History Characters / TheWitcherVideoGame

* ItsPersonal: Dropping Azar Javed's name when hiring him results in him working for you for free. [[spoiler: That's because Azar is responsible for the death of his son.]]

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: If he is Alvin, which the game all but spells out, his hatred of elves is very likely motivated by the massacre of the town he was staying in before he teleported away.]]

* MagicKnight: The first thing we see of him is a person in platemail throwing a fireball.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Would very much like Geralt to join him and the Order of the Flaming Rose (which makes an exception for its hatred of nonhumans regarding Witchers just for him) so he can [[spoiler: lead the Exodus away from the Wolf's Blizzard.]]

* RealityEnsues: Geralt can give him the final push to help him muster his courage and go after Salamandra... but this isn't a fairy tale and a man who's spent most of his time running away from his problems instead of confronting them is not going to be great backup -- he let's Geralt go OneManArmy as he assaults the old mansion, then jumps in at the last moment to fight Javed! And get [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome his skull crushed with a flaming spiked mace]].

* NotSoAboveItAll: Geralt can seduce her...[[CrowningMomentOfFunny by making a positive comment about her *ass* !]]

* RealityEnsues: Geralt can give him the final push to help him muster his courage and go after Salamandra... but this isn't a fairy tale and a man who's spent most of his time running away from his problems instead of confronting them is not going to be great backup -- he let's Geralt go OneManArmy as he assaults the old mansion, then jumps in at the last moment to fight Javed! And get [[OffHandBackHand his skull crushed with a flaming spiked mace]].

* ContinuitySnarl: There's no other way to look at it. CD Projekt's other A B decisions earlier in the game had interesting moral shades of grey coupled with genuine ramifications down the path. But "spare" Berengar (even though he will attack you with intent to ''kill'' if you refuse to roll over and forgive him and instead [[DisproportionateRetribution quite justifiably tell him to get out of your face]]) and Geralt will spout some nonsense about facing Javed alone being "suicide" even though it's perfectly possible to beat the sorcerer alone after Javed butchers the B man in a flash. The choice of killing Berengar and acquiring his unique wolf medallion (which also explains the amulet change when you wear Raven's armour) is by far the better story-driven reason for Geralt's survival against a powerful mage.

* ContinuitySnarl: There's no other way to look at it. CD Projekt's other decisions earlier in the game had genuine ramifications down the path. But "spare" Berengar (even though he will attack you if you refuse to roll over and forgive him and [[DisproportionateRetribution tell him to leave]]) and Geralt will spout some nonsense about facing Javed alone being "suicide" even though it's perfectly possible to beat the sorcerer alone after Javed butchers the B man in a flash. The choice of killing Berengar and acquiring his unique wolf medallion (which also explains the amulet change when you wear Raven's armour) is by far the better story-driven reason for Geralt's survival against a powerful mage.

* TheyJustDidntCare: Harsh, but true. CD Projekt's other decisions earlier in the game had genuine ramifications down the path. But spare Berengar and Geralt will spout some nonsense about facing Javed alone being "suicide" even though it's perfectly possible to beat the sorcerer alone after Javed butchers the B man in a flash. The choice of killing Berengar and acquiring his unique wolf medallion (which also explains the amult change when you wear Raven's armour) is by far the better story-driven reason for Geralt's survival against a powerful mage.

* CharacterDeath: See HeroicSacrifice below.

* HeroicSacrifice: If he comes to aid you against Azar, it is 99.9% guaranteed that he will die. Saving him doesn't even give you additional dialogues or journal entries, so his death is pretty much canon, especially considering that he's not even given a mention in the second or third game.

* {{Jerkass}}: Is very bitter due to being a witcher, which he hates.

* RealityEnsues: Geralt can give him the final push to help him muster his courage and go after Salamandra... but this isn't a fairy tale and a man who's spent most of his time running away from his problems instead of confronting them is not going to be great backup -- he let's Geralt go OneManArmy as he assaults the old mansion, then jumps in at the last moment to get [[OffHandBackHand his skull crushed with a flaming spiked mace]].

A surly, ineffective and rather pitiful witcher, his resentment towards the rest of the caste because of his fate. After being mentioned several times, Geralt finally finds him during Chapter IV.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Inverted. He always seems one step ahead of Geralt during the first 3 chapters, having been hired by the same people to deal with the same problems (The Beast, Monolith hunt etc), but failed at accomplishing anything.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Twice. Because he hates the witchers, he allies himself with the Salamandra, but after witnessing their monstrous crimes, he breaks ties with them and hunts them down.

* TheGhost: Until Chapter 4.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: If you don't seek a confrontation with him, he'll become Geralt's ally.

A witcher with a lone wolf-attitude and a great resentment towards them because of his fate. After being mentioned several times, Geralt finally finds him during Chapter IV.

The founder of the Order of the Flaming Rose and its current grandmaster. Fanatically opposed to nonhumans.

An enchanting mystical Water Nymph or Vila, of such high moral character and attunement to spiritual peace that she is revered as a goddess of the land, of both water and earth surrounding the southern shore of Lake Vizima. Through her presence the fruit and fields are always in abundance and all around the year, summer reigns eternal.

* NatureSpirit: Her appearance, anyway.

* Legacy Character: Claims to have been trained as an agent of the infamous "law firm", Codringher and Fenn.

* HeroicSacrifice: If he comes to aid you against Azar, it is 99% guaranteed he dies. Saving him doesn't even give you additional dialogues or journal entrys, so his death is pretty much canon.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Geralt can seduce her.....[[CrowningMomentOfFunny by making a positive comment about her *ass* !]]

A private detective living in the Temple Quarter of Vizima. He help's Geralt finding information on the Salamandra during Chapter II.

