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	When talking to youngsters entering the service, Aplegatt usually told them that in order to make their living as mounted messengers two things would be necessary: a head of gold and an arse of iron.
- Time of Contempt

Aplegatt was a 36 year old royal messenger from Aedirn and a friend of Hansom, another messenger. The two used to share the messages which they were carrying, with the goal of learning more about the situation of the Continent.

Biography

As mages became more prominent in royal courts, Aplegatt feared his job was coming to an end as messages were now delivered between mages using their megascopes, making it far easier for monarchs to converse with one another. However, in 1267 the Northern Kingdom's rulers began to distrust their mages and began employing their royal messengers once more to keep the mages from learning of their plans. Thus, Aplegatt was tasked to deliver a message from King Foltest to King Demavend III about the imminent mages assembly on Thanedd Island.

During this task, when he stopped at an inn to rest, he met Yennefer and Ciri as they prepared to head out the same time as him. Ciri, still half asleep, bumped into Aplegatt as she readied her horse and had one of her visions, stating Aplegatt's death would come silently with gray feathers and the sand was hot as the sun. However, when the messenger tried to ask her what she was talking about Ciri snapped out of her trance, not remembering a thing she said. Shaking it off as just ramblings of a half asleep child, Aplegatt left to continue his journey.

He then met Geralt two times during his trip, the first time in a wood path near the town of Dorian, where the witcher, by order of the army, killed a manticore who was becoming a danger for all the wayfarers; the second time, in an inn in Anchor, where the witcher slaughtered the Professor, Heimo Kantor, and Little Yaxa. After this macabre performance, the messenger mounted again on his horse en route to Tretogor, the capital of the Redania, this time to deliver a message to King Vizimir II from Demavend.

Once he arrived to the gate of the city, Sigismund Dijkstra, leader of the Redanian Secret Service, received his message and gave him a new one to deliver again to Demavend. Aplegatt, extremely tired because of five days of non-stop riding, asked if he could sleep a full night, but Dijkstra refused, saying he could have a few hours to dawn to sleep, but then must be off.

As Aplegatt once more rode off, he traveled through the woods of the Pontar Valley where a group of Scoia'tael composed of Cairbre, Toruviel, and Yaevinn were. Wanting to kill any human that strayed through the area, Yaevinn aimed for Aplegatt while Toruviel argued it wasn't worth killing a lone human. Despite this, Yaevinn, with his gray feathered arrow, still shot at the messenger, piercing him right through the back. Aplegatt fell off his horse, noting how hot the sand was, before he died.

