All posts by JHB852

What about this: Cerys and Ciri. Looking at the two of them together, regardless of the fact that they give me serious power couple vibes, they’d make excellent co-rulers.

The questions about its influence and being part of the Big 4 is summed up easily: Kaedwen is huge (size-wise it’s second only to Nilfgaard), and it’s population is massive. Kaedwen obviously has an economy healthy enough to sustain itself, but it’s not necessarily an economic powerhouse in the North. The strongest economies seem to be Temeria, Redania, Aedirn, and Novigrad in no particular order.

Really a tough one between Toussaint, Kaer Morhen, and Skellige. I absolutely love all three of them and could easily see myself living in any of the three.

While the Unseen Elder is likely the most powerful vampire on the Continent, Gaunter O’Dimm isn’t a creature. He’s an entity. He’s either the closest thing to a “devil” that exists in the Witcher world, or (knowing how things work in that world) he’s the closest thing to a god. Either way, the games make it rather clear that he’s damn near omnipotent.

I got the food the first playthrough. After that, I rescued Olgierd every time for Iris and the Viper Venomous silver sword.

Just the Kingdom itself, ignoring their relations with other entities (non-humans, other kingdoms, etc), my favorite is a tie between Temeria and Redania. After playing the three games, I have a lot of loyalty towards Temeria, as much as one would have for a fictional entity. I love it’s beauty (aside from Velen), it’s history, and it’s military. The parts of Redania that we see in the games is also very pretty, and has a nice homely feeling. The only things I don’t like about either are their attitude towards non-humans and mages, Radovid, and the general hatefulness of Redanian soldiers. Oh, and Velen.

Avallac’h would be an obvious choice, being an Aen Saevherne. But as Ida said “my power comes from possessing knowledge, not sharing it”. I feel like Yennefer would teach me everything she knew without barriers like rules. She’d likely explain to me why certain magic is banned, yet teach it to me anyway, and let me make my own decision on whether I’d use it.

Objectively, I’d say only Roche has the know-how to lead an empire. Though with assistance from others he could change his views to be more accepting of nonhumans. He also seems like a fair person who would work to make the North a great place for all of its inhabitants

Oops. I fat fingered my phone, I meant to select Bear School. Definitely my favorite school

I think it would be a close match, but ultimately the vampires would win. The Wild Hunt doesn’t really have much in their repertoire to combat vampires. They also are used to fighting small pockets of resistance and raiding villages, tactics which are a far cry from fighting monsters such as vampires. Vampires are fast, strong, and agile. More than a match for an Aen Elle elf turtled up in heavy armor. Their magic would definitely help, but it’s doubtful that they have enough navigators to fight off such a large and strong opponent.

If I were actually a Witcher I would definitely be an Ursine witcher. Now to wear around IRL, I’d go with Manticore.

Yes and no. It’s either implied or outright stated that the events surrounding the death of Eredin was a “second conjunction” or otherwise a “mini conjunction” which caused a small boom in the monster population. So there would be a small need for witchers again.

Now as to actually creating witchers. We know the School of the Wolf lost the ability to create new witchers when Kaer Morhen was sacked. However, with all the evidence being fairly Wolf School centric, there’s nothing more than strong implications to suggest that the other schools cannot either, but there’s no true confirmation. It’s been mentioned in content (and I believe the article on this site for Hearn Caduch) that after the events of the Witcher 3’s base game, the surviving Ursine witchers returned to their fortress, which to me implies that they were reviving the school and thus knew how to create more witchers.

Not that I’m aware of. The trailer is kind of odd anyway since it depicts her as an over-evolved bruxa while Regis pretty much says she’s a higher vampire (though Geralt cuts him off before he actually says “higher vampire”). She’s far more evolved than any other bruxa we see, so it doesn’t make sense for her not to be a true higher vampire and the game creators just used a bruxa to either leave what a higher vampire looks like as a surprise in the game, or else they didn’t want create a unique model. Kind of like the Coroner in the Carnal Sins quest. He is a higher vampire, but predates them creating B&W.

If you do not do either one of the assassination plot quests, then his story basically ends with helping you at Kaer Morhen, so long as you complete the Eye For An Eye quest and ask him to help you defend Kaer Morhen. I think it’s otherwise just implied that him, Thaler, Ves, and Dijkstra fail their second assassination attempt and either die in the attempt or are executed by Radovid if you do the first but not the second assassination quest. I believe the only verification on Roche living or dying is who you side with in the second assassination plot quest.

Ive created my own Witcher character (of me as a Witcher) and I’ve named him “Josiah an Tuirseach of Urialla”. So “of Skellige” is close enough

Personally, Iris, and not just because of her looks. She’s the tragic victim in all of this. Her sadness and betrayal is what causes me to be pretty attached to her as far as video game characters are concerned. She’s one of the few minor characters in W3 that I always make sure I do what’s right for, and I usually play the entire expansion with thinking of her best interests.

Agreed, the move is uncharacteristically stupid for Dijkstra. It seemed like a half-cocked move, where as Sigi moves deliberately. Also, him leading Redania in open warfare is kind of uncharacteristic of him. It’s more like him to allow Nilfgaard to take the North and think they’ve achieved total victory only to cripple Nilfgaard from the shadows, covertly incite strategic uprisals that’ll over-stretch Nilfgaard’s resources, and then take them down from the inside. All while ensuring the post-war power vacuum in Redania is ripe for him to exert his influence in whatever way he sees fit.

School of the Bear with School of the Griffin as a (very) close second. I put the Bear school at the top simply because I like their armor better than Griffin armor. But I also love how they’re like their namesake: asocial loners. I’m fairly asocial and prefer to avoid others. I do like how they’re kindred spirits with Skelligers, as that’s my favorite place in the Witcher world. I do like their fighting style, and their use of a crossbow combined with their aggressive style puts me more in the mind that they prefer to go after large flying monsters.

The Griffin school being a close second because of how highly they value the use of magic/signs and education. I firmly believe that a person’s brain is their greatest asset, and the Griffins seem to as well. I also like the fact that the Griffins are noble, chivalrous, and take the moral high ground. Their value in knowledge and education makes me feel like they can also adapt to situations better than most other schools. Plus, Kaer Seren is a beautiful place from the article here on it. I like their armor, but I like Ursine armor better and that’s literally the only thing that puts the Bear School over the Griffin School to me.

@Wagwan piffting23 I am totally with you on that!