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** In Russian version most of the characters were voiced by different actors, including Geralt. In the first game he was voiced by Vladimir Zaytsev, while in The Witcher 2 he was voiced by Vsevolod Kuznetsov. Fans actually created an online petition, asking to bring Zaytsev back, once the trailers came out. Kuznetsov voicing Velerad in the first game didn't help matters. When the game came out, people were less upset, since Kuznetsov did really good job at voicing Geralt and was on par with Zaytsev, if not better.
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** If Geralt chooses to help Iorveth instead of Roche prior to the first duel with Letho in chapter 1, [[spoiler:Loredo's men and the townsfolk massacre all non-humans in Flotsam]].
** If Geralt chooses to believe [[spoiler:the three wraiths]] during the ''Little Sisters'' quest in chapter 2, he [[spoiler:allows an evil spirit to grow in strength, causes the death of an innocent man, and barely escapes with his life]].
** If Geralt chooses to believe [[spoiler:the three wraiths]] during the ''Little Sisters'' quest in chapter 2, he [[spoiler:allows an evil spirit to grow in strength, causes the death of an innocent man, and barely escapes with his life]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:When the Nilfgaardian Emperor Emhyr var Emreis finds out about ambassador Shilard's plan to assassinate Geralt in chapter 3, he sends secret orders to the Nilfgaardian captain in Loc Muinne to eliminate Shilard who in his view has become too reckless and has thus outlived his usefulness. This action has likely to do with Emhyr's close friendship with Geralt in the past, and Shilard even mentions earlier that Emhyr was moved to find out that Geralt had returned.]]
* EvilOldFolks: [[spoiler:The Nilfgaardian ambassador Shilard.]]
* EvilOldFolks: [[spoiler:The Nilfgaardian ambassador Shilard.]]
** Shilard's casual comment in King Foltest's camp to Geralt about a statue with a beauty trapped within actually refers to [[spoiler:Triss who was turned into a statue and later taken captive by the Nilfgaardians led by Shilard himself]].
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Sile, as well as the Ambassador of Nilfgaard if Geralt chooses to save Triss in Chapter 3.]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Averted compared to the first game which was infamous for this.
* MadScientist: Detmold definitely qualifies with his [[spoiler: achievements in forbidden necromancy]] although he is intelligent enough to behave casually (very sensible thing to do as he is an advisor to a bad-tempered king who has already burned one sorceress at the stake).
* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Emperor Emhyr var Emreis]] is behind Letho.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Averted compared to the first game which was infamous for this.
* MadScientist: Detmold definitely qualifies with his [[spoiler: achievements in forbidden necromancy]] although he is intelligent enough to behave casually (very sensible thing to do as he is an advisor to a bad-tempered king who has already burned one sorceress at the stake).
* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Emperor Emhyr var Emreis]] is behind Letho.
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Sile, [[spoiler:Sile if Geralt doesn't save her, as well as the Ambassador of Nilfgaard Nilfgaardian ambassador Shilard if Geralt chooses to save Triss in Chapter 3.]]
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* MadScientist: Detmold definitely qualifies with his[[spoiler: achievements [[spoiler:achievements in forbidden necromancy]] although he is intelligent enough to behave casually (very sensible thing to do as he is an advisor to a bad-tempered king who has already burned one sorceress at the stake).
* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: The Nilfgaardian Emperor Emhyr var Emreis]] is behindLetho.Letho. His goal is to [[spoiler:destabilize the Northern Kingdoms by putting the blame of the Kingslayers' regicides on the Lodge of Sorceresses, thus getting rid of many powerful northern monarchs as well as sorceresses, which will make it easier for Nilfgaard to invade the weakened kingdoms]].
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:The three wraiths]] in the ''Little Sisters'' quest in chapter 2 plead for Geralt's help but in fact have a far more sinister agenda.
