#i also -_- when regis is like 'i know some druids' because i know he's wrong and i know he's stupid

[hanzajesthanza]

why baptism of fire is my favorite book out of the saga:

the overall setting in a warzone is well-written and thoughtful, and though tragic and horrific, its very 'realistic' and haunting. the fear, the eventual indifference... how the war-torn landscape influences the characters and their actions and narratives is compelling.

the pacing is great, chapters flow into one another so well it took me actual years to decidedly separate them by chapter in my head. it’s also not too long of a book and it feels like cozy, easy reading. the journey of the characters is not boring or full of “filler”, because plot-relevant stuff keeps occuring.

the theme of a “baptism of fire” is reiterated throughout the novel, but you as the reader are not hit over the head with it extensively or annoyingly (coughs... like in... time of contempt)...

ciri is spiralling downwards (no spiral pun intended) as her trauma builds, but she hasn’t yet faced the powerless gore-strewn tragedies which are ttos and lotl, since bonhart isnt here yet she can be as evil as she wants and its interesting to see her character get caught in the frenzy. she is practically rebuilding her identity from scratch outside of the constraints of moral guidance, and “falka” is overtaking her.

yennefer finally receives solo scenes as an individual character in which we get her point of view and we learn how thoughtful and intelligent she is, she is thrown into a political frying pan fighting for her fucking life with the lodge of sorceresses and we finally get some answers to ciri’s background. 

geralt’s character is at his lowest since the beginning of the series, and he has a choice to make in terms of how he wants to react to losing everything and who he wants to become during this painful climb back up. his utter devastation at losing his child and his lover are ‘realistically’ written and he says and does unlikable, prickly things - yet he never becomes a bad person and his ethics (and motivation to act in the face of injustice) actually grow stronger during this period. we as the readers can hate him and think he’s a dumbass and laugh at him as he tries to shun company.

best dandelion characterization in the series as he helps geralt the most and is the least misogynist in this novel. his stubbornness to not leave geralt’s side is actually admirable and ethical, and we get to see his and geralt’s friendship evolve in this new situation, and dandelion repositions himself in terms of what the role of a best friend is

milva barring

emiel regis

i already put milva, but the conversation scene between her and geralt with "i cannot help you..." "you just did. now go, please. go away, witcher before you destroy my entire world"

i already put regis, but his value as a comic relief character is astounding

cahir is finally introduced as a side protagonist, and is actually just some guy. he proves himself brilliantly at the end of the book. and there is no introduction or even *thought* of cahiri

fish soup scene. everyone collectively makes fun of geralt and we as a reader are laughing it up alongside them.

zoltan, percival, and the rest of their company are introduced as silly comic relief side characters, but represent a jewel of optimism in the side of the death-strewn landscape and keep being these beacons of humanitarianism and “good” in an evil world. considering that they are side characters and disappear for most of the novel, this says something about how goodness is rare, but not impossible to find, it does exist...

it’s short but thank god for that, the scene of djikstra and his spies finding vilgefortz’s lab is horror-filled and shocking, but sets vilgefortz up well as an absolutely wretched villain

the ending battle scene is action-packed and full of drama, but it has deeper messages than what is said on the surface, it has meaning and intention behind the character decisions. huge anti-war and anti-imperialism sentiments

it’s admittedly the first book of the witcher saga that i read, so i’m incredibly biased :B

[gayregis]

Hey! I love your opinions on the books :) I’m having trouble grasping some of the characterization of the book characters, so maybe you’d understand better xD. What would you say the main characters’ flaws are?

