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** [[SerialKiller Cyprian "Whoreson Junior" Willey]] is one of the four crime bosses of the free city of Novigrad and runs the casinos, fighting rings, and brothels ,and is widely regarded as the most cruel and sadistic of the city's four crime bosses, and even evokes disgust from these fellow criminals. He has his men dress up as {{Monster Clown}}s to torment and intimidate the people of Novigrad, including Ciri, Geralt's adopted daughter. Geralt seeks out Whoreson Junior to get her whereabouts and discovers dark secrets along the way. Cyprian works under the orders of King Radovid to undermine the armistice between the gangs of the city and incite gang wars and mass chaos so that Radovid can invade. Cyprian is paid in [[DisposableSexWorker prostitutes]] that he can rape and butcher to his leisure. When invading his hideout, Geralt discovers the grizzly remains strewn about in one of the most nightmarish levels in the game. Ultimately, Geralt discovers Whoreson Junior bathing in the blood of his latest victim, and Geralt, normally rational and stoic, brutally beats him as he [[DirtyCoward pitifully begs for his life]].

* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'': [[SerialKiller Cyprian "Whoreson Junior" Willey]] is one of the four crime bosses of the free city of Novigrad and runs the casinos, fighting rings, and brothels ,and is widely regarded as the most cruel and sadistic of the city's four crime bosses, and even evokes disgust from these fellow criminals. He has his men dress up as {{Monster Clown}}s to torment and intimidate the people of Novigrad, including Ciri, Geralt's adopted daughter. Geralt seeks out Whoreson Junior to get her whereabouts and discovers dark secrets along the way. Cyprian works under the orders of King Radovid to undermine the armistice between the gangs of the city and incite gang wars and mass chaos so that Radovid can invade. Cyprian is paid in [[DisposableSexWorker prostitutes]] that he can rape and butcher to his leisure. When invading his hideout, Geralt discovers the grizzly remains strewn about in one of the most nightmarish levels in the game. Ultimately, Geralt discovers Whoreson Junior bathing in the blood of his latest victim, and Geralt, normally rational and stoic, brutally beats him as he [[DirtyCoward pitifully begs for his life]].

One of the main themes of ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' series is that [[HumansAreBastards humans can be the biggest monsters]]. Only a few of them reach the [[CompleteMonster highest level]] though.

** Azar Javed, an EvilSorcerer and MadScientist all in one and the front-man of the evil group Salamandra. Murdering his teachers for objecting to his use of forbidden magic, Azar Javed recruited many humans to Salamandra. Javed used his followers at cannon fodder to attack the Witcher home castle Kaer Morhen to steal their secrets on mutation and had children captured to serve as test subjects for the experiments. he used many humans for the subjects of the experiments and led the Salamandra on vicious anti-human crusades, leading to the deaths of many innocents. Azar Javed would also murder a man by infesting him with the eggs of exotic flies and murder a detective who got too close to his trail before confronting Geralt and trying to kill him as well.
** [[SinisterMinister The Reverend]], the spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts seems to be a fair, if slightly rude priest at first glance, but is actually a KnightTemplar psychopath. He has his own ''pregnant'' daughter thrown out of the village for refusing to follow the psycho-cult religion he does, forcing her to become a prostitute just to get by, and tricks his own people into believing that the innocent, kindly mage Abigail is responsible for the recent rise in monster attacks, forming them into a howling lynch mob. He does this merely out of petty spite and prejudice. If Geralt (rightfully) prevents the lynching, even after ''saving the village from the monsters'', the Reverend will try to have him killed, again purely out of petty spite. He doesn't fight Geralt himself first, but manipulates dozens of innocent villagers to attack, willing to sacrifice the lives of ''his own village'' just because Geralt hasn't let him murder an innocent woman.
* [[CorruptHick Bernard Loredo]] from the second game, ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings'', is the thuggish Commandant of Flotsam [[IOwnThisTown who runs the town like his own personal fiefdom]], [[DirtyCop running criminal enterprises]] and [[FantasticRacism instituting racist policies against nonhumans.]] When Iorveth's men kill some of Loredo's, Loredo sends out his soldiers to incite riots against the innocent, nonhuman residents of Flotsam, leading to butchery and mass murder of nonhumans in the streets. Eventually, Loredo has the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Scoia'tael members]] and their sympathizers rounded up on a prison barge which he plans on sinking instead of delivering to prison. If Geralt sides with Roche and kills Loredo, the Witcher will discover, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite Loredo's hatred of nonhumans]], the Commandant imprisoned, beat and raped an elven woman for a year, eventually impregnating her. The woman was so traumatized by the events that immediately after giving birth she killed herself. Should Geralt choose to side with Iorveth and hijack the prison barge, Loredo responds by spitefully trying to burn down a building full of elven women. If Geralt chooses to save the women rather than kill Loredo, Loredo will succeed in turning traitor and selling out Flotsam to the kingdom of Kaedwen.