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* MadScientist: Detmold definitely qualifies with his
* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: The Nilfgaardian Emperor Emhyr var Emreis]] is behind
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:The three wraiths]] in the ''Little Sisters'' quest in chapter 2 plead for Geralt's help but in fact have a far more sinister agenda.
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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:The Nilfgaardian ambassador Shilard Fitz-Oesterlen]] is very polite around various influential people and has civil conversations with them which show how well educated he really is on matters about the Northern Kingdoms. However, he is also [[TheChessmaster very crafty]], tricking people into revealing crucial information simply by asking them a few seemingly trivial questions. He even has the guts to subtly taunt Geralt in King Henselt's camp about [[spoiler:Triss]] while talking about a statue with beauty trapped within, the significance of which becomes clear to Geralt only later in the story.
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* TheChessmaster: Pretty much ''every'' sorceress in the game [[spoiler: or at least the members of The Lodge. However, every single one of them gets outplayed by Letho]].
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* TheChessmaster: Pretty The Nilfgaardian ambassador Shilard and pretty much ''every'' sorceress in the game [[spoiler: or at least the members of The Lodge. However, every single one of them gets outplayed by Letho]].
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* TheOtherDarrin: The only returning actor is Doug [=McCockle=] Cockle (Geralt), with all other characters being recast. More obviously, Iorveth switched actors between the first trailers and release, gaining a thicker accent to boot.
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* {{Outgambitted}}: [[spoiler: Filippa Eilhart and Síle de Tansarville, so wery much.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: Letho of Gulet, [[spoiler:Filippa Eilhart]], [[spoiler:Síle de Tansarville]].
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* CorpseLand: There are some that come complete with skeletons and evil spirits.
* CorpseLand: There are some that come complete with skeletons and evil spirits.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Geralt has a group finisher where he kills three human enemies by throwing his steel sword on the first, his silver sword on the second, and killing the third one in close combat. He also has a finisher against harpies where he throws his silver sword and it stabs the harpy in mid-air and kills it.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Geralt has a group finisher where he kills three human enemies by throwing his steel sword on the first, his silver sword on the second, and killing the third one in close combat. He also has a finisher against harpies where he throws his silver sword and it stabs the harpy in mid-air and kills mid-air, killing it.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:You get to kill what is possibly the last dragon in the world. Who is also Saskia.]]
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** Joan of Lukomorye mentioned is an linguistic pun on Joan d'Arc and a reference to ''MondayBeginsOnSaturday'' by StrugatskyBrothers (In itself a reference to AlexanderPushkin's Ruslan and Ludmila).
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** Joan of Lukomorye mentioned is an linguistic pun on Joan d'Arc and a reference to ''MondayBeginsOnSaturday'' ''[[Literature/MondayBeginsOnSaturday Monday Begins on Saturday]]'' by StrugatskyBrothers (In itself a reference to AlexanderPushkin's Ruslan and Ludmila).
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* BadassNormal: Vernon Roche and Iorveth.
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* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Letho.]]
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* DifficultySpike: The beginning of the game was so difficult they had to patch a tutorial in.
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* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Philippa Eilhart [[spoiler:having her eyes gouged out with a spoon]] is honestly one of the most horrfying moments in video games, ever.
** Then again, [[KickTheSonOfABitch she kind of deserved it]], [[spoiler: since freeing her to help Saskia regain control of her mind means that she then gets away scot-free... just minus her eyes.]]
** Then again, [[KickTheSonOfABitch she kind of deserved it]], [[spoiler: since freeing her to help Saskia regain control of her mind means that she then gets away scot-free... just minus her eyes.]]
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Letho's plan to kill Foltest as revealed in the epilogue relied on him knowing that Foltest would try to reclaim his illegitimate children as well as the fact that children would be withdrawn to the chapel for sanctuary in case of a siege, which would naturally make Foltest go there to reclaim the children.]]