omg i love this... ok for context these “flaws” do not necessarily equate to “qualities that are bad to have, make them bad people, and need to be fixed” but rather “qualities that are their character flaws in the narrative and contribute to the story”:

main characters, like the main 4 characters:

geralt: geralt is defined by insecurity, self-doubt, and self-loathing which stems from him being abandoned by his biological mother when he was a child and becoming a witcher, which is a reviled profession and caste and makes others shun him and dislike his company. he is also affected by being a witcher because he is morally opposed to killing, but his job is to kill, so he carries a lot of inner guilt and more self-loathing from this. this cocktail of nsecurity manifests mostly in him leaving people who care about him a lot and need his presence, and also in him shunning the company of others who want and need to be with him (leaving and shunning are different in my opinion... in leaving, he’s already been with them for some time, in shunning, they are trying to join him). examples of this are things like leaving yennefer in a shard of ice, leaving ciri in the sword of destiny, and not wanting to accept dandelion, milva, regis, and cahir’s company in baptism of fire. he basically thinks that he can only bring misfortune and death to others, so by being around them, he puts them in danger... he’s self-isolating...

yennefer: yennefer is also defined by insecurity, but to her, she herself isn’t the source of peril - others are. because she suffered such horrible child abuse and really had no one to sincerely trust and form extremely close relationships with as she aged (sorcerers and sorceresses are infamous for their cattiness ... as we see with someone like sabrina, i feel like her life on thanedd island was more like a bad high school experience rather than a good one. thus, yennefer is hesitant to truly let people into her life, because she doesn’t want to be hurt. she has “a heart of ice” - of course, not really - it can be “melted,” so to speak, but she’s “frozen” it to protect herself. she as a sorceress also experiences some antagonization (and she can’t even often find comradery in her colleagues unlike geralt who can go back to his brothers at kaer morhen), so she’s kind of stuck. i would say both geralt and yennefer also suffer from a little immaturity, especially regarding their relationship, because they’ve just simply never really had a relationship like theirs before and so it’s difficult to understand how to make it work past the honeymoon stage.

dandelion: dandelion’s flaws are that he has no flaws ... or so that he’d like to think. it’s important to separate character flaws from generally looked down upon qualities when it comes to dandelion. he’s filled with qualities that are less than desirable in a person, but are comical to the reader: he’s a glutton, he’s lecherous, he’s arrogant, he’s liable to spend all of his money on beers and new clothes than paying rent (if he had... a place he rented). as geralt says in a little sacrifice, he’s a whoreson, a cynic, a lecher, and a liar. a more neutral way to summarize dandelion is that he seeks to maximize pleasure and minimize pain, he’s a hedonist. which isn’t of course necessarily a bad thing. earthly pleasures, those of food, alcohol, sex, dancing, entertainment, music, art, literature... it’s extremely human. and to avoid violence, killing, and death is only smart when you’re not skilled in those aspects. so, his love of pleasure is not really a flaw... more of just a neutral trait. his arrogance and raptness to make fun is one main character flaw, in the sense that he’s liable to go too far when he makes jokes. he gets into trouble mainly by teasing people so much until they get aggressive and want to strangle the life out of him. he gets torque to attack him and geralt in the edge of the world for precisely this reason, and he gets the foresters in four pines before a little sacrifice to attack him and geralt for this reason, too. this is classed as arrogance because he’s so self-absorbed that he doesn’t recognize the other person fantasizing about cutting his head off. he’s impulsive as well, which gets him into trouble with things like opening the amphora of the djinn. his other character flaw is flightiness, noncommitaliality, the inability to stay grounded or loyal. he develops over the course of the series in regards to this, as every main character does in regard to their character flaws. but the other way he gets into trouble is by cheating on his partners, cucking the partners of his partners, not upholding promises (not paying bills) ... he really just does what he wants and what he wants seems to change every day (asides from singing and writing poetry). this flaw gets him into trouble with mainly the women he cheats on or the men angered by him cucking them... as with vespula in eternal flame, and the duke and duchess of toussaint...

