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I admit I lost my temper, lost it bad. |  | |
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Gaetan was a witcher from the School of the Cat who, in the year 1272, ended up in Velen.
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Biography[]
As a child, Gaetan had a younger sister, and even after being taken to the School of the Cat and becoming a witcher, he still remembered her fondly.
While on the path, Gaetan received a letter from fellow witcher Joël. It stated that the School of the Cat had been overrun by soldiers, leaving at least two witchers dead and the fate of another uncertain. Joël advised Gaetan to avoid cities or main roads, as bounties had been placed on both their heads. Nevertheless, Gaetan ventured into Novigrad to purchase something from Marcus T.K. Hodgson, giving him a conserved shaelmaar trophy as collateral.
One day, Gaetan accepted a contract to eliminate a leshen that was terrorizing the village of Honorton in Velen. After successfully killing the creature, the village's ealdorman refused to pay the agreed-upon sum, offering Gaetan only 12 crowns—a paltry amount for such a dangerous task. Gaetan protested, and the ealdorman, along with a few other villagers, claimed they had hidden the rest of the payment in the barn, leading him there to retrieve it.
However, this was a trap. The group attempted to murder Gaetan, and he narrowly avoided being fatally impaled by a pitchfork at the last moment. Wounded and enraged by the betrayal, Gaetan went on a rampage, killing every villager in sight, whether they were involved in the plot or not. He only spared a little girl, Millie, as she reminded him of his sister, making her the sole survivor of the massacre.
If Geralt investigates: Geralt eventually found Gaetan not far from the village, still recovering from his injuries. After hearing Gaetan's account of the events, Geralt implied that this might not have been the first time something like this had happened. Gaetan, however, refused to confess to anything else.
- If Geralt chooses to spare him: Geralt reflected on his own experience, often being referred to as the Butcher of Blaviken, and noted that sometimes "heads just roll." Given that the ealdorman did try to kill Gaetan, Geralt couldn't fully blame him for acting in self-defense. Gaetan, grateful, thanked Geralt and provided him with the location of his hideout, where he had some valuable items stored as a reward.
- If Geralt chooses to kill him: Deciding that Gaetan's regrets were insufficient for the atrocity he committed, Geralt fought and killed him on the spot, ending the cat witcher's life.
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Notes[]
- If you approach Gaetan while wearing the Cat School Witcher Gear, he will comment on it before you engage him in conversation. Saying "Well well, what have we here? Feline armor, wolf's head medallion - a crossbreed?".
- In Gaetan's hideout, he has a wall of trophies he collected which Geralt wonders why he still has, and believes he may have been cheated of his reward in the past and kept them as mementos.
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