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** Roche also manages to kill an enemy soldier via thrown sword [[CutScenePowerToTheMax in a cutscene]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While the dragon is attacking in the prologue, Foltest wonders if it's possible to train a dragon. [[spoiler:By the end, the sorceress, Philippa Eilhart, manages to take control of that very same dragon, who is none other than Saskia
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While the dragon is attacking in the prologue, Foltest wonders if it's possible to train a dragon. [[spoiler:By the end, the sorceress, Philippa Eilhart, manages to take control of that very same dragon, who is none other than SaskiaSaskia.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: the dragon Saesenthessis [[spoiler:AKA Saskia. Depending on the choices that Geralt makes in the sequel, she can be freed of her curse, get mercy-killed, or left to be used as a tool for sorceresses.]]
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* BlessedWithSuck: The elf [[TheAtoner Cedric]] is afflicted by visions of the future. He has no control over this ability, and some of his visions are so horrifying that he tries to suppress them by drinking heavily.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy:the The dragon Saesenthessis [[spoiler:AKA Saskia. Depending on the choices that Geralt makes in the sequel, she can be freed of her curse, get mercy-killed, or left to be used as a tool for sorceresses.]]]]
* BrokenBridge: Troll Trouble of Chapter 1.
** Though you never cross that particular bridge, and indeed it won't be ready to cross before you leave the area for good.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
* BrokenBridge: Troll Trouble of Chapter 1.
** Though you never cross that particular bridge, and indeed it won't be ready to cross before you leave the area for good.
* ClusterFBomb: Man in the prison.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Major enemies are immune to instant kills
* ContractualBossImmunity: Major enemies are immune to instant kills
* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Foltest shows up in a lot of promotional materials, but he does not make it past the prologue.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Literally, to one of the bosses.
* EscapeArtist: Iorveth.
* EvilSoundsDeep: [[OneSceneWonder The Draug]], one of the bosses, takes this trope UpToEleven.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Literally, to one of the bosses.
* EscapeArtist: Iorveth.
* EvilSoundsDeep: [[OneSceneWonder The Draug]], one of the bosses, takes this trope UpToEleven.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: While the dragon is attacking in the prologue, Foltest wonders if it's possible to train a dragon. [[spoiler:By the end, the sorceress, Philippa Eilhart, manages to take control of that very same dragon, who is none other than Saskia
* GreyAndGreyMorality: Deciding between Roche and Iorveth... almost every choice is grey.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: Deciding between Roche and Iorveth... almost every choice is grey.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Geralt and Triss in the sequel. However, they have to stay involved when Geralt gets framed for [[spoiler:Foltest's murder]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Sile, as well as the Ambassador of Nilfgaard if Geralt chooses to save Triss in Chapter 3.]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Averted compared to the first game which was infamous for this.
* MadScientist: Detmold definitely qualifies with his [[spoiler: achievements in forbidden necromancy]] although he is intelligent enough to behave casually (very sensible thing to do as he is an advisor to a bad-tempered king who has already burned one sorceress at the stake).
* MultipleEndings: There's sixteen.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Geralt fails to protect [[spoiler: Foltest]] in the prologue when he could have.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Averted compared to the first game which was infamous for this.
* MadScientist: Detmold definitely qualifies with his [[spoiler: achievements in forbidden necromancy]] although he is intelligent enough to behave casually (very sensible thing to do as he is an advisor to a bad-tempered king who has already burned one sorceress at the stake).
* MultipleEndings: There's sixteen.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Geralt fails to protect [[spoiler: Foltest]] in the prologue when he could have.
* OptionalSexualEncounter: Triss, Ves, an elf woman you save, various Prostitutes, and a Succubus. Triss gets a 4 minute sex scene.
* TheOtherDarrin: The only returning actor is Doug [=McCockle=] (Geralt), with all other characters being recast. More obviously, Iorveth switched actors between the first trailers and release, gaining a thicker accent to boot.
** There are options to this action, though. Also, [[spoiler:it doesn't seem that the dragons are extinct; they've just mostly left beyond the borders of the known world on their own business.]]