ciri: ciri has a few character flaws which develop with her over time. the first character flaw for ciri is arrogance. she immediately demonstrates this to geralt in the sword of destiny when she states that she is a princess and that she’ll have him beheaded... she believes that she deserves the very best and that no one could take her down, and this comes into play later when she joins the rats and bonhart starts on their trail. in her time with the rats, she actually does allude to her rank as a princess when she demands a jeweled brooch off of a girl, saying that they, as the wife and daughter of a baron, have no right to deny her what she wants. the second character flaw is vengeance, which i suppose is related to her arrogance. she becomes obsessed with getting vengeance for being abandoned by not only her parents, but her morals and virtues which she had ascribed so much to. when those leave her, she seeks illogical vengeance by cutting down innocents. then, she wants vengeance for mistle and the rats, as well as the way she was treated. this vengeance isn’t wrong, but it begins to consume her. by the end of the series, she learns how to control her thirst for vengeance and she gets her retribution.

hansa members because i like analyzing them too:

milva: milva suffers from insecurities related to her circumstance - from being a peasant woman. this mainly shows itself during her talk with geralt in baptism of fire, when she is torn up about being pregnant and tells geralt that even though he had thought different, it turns out that she’s no good for anything, “a typical bloody woman.” she has a lot of issues compiled from how she was raised and treated in her society which present themselves in insecurity, which she desperately tries to make up for through showing off her great skill. she feels like she has to compensate for being a woman and for not being educated, that she has to earn her place amongst the company or others, when it’s simply not the case sometimes in which she is loved just for being herself. milva is also quick to anger and impulsive, but these are not really flaws for her, they’re more neutral in relation to her character, they don’t really hurt her or others at all throughout the books...

regis: arrogance. i know i already said arrogance for dandelion and for ciri, but regis also has arrogance, and all of their types arrogance express themselves differently. dandelion suffers from arrogance in the way that he lacks self-awareness, that others might not love him as much as he thinks they do. ciri suffers from arrogance in that she feels the universe owes her. regis suffers from arrogance in that he thinks he’s always right. regis does demonstrate modesty and humility in the books, because of course he does, he’s been working on this same character flaw for 4 centuries, so i hope he’s improved on it somewhat. but he is still affected by the same character flaw which got him killed a century ago, which is that he believes he’s right and no one can take him down. in baptism of fire, tower of the swallow, and lady of the lake, he gives geralt some pretty stupid advice on various occassions, but he’s completely assured as to his own accuracy, so that he never actually intends to lead him astray, but just doesn’t think maybe he could be wrong. he advises geralt to pass through ygsith, which, if they did so, would have been incredibly dangerous. he advises geralt to go speak to the druids, who don’t help them at all and actually hurt them instead. and he dismisses ciri’s horse tracks on the sansretour pass, thinking that they’re unremarkable. in all of these times, he was wrong, but he never entertained that idea. his arrogance also demonstrates itself during conversation as he tends to speak like “a sage instructing small children” and interrupt people before they finish asking their questions, with the answers to their questions as well as the answers to their next questions. he’s always-omniscient. which he really isn’t, because he can’t possibly be. but he adopts the manner of acting like it, and that’s a flaw because it’s dangerous. his arrogance also leads him to impulsitivity and violence, especially when combined with when he is drunk. during the assault on castle stygga, he says that he thinks he could lay waste to the entire castle. he dies due to his arrogance - he could have chosen any other way of strategy to kill vilgefortz, but he chose to immediately rush him after swiping his face with his claws in flight. he should have bewared, but he thought he could kill him immediately because he was so assured of his powers.

cahir: cahir is an idealist and loyal to the point of detriment. he believed in imperialist doctrine for a great portion of his life, or rather was persuaded into at least following what imperialist doctrine wished for him to become, to please his family and the expectations set for him. he believes that he was doing the right thing, that he would bring honor to his family, even when he was sent to do something like kidnap a little girl. even though he thought the order was strange, he wanted the honor for his family, because he is loyal to them, more than anything. his idealism and loyalty also affect him once he joins the company. the fact that geralt told him to fuck off but he followed the company from a distance anyways, for miles, demonstrates his loyalty and his propensity to follow. he was guided by his ideals of setting things right with ciri. and he was guided by these ideals, unable to recognize the dangers surrounding him, right into stygga and towards bonhart’s blade.