** [[TheDragon Azar Javed]], the leader of Salamandra, leads the despicable organization that uses rape, murder, torture and treason to further their agenda, even kidnap children to experiment on them, mutating them and sometimes even just discarding them if they die during experiments (such as Raymond's son). He also murders Raymond and takes his place in order to get to Geralt, tricks Shani into giving the prisoner a poisoned drug and turns the mortally wounded White Rayla into a freakish mutant and sics her on Geralt.

One of the main themes of ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' series is that [[HumansAreBastards humans can be the biggest monsters]]. Only few of them reach the [[CompleteMonster highest level]] though.

* [[TheDragon Azar Javed]], the leader of Salamandra, leads the despicable organization that uses rape, murder, torture and treason to further their agenda, even kidnap children to experiment on them, mutating them and sometimes even just discarding them if they die during experiments (such as Raymond's son). He also murders Raymond and takes his place in order to get to Geralt, tricks Shani into giving the prisoner a poisoned drug and turns the mortally wounded White Rayla into a freakish mutant and sics her on Geralt.
* [[SinisterMinister The Reverend]], the spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts seems to be a fair, if slightly rude priest at first glance, but is actually a KnightTemplar psychopath. He has his own ''pregnant'' daughter thrown out of the village for refusing to follow the psycho-cult religion he does, forcing her to become a prostitute just to get by, and tricks his own people into believing that the innocent, kindly mage Abigail is responsible for the recent rise in monster attacks, forming them into a howling lynch mob. He does this merely out of petty spite and prejudice. If Geralt (rightfully) prevents the lynching, even after ''saving the village from the monsters'', the Reverend will try to have him killed, again purely out of petty spite. He doesn't fight Geralt himself first, but manipulates dozens of innocent villagers to attack, willing to sacrifice the lives of ''his own village'' just because Geralt hasn't let him murder an innocent woman.
* [[CorruptHick Bernard Loredo]] from ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings'' is the thuggish Commandant of Flotsam [[IOwnThisTown who runs the town like his own personal fiefdom]], [[DirtyCop running criminal enterprises]] and [[FantasticRacism instituting racist policies against nonhumans.]] When Iorveth's men kill some of Loredo's, Loredo sends out his soldiers to incite riots against the innocent, nonhuman residents of Flotsam, leading to butchery and mass murder of nonhumans in the streets. Eventually, Loredo has the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Scoia'tael members]] and their sympathizers rounded up on a prison barge which he plans on sinking instead of delivering to prison. If Geralt sides with Roche and kills Loredo, the Witcher will discover, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite Loredo's hatred of nonhumans]], the Commandant imprisoned, beat and raped an elven woman for a year, eventually impregnating her. The woman was so traumatized by the events that immediately after giving birth she killed herself. Should Geralt choose to side with Iorveth and hijack the prison barge, Loredo responds by spitefully trying to burn down a building full of elven women. If Geralt chooses to save the women rather than kill Loredo, Loredo will succeed in turning traitor and selling out Flotsam to the kingdom of Kaedwen.

One of the main themes of ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' series is that [[HumansAreBastards humans can be the biggest monsters]]. Only few of them reach the [[CompleteMonster highest level]] though.