* TheOtherDarrin: The only returning actor is Doug [=McCockle=] (Geralt), with all other characters being recast. More obviously, Iorveth switched actors between the first trailers and release, gaining a thicker accent to boot.
** There are options to this action, though. Also, [[spoiler:it doesn't seem that the dragons are extinct; they've just mostly left beyond the borders of the known world on their own business.]]
* PlotArmor: In the second game, [=NPCs=] have this when they accompany you on quests.
* PressXToNotDie
* RestartAtLevelOne: Played straight, though it at least averts BagOfSpilling in that Geralt keeps the Signs from the first game.
* SadisticChoice: At one point, you have to choose between saving Triss or someone more important to the grand scheme of things... either Anais in Roche's path or Saskia in Iorveth's. Luckily, [[spoiler:Letho saves Triss]].
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* RestartAtLevelOne: Played straight, though it at least averts BagOfSpilling in that Geralt keeps the Signs from the first game.
* SadisticChoice: At one point, you have to choose between saving Triss or someone more important to the grand scheme of things... either Anais in Roche's path or Saskia in Iorveth's. Luckily, [[spoiler:Letho saves Triss]].
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* ShootTheHostage: [[spoiler:A possible end for Shilard Fitz-Oesterlen in Fitz-Oesterlen.]]
* ShoutOut: After [[spoiler:Saskia is poisoned]], Iorveth and Geralt ask what they need to brew an antidote. Phillipa tells them, among other things, a great source of magical power is needed, possibly through one of the twenty rings of power. Iorveth drawls out, "One ring to rule them all..." and Geralt says "Let me guess, then I run barefoot up the side of a volcano."
** TheWitcher 2.]]same chapter features Geralt finding Balin's journal (curiously, split into parts found on three separate dead dwarves) in the rotfiend-infested mines under Vergen. It's a brief [[ApocalypticLog chronicle]] of what occurred in the mine, and ends abruptly with a mention of "Durin's Bane".
** Joan of Lukomorye mentioned is an linguistic pun on Joan d'Arc and a reference to ''The Monday begins on Saturday'' by Strugatsky Brothers.
* ShutUpHannibal: Geralt can distract Iorveth with a rather delicious one in Chapter One.
* TakeThat: One to AssassinsCreed, where in the prologue you can stumble upon the corpse of an Assassin who missed the haystack by ''that'' much.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Geralt has a group finisher where he kills three human enemies by throwing his steel sword on the first, his silver sword on the second, and killing the third one in close combat. He also has a finisher against harpies where he throws his silver sword and it stabs the harpy in mid-air and kills it.
* ShoutOut: After [[spoiler:Saskia is poisoned]], Iorveth and Geralt ask what they need to brew an antidote. Phillipa tells them, among other things, a great source of magical power is needed, possibly through one of the twenty rings of power. Iorveth drawls out, "One ring to rule them all..." and Geralt says "Let me guess, then I run barefoot up the side of a volcano."
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** Joan of Lukomorye mentioned is an linguistic pun on Joan d'Arc and a reference to ''The Monday begins on Saturday'' by Strugatsky Brothers.
* ShutUpHannibal: Geralt can distract Iorveth with a rather delicious one in Chapter One.
* TakeThat: One to AssassinsCreed, where in the prologue you can stumble upon the corpse of an Assassin who missed the haystack by ''that'' much.
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* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: [[spoiler:Letho in Witcher 2. Your first encounter with him in Chapter 1 is just about the [[ThatOneBoss toughest fight in the game]], as he can kill you in 2 hits (on Hard difficulty), uses unavoidable/unblockable attacks, and spams a personal shield which absorbs damage. In the finale, however, he's something of a pushover (assuming you have half-decent gear and skills).]]
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Scoia'tael embody this trope -- Geralt even says as much point-blank.
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* EyeScream: In the third and final chapter, [[spoiler: on Iorveth's path, Phillipa is taken into custody and has her eyes put out... with a medieval equivalent of an ice-cream scoop.]] You [[{{Squick}} even get to see the after-effects]].
