Talk:Orianna/@comment-70.60.27.154-20190915164457

I don't see a problem with letting her be a true higher vampire. This way, she would know the Unseen Elder unlike any lesser vampire would. In addition, we know for a fact that higher vampires can be defeated but not permanently killed by the might of either Geralt (in Detlaff's case) or a bunch of angry villagers (in Regis's case). So Geralt defeating Orianna in the trailer isn't such a bad thing that contradicts the established in-game lore.

I also propose that Geralt probably drank Superior Black Blood, which is so potent that it turned Orianna into that skeletal corpse-like state at the end of the trailer. Again, she could very well still be alive in the sense that she can regenerate from this, but it'd take a very long time, just like Regis explained. If anything, Regis could always return later to her "remains" and kill her off for good if Geralt told him the truth about her exploiting the orphans.