angouleme: angouleme is a teenager. enough said... she is impulsive, violent... she gets the least screentime of all of the hansa so her true colors didn’t really get to show themselves as she didn’t get a lot of deep character development, but from my own ideas about her, i feel that she suffers from low self esteem due to the circumstances of her birth and is prone to distractions in the form of detriments. she agrees with the practices of crime and banditry because she was never told that she could ever aspire to anything better. she’s careless, she is quick with her knife, tongue, and powder, because she struggles to focus on the situation that is her entire life. she doesn’t want to face the hand that life has dealt her, so she makes the best of it by surviving and having fun when she can. i feel like her low self esteem affects her in that she doesn’t believe others can truly want to love and protect her, so that she is always looking out for herself and doesn’t accept goodwill for its face value. 

[advena87]

For ask thingy if you do it: 48~

Thank you for your ask but let's break some rules here.

I'm in the mood today to answer all the questions and I'm going to do it, because who will stop me? Instead of sending asks, I will tag here people that I would like to also answer all questions. If you want, of course. I will be glad if you do this and tag me, so that I can read your answers.

I tag @1orweth @2jesterprince4 @the-fox-the-wytch96 @witcher-not-quitter @evilwitchershitpost @inkprintedfox @corrupted-nightshade @just-a-himbo-and-his-feral-bard @long-lost-idiot @all-my-queens @rozovvy @punchsomeoneforme-willyou

and anyone who sees it and would like to do it. Don't forget to tag me so I can read your answers! :)

So let's go!

Skellige isles or the continent?

Skellige, although I think the isles are a little overrated. But I love Skellige because of the views and the musical theme.

Velen or Toussaint?

Velen is depressing. Has many interesting quests but this location really depresses me so I choose Toussaint .

Novigrad or Beauclair?

Difficult choice. Novigrad is, however, more ... realistic. It's easier for me to believe that this city is real. Beauclair is too fairy-tale.

Sleeping at Corvo Bianco or meditating under a tree?

Meditation under a tree has its charms, but I love Corvo Bianco. But let's face it, I usually meditate wherever I stand because it saves time.

Inns or Brothels?

Inns. When it comes to brothels, I only go there to play gwent :D

Caves or Ruins?

Ruins. I don't like caves. It's dark there and I will always get lost somewhere. Ruins are at least pretty.

High or low difficulty?

Low, because I like to invade the middle of the mess and swing the sword blindly. I don’t plan fights and I don’t bother with preparations, so I would die on high difficulty every 5 minutes.

Going back to old save: yay or nay?

Nay.

Mods: yay or nay?

I would say yay, but I don't know shit about mods and I don't know how to install them so I'll say nay. But I would love to play with mods someday.

Mini-map or no mini-map?

Mini-map, Mini-map is good because my level of terrain orientation is zero. I’m a total noob.

Roach or Fast travel?

I love Roach with all my heart, but I travel fast.

Roads or Boats?

Roads.

Specters or Relics?

Relics are interesting, Specters are irritating.

Beasts or Hybrids?

Hybrids are interesting, Beasts are boring. 

Necrophages or Vampires?

Necrophages are disgusting, Vampires are cool.

Orgroids or Elementa?

Orgroids are stupid, Elementa are dignified.

Dracanoids or Cursed Ones?

Dracanoids are awesome, Cursed Ones are creepy.

The Caretaker or the Crones?

"If I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all." But Crones were disturbing, while when I saw Caretaker I just shit myself.

Botchlings or spotted Wights?

Spotted Wights.

Godlings or Trolls?

Godlings

Sirens or Harpies?

Sirens are badass.

Killing or sparing?

Sparing.

Dijkstra or Roche?

I really like Dijkstra and I even think he was right. But Roche is my Bro. It was one of the hardest choices for me, but I couldn't betray Roche. It is impossible. I can only betray Roche to Iorveth.