* CardboardPrison: Shows off his power and influence by walking out of prison scotts-free right before Geralts nose.

* LastDitchMove: When Geralt finally corners him he tries for an underhanded shot from his wrist-mounted bow. When that fails he uses his last arrow to pierce an industrial alembic brimming with a reactive element. Exposure to oxygen ignites the substance and blows the floor out from under them. The fall fails to kill Geralt and unfortunately for the Professor; he might find himself wishing in the last few seconds of his life that the impact with the cavern below had killed him first.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Not that much in the english dub, but in the original, mirroring Ralf Blunden from the books.

* ReligionOfEvil: Except ''not'', while most worshipers of Coram Agh Tera, the underground Cult of the Lionheaded Spider are fanatical outcasts who believe in human sacrifice, the original religion was founded as a spiritual coping mechanism for loss and abuse, (heavily hinted at in Abigail's past) and was widely accepted by a region of Nilfgaard's provincial nobility before worshipers of Kreve had the founders put to the stake. She seems to incorporate alchemy and animal sacrifice into a form of instinctual magic and when Geralt finds her hounded in the cave she is preparing some kind of primitive bio-warfare agent in a cauldron to ''kill the entire lynch mob''. Plus, only the truly innocent and wronged can conjure invocations that will lead to suffering and death against their persecutors. For example: the Lion Head Priestess that Nivellen raped in '' 'A Grain of Truth' '' cursed him into a beastly form that could only be broken by his true love's blood sacrifice, then sealed the spell with her own suicide. A shame Geralt, to which Abigail can curse as he abandons her is not ''directly'' responsible for her death and is therefore safe from magical reprisal.

A powerful mage and leader of a criminal organization called Salamandra. It’s his attack on Kaer Morhen and subsequent theft of Witcher mutagens that sets the plot of the first game in motion.

* VissionaryVillain: Believes in [[spoiler:Jacques']] plan for a better future even if the means required to achieve it are monstrous. Mainly because any other group vying for power on the Continent does the same. They're just not willing to get their hands dirty and leave underlings to commit their crimes.

-->'''Javed:''' Who are you fighting for? Foltest? A monarch with more sins on his conscience than Professor has words in his vocabulary?

* GeniusBruiser: A MadScientist with the body of a barbarian warrior.

* PlayingWithFire: His specialization is fire magic.

A pre-pubescent boy whom Geralt rescues from Barghests right in the outskirts of Vizima. By all appearances, he’s a perfectly normal child, but he is also a Source, and has great potential for magic and especially a thing for [[OracularUrchin seeing into the future]] [[spoiler:and traveling through time]].

* {{Fetish}}: It apparently involves fire. Considering his violent nature, one can only imagine what that means for whatever poor woman that had the ''pleasure'' of sleeping with him.....
* FunctionalAddict: Geralt only learns about his [[FantasticDrug fisstech]] consumption by proving Ramsmeat's innocence. Azar himself never shows any signs of an addiction.
* GeniusBruiser: A MadScientist with the body of a warrior.

A young boy whom Geralt rescues from Barghests right in the outskirts of Vizima. By all appearances, he’s a perfectly normal child, but he is also a Source, and has great potential for magic and especially a thing for [[OracularUrchin seeing into the future]] [[spoiler:and traveling through time]].

* ChekhovsGunman: He's introduced as some random kid rescued from certain death by Geralt. [[spoiler:And ultimately becomes the BigBad.]]

* MagicKnight: Even though Geralt (thankfully) nullifys his power in both of their fights

* ReligionOfEvil: Except ''not'', while most worshipers of Coram Agh Tera, the underground Cult of the Lionheaded Spider are fanatical outcasts who believe in human sacrifice, the original religion was founded as a spiritual coping mechanism for loss and abuse, (heavily hinted at in Abigail's past) and was widely accepted by a region of Nilfgaard's provincial nobility before worshipers of Kreve had the founders put to the stake. She seems to incorporate alchemy and animal sacrifice into a form of instinctual magic and when Geralt finds her hounded in the cave she is preparing some kind of primitive bio-warfare agent in a cauldron to ''kill the entire lynch mob''. Plus, only the truly innocent and wronged can conjure invocations that will lead to suffering and death. However, they do seem to have to be alive for the affects to take place. As a Lion Head Priestess that Nivellen raped cursed him into a beastly form that could only be broken by true love.

* 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....]]

* DefectorFromDecadence: Twice. Because he hates the witchers, he allies himself with the Salamdram, but after witnessing their monstrous crimes, he breaks ties with them and hunts them down.

* HeroicSacrifice: If he comes to aid you against Azar, it is 99% guaranteed he dies. Saving him doesn't even give you additional dialogues or hournal entrys, so his death is pretty much canon.

-> Voiced by Jeff Harding (''The Witcher'')

-> Voiced by Wayne Forester (''The Witcher'')

* {{Badass}}: He´s almost as good at swordfighting as Geralt is.

-> Voiced by Peter Marinker (''The Witcher'')

-> Voiced by Nathaniel Parker (''The Witcher'')

A witcher with a lone wolf-attitude and a great resentment towards them because of his fate. After being mentioned several times, Geralt finally finds him during Chapter 4.

* DarkMessiah: Imagines himself to be the savior for the people of the North. Geralt puts a stop to that.
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords: '''That sword is for monsters'''.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: He is the NPC you will likely spend the most time with as not only does he accept rarer loot drops from monsters for the highest selling price but he will also supply you with endless side-quests to obtain monster parts for his experiments.

The spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts.

* SinisterMinister: Leads his religon with cruel fanaticism.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He is able to convince the villagers to attack you, despite the fact that you just killed the monster that was plaguing the village.

* BurnTheWitch: