philip for his side of the story and, after hearing it, either say that they agree with him or that he's still a monster.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: If Geralt kills the tree spirit (or frees it BEFORE going to the Bog) and finishes the quest "Return to Crookback Bog," The Baron will leave for Blue Mountains a changed man with his wife Anna.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Jeff Harding (English)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Yuri Derkach (Russian), Emmanuel Jacomy (French)[[/labelnote]]

* RatedMForManly: His concept art is essentially a High Fantasy Clint Eastwood, and he more than earns his reputation as a ruthless special operations commander.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Though his exact level of skill is hard to place, he certainly is no amateur with a blade.

** He does this a fair bit throughout the prologue of the second game. He comforts a soldier who was seriously disfigured in battle, and recognizes a loyal arbalist he fought alongside him years ago in Brenna, whom he promotes on the spot.

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:If the local arsonist who burnt down his forge is caught and brought to him, Willis angrily dismisses the guy's attempts to beg for mercy and shouts for some Nilfgaardian soldiers, who promptly string the lad up from a nearby tree. When Geralt opines that won't make him popular with the village, Willis snaps that considering the shitty way they've treated him lately, he doesn't care]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: His [[strike:main]] primary goal. It could be said that his route is composed entirely of this. In the end, Geralt can kill or witness the murder of Loredo, King Henselt and Dethmold.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: How far is Roche willing to go? He's strapped for time so he ''merely'' castrates Dethmold and literally feeds him his own balls before he cuts his throat.

* BlingOfWar: Averted in the first game with some eminently practical platemail. The sequel then takes it to the extreme without becoming tacky or [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110218143658/witcher/images/9/95/W2_Foltest.jpg impractical]]. Yes, it looks like it could be used as a loot for a dragon's horde, but is sturdy and well packed for a war.

** Averted if Geralt kills Aryan. If that path is taken, Geralt saves her from being tortured in prison, but the baroness remains leery towards him because at the end of the day, he still killed her son.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Averted. If you listen to the accusations of the villagers and let them burn her, it becomes clear in Chapter IV that she really ''was'' the innocent, framed party. That said, she is still a member of the Coram Agh Tera, so... See ReligionOfEvil below, though.]]

* TheRedBaron: Few people call him by his actual name.

->'''Voiced by:''' Philip Hurd-Wood (''English/The Witcher''), Antony Byrne (''English/Assassins of Kings''), Yuri Brezhnev (''Russian/The Witcher''), Igor Staroseltsev (''Russian/Assassins of Kings''), Jean-Yves Chilot (''French/Assassins of Kings'')

->'''Voiced by:''' ??? (English), Vladimir Antonik (Russian)

->'''Voiced by:''' James Barriscale (English), Vasily Dakhnenko (Russian), Marc Bretonnière (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Mark Healy (English), Konstantin Karasik (Russian), Loîc Houdré (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Laura Rogers (English), Svetlana Bogatskaya (Russian), Julie Dumas (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Peter Marinker (English), Alexander Bely (''Russian/The Witcher''), Alexander Pozharov (''Russian/Wild Hunt''), Jean Lescot (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Marina Bakina (Russian), Valérie Siclay (French)

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->'''Voiced by:''' ???

->'''Voiced by:''' Jay Simon (English), Vadim Maksimov (Russian), Gérard Dessalles (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Teresa Gallagher (English), Elena Kischik (Russian)

->'''Voiced by:''' Jeff Harding (Russian), Yuri Derkach (Russian), Emmanuel Jacomy (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Stephen Grief (English), Konstantin Sapronenkov (Russian)

->'''Voiced by:''' James Clyde (English), Sergey Chikhachev (Russian), Pierre Santini (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Wlodzimierz Press (English), Igor Tomilov (Russian), Jean-Jacques Moreau (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Maloney (English), Oleg Virozub (Russian)

%%->'''Voiced by:''' Anastasia Lapina (Russian), Julie Dumas (French)

Daughter of King Foltest and his sister, who was also called Adda. Their incestuous union spurned the wrath of numerous people, at least one of whom arranged for a curse to be placed on the child before she was born. Geralt was the one responsible for dispelling the curse, an act that earned him widespread fame.

* {{BrokenBird}}: First she is used as bait by the Blue Stripes to ambush Loredo, almost getting raped in the process; then she has to deal with discrimination on Kaedwen's camp for being a female soldier, and finally she gets raped by Henselt and is forced to watch her friends get executed even though Henselt said he might let them live if she behaves (and she does). And then there's [[RapeAsBackStory her]] [[DoomedHometown backstory.]]

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Arguably the most stable-minded member of the Blue Stripes, Vernon included.