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* TheChessmaster: Pretty much ''every'' sorceress in the game [[spoiler: or at least the members of The Lodge. However, every single one of them gets outplayed by Letho]].
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** Thankfully, this got reversed just slightly in the 2.0 patch - you can no longer get interrupted mid-swing by an enemy hitting you from the side, which would generally knock you over for a few seconds prior to 2.0.
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* AdiposeRex: Henselt is fat. Goes well with his objectionable personality, though it certainly doesn't help explain his excellent swordsmanship.
** He is more {{Acrofatic}} as he is definitely more stocky than fat. Many soldiers say that Henselt was an accomplished fighter not shirking from any battle and turned to lavish lifestyle only recently.
* AlmostDeadGuy: Ciaran on the barge, explaining [[spoiler:Letho's betrayal]].
* AndIMustScream: A truly horrible one happens to [[spoiler:Triss]] in the sequel, when [[spoiler:she's]] transformed into a tiny figurine. Subverted in that it's a state more akin to a coma, but yeah.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: the perspective will occasionally switch to another character in another situation, such as Triss, Dandelion, Roche, and even Henselt.
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Letho, the eponymous assassin of kings, turns out to be doing all the dirty work under the order of the Nilfgaardian empire so his fellow witchers (who are heavily discriminated against in the south) can have a safe place to live.]]
* BackToBackBadasses: in Iorveth's path.
* BigNo: [[spoiler:If Geralt doesn't save Sile from her KarmicDeath, this is the last thing she does.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: the dragon Saesenthessis [[spoiler:AKA Saskia. Depending on the choices that Geralt makes in the sequel, she can be freed of her curse, get mercy-killed, or left to be used as a tool for sorceresses.]]
* [[spoiler:ClearMyName: The main plot of the second game.]]
* CorruptHick: Loredo.
* CovertPervert: Roche. While carrying a [=RRoD'd=] Triss, he takes solace in the fact that he'll die holding a nice ass, despite her protests.
* EyepatchOfPower: Iorveth.
* GroinAttack: Geralt of Rivia can deliver these during quicktime brawls.
* HarderThanHard: The game features an "insane" difficulty, which in addition to being the toughest difficulty in general in terms of damage dealt by enemies and such, also features PermaDeath where if you die, all your saved games from that playthrough become inaccessible and you have to start over.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Beating Letho in the first chapter leads to him getting the advantage on Geralt before sparing him.
* IOweYouMyLife: [[spoiler:This is why Letho lets Geralt go during the first chapter when Letho gains the upper hand in the duel. It turns out that Geralt saved Letho's life while chasing the Wild Hunt in search of Yennefer.]]
* JeanneDArchetype: Saskia the Dragonslayer.
* NintendoHard: Many players find the [[SequelDifficultySpike second game extremely difficult compared to the first]], particularly early on. The enemy AI actively attempts to flank you and damage dealt from behind does double damage, it takes practice to avoid being trapped in a bad situation by enemies. This makes the prologue one of the toughest areas of the game, making the game have a reverse difficulty curve.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:you get to kill what is possibly the last dragon in the world.]]
* PetTheDog: Oddly enough, the commandant of Flotsam. Call yourself nonhuman and he'll disagree rather quickly.
* ShootTheHostage: [[spoiler:A possible end for Shilard Fitz-Oesterlen in The Witcher 2.]]
* TutorialFailure: The Witcher 2 has a rather lacking tutorial that fails to detail several in-game features properly, [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/5/25/ as put by]] ''PennyArcade''.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: [[spoiler:Letho in Witcher 2. Your first encounter with him in Chapter 1 is just about the [[ThatOneBoss toughest fight in the game]], as he can kill you in 2 hits (on Hard difficulty), uses unavoidable/unblockable attacks, and spams a personal shield which absorbs damage. In the finale, however, he's something of a pushover (assuming you have half-decent gear and skills).]]