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One of the main themes of ''TheWitcher'' series is that [[HumansAreBastards humans can be the biggest monsters]]. Only few of them reach the [[CompleteMonster highest level]] though.

* ''TheWitcher 2'' continues the trend of corrupt village hicks being utter bastards with Bernard Loredo, who can be best described as a greedy and selfish bastard with zero sense of empathy. The description is spot-on, given that the guy imprisoned, beat and raped an elven woman, who was so broken by these tortures that she killed herself as soon as she gave birth. It also turns out that he was willing to sell Flotsam, the town he was dictating over, to the kingdom of Kaedwen, an act which would render him a traitor to the country.

* [[TheDragon Azar Javed]], the leader of Salamandra, leads the despicable organization that uses rape, murder, torture and treason to further their agenda, even kidnap children to experiment on them, mutating them and sometimes even just discarding them if they die during experiments (such as Raymond's son). The Order of the Flaming Rose systematically discriminates and persecutes elves and dwarves, even killing innocent women and children. In the end, they massacre nonhumans to provoke them into a bloody revolt in order for the Grandmaster to take power among the chaos. He also murders Raymond and takes his place in order to get to Geralt, tricks Shani into giving the prisoner a poisoned drug and turns the mortally wounded White Rayla into a freakish mutant and sics her on Geralt.

** [[TheDragon Azar Javed]], the leader of Salamandra, leads the despicable organization that uses rape, murder, torture and treason to further their agenda, even kidnap children to experiment on them, mutating them and sometimes even just discarding them if they die during experiments (such as Raymond's son). The Order of the Flaming Rose systematically discriminates and persecutes elves and dwarves, even killing innocent women and children. In the end, they massacre nonhumans to provoke them into a bloody revolt in order for the Grandmaster to take power among the chaos. He also murders Raymond and takes his place in order to get to Geralt, tricks Shani into giving the prisoner a poisoned drug and turns the mortally wounded White Rayla into a freakish mutant and sics her on Geralt.
** [[SinisterMinister The Reverend]], the spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts seems to be a fair, if slightly rude priest at first glance, but is actually a KnightTemplar psychopath. He has his own ''pregnant'' daughter thrown out of the village for refusing to follow the psycho-cult religion he does, forcing her to become a prostitute just to get by, and tricks his own people into believing that the innocent, kindly mage Abigail is responsible for the recent rise in monster attacks, forming them into a howling lynch mob. He does this merely out of petty spite and prejudice. If Geralt (rightfully) prevents the lynching, even after ''saving the village from the monsters'', the Reverend will try to have him killed, again purely out of petty spite. He doesn't fight Geralt himself first, but manipulates dozens of innocent villagers to attack, willing to sacrifice the lives of ''his own village'' just because Geralt hasn't let him murder an innocent woman.
** ''TheWitcher 2'' continues the trend of corrupt village hicks being utter bastards with Bernard Loredo, who can be best described as a greedy and selfish bastard with zero sense of empathy. The description is spot-on, given that the guy imprisoned, beat and raped an elven woman, who was so broken by these tortures that she killed herself as soon as she gave birth. It also turns out that he was willing to sell Flotsam, the town he was dictating over, to the kingdom of Kaedwen, an act which would render him a traitor to the country.

** [[SinisterMinister The Reverend]], the spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts seems to be a fair, if slightly rude priest at first glance, but is actually a KnightTemplar psychopath. He has his own ''pregnant'' daughter thrown out of the village for refusing to follow the psycho-cult religion he does, forcing her to become a prostitute just to get by, and [[spoiler:tricks his own people into believing that the innocent, kindly mage Abigail is responsible for the recent rise in monster attacks, forming them into a howling lynch mob. He does this merely out of petty spite and prejudice. If Geralt (rightfully) prevents the lynching, even after ''saving the village from the monsters'', the Reverend will try to have him killed, again purely out of petty spite. He doesn't fight Geralt himself first, but manipulates dozens of innocent villagers to attack, willing to sacrifice the lives of ''his own village'' just because Geralt hasn't let him murder an innocent woman.]]