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-{{Infobox Character|Race = [[Human]]|gender = Male|nationality = {{Aedirnian}}|profession = Royal Messenger|partner = Unnamed wife|childrens = 3 unnamed daughters|status = Deceased (Shot by [[Yaevinn]])|appearsin = ''[[Time of Contempt]]''}}{{Quote|text = When talking to youngsters entering the service, Aplegatt usually told them that in order to make their living as mounted messengers two things would be necessary: a head of gold and an arse of iron.|citation = [[Time of Contempt]]}}
+{{Infobox Character|Race = [[Human]]|gender = Male|nationality = {{Aedirnian}}|profession = Royal Messenger|partner = Unnamed wife|childrens = 3 unnamed daughters|status = Deceased (killed by [[Yaevinn]])|appearsin = ''[[Time of Contempt]]''}}{{Quote|text = When talking to youngsters entering the service, Aplegatt usually told them that in order to make their living as mounted messengers two things would be necessary: a head of gold and an arse of iron.|citation = [[Time of Contempt]]}}
-'''Aplegatt''' was a 36 year old royal messenger from [[Aedirn]] and a friend of [[Hansom]], another messenger. The two used to share the messages which they were carrying, with the goal of learn more about the situation of the [[Continent]].
+'''Aplegatt''' was a 36 year old royal messenger from [[Aedirn]] and a friend of [[Hansom]], another messenger. The two used to share the messages which they were carrying, with the goal of learning more about the situation of the [[Continent]].
+== Biography ==
-[[Geralt]] first met him when he had the task to deliver the message of [[King Foltest]] to [[Demavend III|King Demavend III]] about the imminent [[mages]] assembly on [[Thanedd Island]].
+As [[Mage|mages]] became more prominent in royal courts, Aplegatt feared his job was coming to an end as messages were now delivered between mages using their [[Megascope|megascopes]], making it far easier for monarchs to converse with one another. However, in [[Timeline#1267|1267]] the [[Northern Kingdom]]'s rulers began to distrust their mages and began employing their royal messengers once more to keep the mages from learning of their plans. Thus, Aplegatt was tasked to deliver a message from [[King]] [[Foltest]] to King [[Demavend III]] about the imminent mages assembly on [[Thanedd Island]].
-During this task, when he stopped to an inn to rest, he met [[Yennefer]] and [[Ciri]] (considered dead during the [[Slaughter of Cintra]] by everyone). Here Ciri had a conversation with Aplegatt about something that she dreamed last night. According to her, Aplegatt was in danger and his death was imminent. The messenger however, didn't think so much to the words of the girl and continued on his way. {{Quote|text = "Danger..." the girl said suddenly, in a strange, altered voice. "Danger comes silently. You will not hear it when it swoops down on grey feathers. I had a dream. The sand ... The sand was hot from the sun."|citation = Ciri's dream}}
+During this task, when he stopped at an inn to rest, he met [[Yennefer]] and [[Ciri]] as they prepared to head out the same time as him. Ciri, still half asleep, bumped into Aplegatt as she readied her [[horse]] and had one of her visions, stating Aplegatt's death would come silently with gray feathers and the sand was hot as the sun. However, when the messenger tried to ask her what she was talking about Ciri snapped out of her trance, not remembering a thing she said. Shaking it off as just ramblings of a half asleep child, Aplegatt left to continue his journey.
-He then met also Geralt two times during his trip, the first time in a wood path near the town of [[Dorian]], where the [[witcher]], by order of the army, killed a [[manticore]] who was becoming a danger for all the wayfarers; the second time, in an inn in [[Anchor]], where the witcher slaughtered the [[Ralf Blunden|Professor]], [[Heimo Kantor]] and [[Little Yaxa]]. After this macabre performance, the messenger mounted again on his horse en route to [[Tretogor]], the capital of the Kingdom of [[Redania]], this time to deliver a message to [[Vizimir II the Just|King Vizimir II the Just]] from King Demavend.
+He then met Geralt two times during his trip, the first time in a wood path near the town of [[Dorian]], where the [[witcher]], by order of the army, killed a [[manticore]] who was becoming a danger for all the wayfarers; the second time, in an inn in [[Anchor]], where the witcher slaughtered the [[Ralf Blunden|Professor]], [[Heimo Kantor]], and [[Little Yaxa]]. After this macabre performance, the messenger mounted again on his horse en route to [[Tretogor]], the capital of the [[Redania]], this time to deliver a message to King [[Vizimir II]] from Demavend.
-Once arrived to the gate of the city, [[Sigismund Dijkstra]], leader of the [[Redanian Secret Service]], received his message and gave him a new one to deliver again to King Demavend. Aplegatt, thus extremely tired because or five days of ride, set immediately off.
+Once he arrived to the gate of the city, [[Sigismund Dijkstra]], leader of the [[Redanian Secret Service]], received his message and gave him a new one to deliver again to Demavend. Aplegatt, extremely tired because of five days of non-stop riding, asked if he could sleep a full night, but Dijkstra refused, saying he could have a few hours to dawn to sleep, but then must be off.
-Sadly, when he was going across the woods of the [[Pontar Valley]], he was sighted by a [[Scoia'tael]] commando composed by [[Cairbre aep Diared|Cairbre]], [[Toruviel]] and [[Yaevinn]] and killed by the latter with a grey feathered arrow to the back, making him falling from his horse on the hot sand, as [[Ciri]] predicted in her dream.
+As Aplegatt once more rode off, he traveled through the woods of the [[Pontar Valley]] where a group of [[Scoia'tael]] composed of [[Cairbre aep Diared|Cairbre]], [[Toruviel]], and [[Yaevinn]] were. Wanting to kill any human that strayed through the area, Yaevinn aimed for Aplegatt while Toruviel argued it wasn't worth killing a lone human. Despite this, Yaevinn, with his gray feathered arrow, still shot at the messenger, piercing him right through the back. Aplegatt fell off his horse, noting how hot the sand was, before he died.
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