** Arguably FridgeBrilliance, as Geralt doesn't really get stronger during the course of game as much as he just gradually recovers his old skills, so one way of looking at the power discrepancy in the final battle is that Geralt [[spoiler:was simply better than Letho from the start.]]
** He is more {{Acrofatic}} as he is definitely more stocky than fat. Many soldiers say that Henselt was an accomplished fighter not shirking from any battle and turned to lavish lifestyle only recently.
* AlmostDeadGuy: Ciaran on the barge, explaining [[spoiler:Letho's betrayal]].
* AndIMustScream: A truly horrible one happens to [[spoiler:Triss]] in the sequel, when [[spoiler:she's]] transformed into a tiny figurine. Subverted in that it's a state more akin to a coma, but yeah.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: the perspective will occasionally switch to another character in another situation, such as Triss, Dandelion, Roche, and even Henselt.
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Letho, the eponymous assassin of kings, turns out to be doing all the dirty work under the order of the Nilfgaardian empire so his fellow witchers (who are heavily discriminated against in the south) can have a safe place to live.]]
* BackToBackBadasses: in Iorveth's path.
* BigNo: [[spoiler:If Geralt doesn't save Sile from her KarmicDeath, this is the last thing she does.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: the dragon Saesenthessis [[spoiler:AKA Saskia. Depending on the choices that Geralt makes in the sequel, she can be freed of her curse, get mercy-killed, or left to be used as a tool for sorceresses.]]
* [[spoiler:ClearMyName: The main plot of the second game.]]
* CorruptHick: Loredo.
* CovertPervert: Roche. While carrying a [=RRoD'd=] Triss, he takes solace in the fact that he'll die holding a nice ass, despite her protests.
* EyepatchOfPower: Iorveth.
* GroinAttack: Geralt of Rivia can deliver these during quicktime brawls.
* HarderThanHard: The game features an "insane" difficulty, which in addition to being the toughest difficulty in general in terms of damage dealt by enemies and such, also features PermaDeath where if you die, all your saved games from that playthrough become inaccessible and you have to start over.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Beating Letho in the first chapter leads to him getting the advantage on Geralt before sparing him.
* IOweYouMyLife: [[spoiler:This is why Letho lets Geralt go during the first chapter when Letho gains the upper hand in the duel. It turns out that Geralt saved Letho's life while chasing the Wild Hunt in search of Yennefer.]]
* JeanneDArchetype: Saskia the Dragonslayer.
* NintendoHard: Many players find the [[SequelDifficultySpike second game extremely difficult compared to the first]], particularly early on. The enemy AI actively attempts to flank you and damage dealt from behind does double damage, it takes practice to avoid being trapped in a bad situation by enemies. This makes the prologue one of the toughest areas of the game, making the game have a reverse difficulty curve.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:you get to kill what is possibly the last dragon in the world.]]
* PetTheDog: Oddly enough, the commandant of Flotsam. Call yourself nonhuman and he'll disagree rather quickly.
* ShootTheHostage: [[spoiler:A possible end for Shilard Fitz-Oesterlen in The Witcher 2.]]
* TutorialFailure: The Witcher 2 has a rather lacking tutorial that fails to detail several in-game features properly, [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/5/25/ as put by]] ''PennyArcade''.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: [[spoiler:Letho in Witcher 2. Your first encounter with him in Chapter 1 is just about the [[ThatOneBoss toughest fight in the game]], as he can kill you in 2 hits (on Hard difficulty), uses unavoidable/unblockable attacks, and spams a personal shield which absorbs damage. In the finale, however, he's something of a pushover (assuming you have half-decent gear and skills).]]
** Arguably FridgeBrilliance, as Geralt doesn't really get stronger during the course of game as much as he just gradually recovers his old skills, so one way of looking at the power discrepancy in the final battle is that Geralt [[spoiler:was simply better than Letho from the start.]]
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