** [[SinisterMinister The Reverend]], the spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts seems to be a fair, if slightly rude priest at first glance, but is actually a KnightTemplar psychopath. He [[spoiler: has his own ''pregnant'' daughter thrown out of the village for refusing to follow the psycho-cult religion he does, forcing her to become a prostitute just to get by]], and [[spoiler:tricks his own people into believing that the innocent, kindly mage Abigail is responsible for the recent rise in monster attacks, forming them into a howling lynch mob. He does this merely out of petty spite and prejudice. If Geralt (rightfully) prevents the lynching, even after ''saving the village from the monsters'', the Reverend will try to have him killed, again purely out of petty spite. He doesn't fight Geralt himself first, but manipulates dozens of innocent villagers to attack, willing to sacrifice the lives of ''his own village'' just because Geralt hasn't let him murder an innocent woman.]]
** ''TheWitcher 2'' continues the trend of corrupt village hicks being utter bastards with Bernard Loredo, who can be best described as a greedy and selfish bastard with zero sense of empathy. The description is spot-on, given that the guy imprisoned, beat and raped an elven woman, who was so broken by these tortures that she killed herself as soon as she gave birth. It also turns out that he was willing to sell Flotsam, the town he was dictating over, to the kingdom of Kaedwen, an act which would render him a traitor to the country. The in-game journal even describes him as "the greatest monster in the area."

* One of the main themes of ''TheWitcher'' series is that [[HumansAreBastards humans can be the biggest monsters]]. Geralt's human, elven, and dwarven enemies are far more evil that the mindless monsters he is contracted to kill as his profession as a Witcher and even though, At times, Geralt struggles with the idea of killing humans, he has no qualms killing those, who become worse than monsters. Many characters in this game clearly fall under this trope despite their sometimes good intentioned ends. Salamandra, the main antagonists of the game, use rape, murder, torture and treason to further their agenda, even kidnap children to experiment on them, mutating them and sometimes even just discarding them if they die during experiments (such as Raymond's son). The Order of the Flaming Rose systematically discriminates and persecutes elves and dwarves, even killing innocent women and children. In the end, [[spoiler: they massacre nonhumans to provoke them into a bloody revolt in order for the Grandmaster to take power among the chaos]]. The Scoia'tel nonhuman resistancem however have no problem killing and terrorizing innocent human civilians, in one instance leaving innocent humans to be eaten by the ghouls in a crypt. It's more notable, who aren't {{Complete Monster}}s in those factions, for example, Siegfried of the Order and Toruviel of the Scoia'tel.
** In the end, [[spoiler: the main antagonist Jacques De Aldersberg's KarmicDeath occurs when Geralt runs him through with the monster killing Silver Sword after he knocks Geralt's Steel Sword (better suited for killing humans) out of his hands. His final words are "That sword is for monsters!"]]
** [[TheDragon Azar Javed]], the leader of Salamandra, not only leads the despicable organization, but also [[spoiler: murders Raymond and takes his place in order to get to Geralt, tricks Shani into giving the prisoner a poisoned drug and turns the mortally wounded White Rayla into a freakish mutant and sics her on Geralt]].
** [[EvilGenius The Professor]], an underling for Azar Javed, wanted in several kingdoms for 17 murderers, gleefully kills Leo, a Witcher in training, in the beginning. He later [[spoiler: meets a KarmicDeath in the hands of a kikimore queen]].
** White Rayla, a potential allied example if you side with the Order for Act V, finds pleasure in killing elves and [[spoiler: even to stage a contest to see if she or Geralt can kill more elves]]. Her worst action (unless you side with the Scoia'tel in Act V) is [[spoiler: after she captures the elven commander Toruviel, when she orders her men to torture and rape her repeatedly before she is executed. A female commander using rape as a weapon is even more despicable. It makes it harder to feel bad when she is shot by an arrow in the chest by Scoia'tel leader Yaevinn and then turned into a mutant by Azar Javed.]]

** ''TheWitcher 2'' continues the trend of corrupt village hicks being utter bastards with Bernard Loredo, who can be best described as a greedy and selfish bastard with zero sense of empathy. The description is spot-on, given that the guy imprisoned, beat and raped an elven woman, who was so broken by these tortures that she killed herself as soon as she gave birth. It also turns out that he was willing to sell Flotsam, the town he was dictating over, to the kingdom of Kaedwen, an act which would render him a traitor to the country. The in-game journal even describes him as "the greatest monster in the area."
** Dmitri, a minor villain from the DLC Troll Trouble, and his thugs dig out corpses from local graveyards and put Scoia'tael clothes on them so they can falsely claim that they killed Scoia'tael and get paid. He is also responsible for murdering the Troll of Vergen's wife. The in-game journal even states that comparing him to a hyena would be an insult to the poor animal.
** King Henselt is probably the most ruthless and selfish bastard showing up in the whole game, trying to gain 'respect' among his people by using cruel oppression, most of the time executing non-humans and crushing a peaceful priest by the head on a stone wall for trying to stop him from massacring a Peace Delegation and raping Saskia during his brutal attempt to conquer Aedirn.
*** Oh, and off course what he does to the Blue Stripes and especially poor Ves (when you take the Roche-Path).

** King Henselt is probably the most ruthless and selfish bastard showing up in the whole game, trying to gain 'respect' among his people by using cruel oppression, most of the time executing non-humans and crushing a peaceful priest by the head on a stone wall for trying to stop him from massacring a Peace Delegation and raping Saskia during his brutal attempt to conquer Aedirn.

* One of the main themes of ''TheWitcher'' series is that [[HumansAreBastards humans can be the biggest monsters]], and in the game, this is true. Geralt's human, elven, and dwarven enemies are far more evil that the mindless monsters that he is contracted to kill as his profession as a Witcher. At times, Geralt struggles with the idea of killing humans, but has no qualms killing those who become worse than monsters. Many characters in this game clearly fall under this trope despite their sometimes good intentioned ends. The worst is Salamandra, the main antagonists of the game who use rape, murder, torture, and treason to further their agenda. They even kidnap children to experiment on them, mutating them and sometimes even just discarding them if they die during experiments (such as Raymond's son). The Order of the Flaming Rose systematically discriminates and persecutes elves and dwarves, even killing innocent women and children. In the end, [[spoiler: they massacre nonhumans to provoke them into a bloody revolt in order for the Grandmaster to take power among the chaos]]. The Scoia'tel nonhuman resistancem howeverm have no problem killing and terrorizing innocent human civilians, in one instance leaving innocent humans to be eaten by the ghouls in a crypt. It's more notable who aren't {{Complete Monster}}s in those factions, for example, Siegfried of the Order and Toruviel of the Scoia'tel.

** [[TheDragon Azar Javed]], the leader of Salamandra, not only leads the despicable organization, but also [[spoiler: murderers Raymond and takes his place in order to get to Geralt, tricks Shani into giving the prisoner a poisoned drug, and turns the mortally wounded White Rayla into a freakish mutant and sics her on Geralt]].

** [[SinisterMinister The Reverend]], the spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts. Seemingly a fair, if slightly rude priest, he is actually a KnightTemplar psychopath who [[spoiler:had his own ''pregnant'' daughter thrown out of the village because she refused to follow the psycho-cult religion he did, forcing her to become a prostitute just to get by]], and then, for no reason aside from petty spite and prejudice, [[spoiler:tricks his own people into believing that the innocent, kindly mage Abigail is responsible for the recent rise in monster attacks, forming them into a howling lynch mob. And if Geralt (rightfully) prevents the lynching, even after ''saving the village from the monsters'', the Reverend will try to have him killed, again purely out of petty spite. Oh, and he doesn't fight Geralt himself at first. He first sends dozens of innocent villagers that he manipulated to attack. Yes, that's right, he's willing to sacrifice the lives of ''his own village'' just because Geralt didn't let him murder an innocent woman.]]
** ''TheWitcher 2'' continues the trend of corrupt village hicks being complete monsters with Bernard Loredo, who can be best described as a greedy and selfish bastard with zero sense of empathy. This guy imprisoned, beat, and raped an elven woman, who was so broken by these tortures that she killed herself as soon as she gave birth. It also turns out that he was willing to sell Flotsam, the town he was dictating over, to the kingdom of Kaedwen, an act which would render him a traitor to the country. The in-game journal even describes him as "the greatest monster in the area."
** Dmitri, a minor villain from the DLC Troll Trouble, also counts. He and his thugs dig out corpses from local graveyards and put Scoia'tael clothes on them so they can falsely claim that they killed Scoia'tael and get paid. He is also responsible for murdering the Troll of Vergen's wife. The in-game journal even states that comparing him to a hyena would be an insult to the poor animal.
** King Henselt. This guy is probably the most ruthless and selfish bastard in the whole game. He tries to gain 'respect' among his people by using cruel oppression, most of the time executing non-humans. Not to talk about his brutal attempt to conquer Aedirn where you also see him literally crushing a peaceful priest, who wanted to stop him from massacring a Peace Delegation and raping Saskia, by the head on a stone wall.

* One of the main themes of ''TheWitcher'' series is that [[HumansAreBastards humans can be the biggest monsters]], and in the game, this is true. Geralt's human, elven, and dwarven enemies are far more evil that the mindless monsters that he is contracted to kill as his profession as a Witcher. At times, Geralt struggles with the idea of killing humans, but has no qualms killing those who become worse than monsters. Many characters in this game clearly fall under this trope despite their sometimes good intentioned ends. The worst is Salamandra, the main antagonists of the game who use rape, murder, torture, and treason to further their agenda. They even kidnap children to experiment on them, mutating them and sometimes even just discarding them if they die during experiments (such as Raymond's son). The Order of the Flaming Rose systematically discriminates and persecutes elves and dwarves, even killing innocent women and children. In the end, [[spoiler: they massacre nonhumans to provoke them into a bloody revolt in order for the Grandmaster to take power among the chaos]]. The Scoia'tel nonhuman resistance however have no problem killing and terrorizing innocent human civilians, in one instance, leaving innocent humans to be eaten by the ghouls in a crypt. Its more notable who aren't {{Complete Monster}}s in those factions, for example Siegfried of the Order and Toruviel of the Scoia'tel.

** [[TheDragon Azar Javed]], the leader of Salamandra, not only leads the despicable organization, [[spoiler: murderers Raymond and takes his place in order to get to Geralt, tricks Shani into giving the prisoner a poisoned drug, and turns the mortally wounded White Rayla into a freakish mutant and sics her on Geralt]]

** White Rayla, a potential allied example if you side with the Order for Act V. Finds pleasure in killing elves, [[spoiler: even to stage a contest to see if she or Geralt can kill more elves.]]. Her worst action (unless you side with the Scoia'tel in Act V), is [[spoiler: after she captures the elven commander Toruviel, orders her men to torture and rape her repeatedly before she is executed. A female commander using rape as a weapon is even more despicable. It makes it harder to feel bad when she is shot by an arrow in the chest by Scoia'tel leader Yaevinn and then turned into a mutant by Azar Javed.]]

** ''TheWitcher 2'' continues the trend of corrupt village hick being a complete monster with Bernard Loredo, who can be best described as a greedy and selfish bastard with zero sense of empathy. This guy imprisoned, beat, and raped an elven woman, who was so broken by these tortures that she killed herself as soon as she gave birth. It also turns out that he was willing to sell Flotsam, the town he was dictating over, to the kingdom of Kaedwen, an act which would render him a traitor to the country. The in-game journal even describes him as "the greatest monster in the area."
** Dmitri, a minor villain from the DLC Troll Trouble, also counts. He and his thugs dig out corpses from local graveyards and put Scoia'tael clothes on them so they can falsely claim that they killed Scoia'tael and get paid. He is also responsible for murdering the Troll of Vergen's wife. The in-game journal even states that comparing him to an hyena would be an insult to the poor animal.
** King Henselt. This guy is probably the most ruthless and selfish bastard in the whole game. He tries to gain 'respect' among his people by using cruel oppression, most of the time executing non-humans. Not to talk about his brutal attempt to conquer Aedirn where you also see him literally crushing a peaceful priest's head on a stone wall, who wanted to stop him from massacring a Peace Delegation and raping Saskia.

** Dmitri, a minor villain from the DLC Troll Trouble, also counts. He and his thugs dig out corpses from local graveyards and put Scoia'tael clothes on them so they can falsely claim that they killed Scoia'tael and get paid. He is also responsible for murdering the Troll of Vergen's wife. The in-game journal even states that comparing him to an hyena would be an insult to the poor animal.

'''Note: Due to the controversial nature of this trope, any changes (additions, removals, edits) should be discussed [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=6vic3f9h1cy5qivsenw8llok here]].'''

** ''TheWitcher 2'' continues the trend of corrupt village hick being a complete monster with Bernard Loredo, who can be best described as a greedy and selfish bastard with zero sense of empathy. This guy imprisoned, beat, and raped an elven woman, who was so broken by these tortures that she killed herself as soon as she gave birth. It also turns out that he was willing to sell Flotsam, the town he was dictating over, to the kingdom of Kaedwen, an act which would render him a traitor to the country.

** The Reverend, the spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts. Seemingly a fair, if slightly rude priest, he is actually a KnightTemplar psychopath who [[spoiler:had his own ''pregnant'' daughter thrown out of the village because she refused to follow the psycho-cult religion he did, forcing her to become a prostitute just to get by]], and then, for no reason aside from petty spite and prejudice, [[spoiler:tricks his own people into believing that the innocent, kindly mage Abigail is responsible for the recent rise in monster attacks, forming them into a howling lynch mob. And if Geralt (rightfully) prevents the lynching, even after ''saving the village from the monsters'', the Reverend will try to have him killed, again purely out of petty spite. Oh, and he doesn't fight Geralt himself at first. He first sends dozens of innocent villagers that he manipulated to attack. Yes, that's right, he's willing to sacrifice the lives of ''his own village'' just because Geralt didn't let him murder an innocent woman.]]

** TheWitcher 2 continues the trend of corrupt village hick being a complete monster with Bernard Loredo, who can be best described as a greedy and selfish bastard with zero sense of empathy. This guy imprisoned, beat, and raped an elven woman, who was so broken by these tortures that she killed herself as soon as she gave birth. It also turns out that he was willing to sell Flotsam, the town he was dictating over, to the kingdom of Kaedwen, an act which would render him a traitor to the country.

** The Reverend, the spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts. Seemingly a fair, if slightly rude priest, he is actually a KnightTemplar psychopath who [[spoiler:had his own ''pregnant'' daughter thrown out of the village because she refused to follow the psycho-cult religion he did, forcing her to become a prostitute just to get by]], and then, for no reason aside from petty spite and prejudice, [[spoiler:tricks his own people into believing that the innocent, kindly mage Abigail is responsible for the recent rise in monster attacks, forming them into a howling lynch mob. And if Geralt (rightfully) prevents the lynching, even after ''saving the village from the monsters'', the Reverend will try to have him killed, again purely out of petty spite. Oh, and he doesn't fight Geralt himself at first. He first sends dozens of innocent villagers that he manipulated to attack. Yes, that's right, he's willing to sacrifice the lives of ''his own village'' just because Geralt didn't let him murder an innocent woman.]]

** Azar Javed, the leader of Salamandra, not only leads the despicable organization, [[spoiler: murderers Raymond and takes his place in order to get to Geralt, tricks Shani into giving the prisoner a poisoned drug, and turns the mortally wounded White Rayla into a freakish mutant and sics her on Geralt]]
** The Professor, an underling for Azar Javed, wanted in several kingdoms for 17 murderers, gleefully kills Leo, a Witcher in training, in the beginning. He later [[spoiler: meets a KarmicDeath in the hands of a kikimore queen]].