Vesemir or Crach an Craite?

It may be an unpopular opinion, but I'm not a fan of Vesemir, I don't really like him. So Crach an Craite, he is cool dude and good bro.

Eskel or Lambert?

Eskel is a sweetheart and I love him, but Lambert is my favorite witcher and one of my favorite characters in general.

Keira or Philippa?

I really loved Philippa in The Witcher 2, I think she was one of the best characters there, but in The Witcher 3 they ruined her. So Keira, Keira's a cool gal.

Cerys or Hjalmar?

Hjalmar is ok, but Cerys is awesome.

Syanna or Anarietta?

Syanna is more interesting. Don't get me wrong, I think she did wrong, but she is more complex than Anarietta.

Yen or Triss?

Yennefer is my queen. I used to dislike Triss very much. Now I don't think so bad about her anymore, but I always choose Yen without hesitation.

Ciri or Geralt?

Geralt. I'm not a Ciri fan.

Regis or Dettlaff?

Regis. Always Regis.

Olgierd von Everec or Gaunter O’Dimm?

Olgierd. I mean, he's a dick, but I pity him after all. And with Gaunter, you never know, he lives because others suffer.

Olgierd von Everec or Iris von Everec?

Iris. Duh.

Shani or Dandelion?

I don't really like book Dandelion or game Dandelion (but I'm truly, madly, deeply in love with Netflix Dandelion/Jaskier!), but I can't imagine any witcher story without him. We can do without Shani, but not without Dandelion.

Johnny or Sarah?

Johnny

Sorceresses or Witchers?

Witchers

Druids or the local holy man?

Druids

Food or Swallow?

Food is enough, I'm not a wimp, it's just a scratch.

Decoctions or Potions?

I have never drunk any decoction in my entire Witcher career. So Potions.

Hunting for diagrams or finding them per chance?

Depends on my mood. Usually it's per chance, but sometimes I will go to find them all at once and then spend all the coins on making them and try them on for an hour, unable to decide which one I look best at. You know, my witcher must be stylish.

Saving coin or spending coin?

Saving to spend.

Looting or buying?

Looting to sell --> Selling to save --> Saving to buy.

Upsetting the guards or following the rules?

I'd love to upset them if they weren't such pain in the ass when they are upset.

Igni or Axii?

Igni

Yrden or Aard?

Aard

Signs or blade oils?

Signs

Crossbow or fists?

Crossbow.  

Settling down or staying on the path?

Settling down is nice but I like to be on the path.

Gwent Cards or Swords?

Both. I’m a collecting bitch.

Beard or no beard?

What about the stubble?

“Puss Peepers” or “Mutant”?

Puss Peepers is cute but ridiculous. I will stay with Mutant.

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[punchsomeoneforme-willyou]

@advena87 seems to enjoy tagging me in things (thanks again), so you now get to learn my witcher 3 preferences (which I am currently replaying, so it's pretty fitting)

Skellige isles or the continent?

Skellige, because music and views and all the different animals that run around (goats!, ponies!)

Velen or Toussaint?

Toussaint - it's ridiculous and I somewhat love it. Velen is just depressing.

Novigrad or Beauclair?

I don't know, Beauclair is again ridiculous (and sooo pretty), but also very fairytale like. I do not like the witch burning I associate with Novigrad, tho I like the city in general. I don't know.

Sleeping at Corvo Bianco or meditating under a tree?

Meditation under a tree, because aesthetic.

Inns or Brothels?

No preference as long as I get to play gwent.

Caves or Ruins?

Ruins, they're pretty and let's face it irl I'd be much more likely to want to explore ruins than a dark cave.

High or low difficulty?

Low - I play via button smashing a fair bit. Also I play for story and smashing my opponents to bits, I'm not here for endless fights and dying all the time.

Going back to old save: yay or nay?

Nay

Mods: yay or nay?

Mostly nay, I do not have the patience to figure out which ones I want and not enough knowledge on how to fix things should they go wrong somehow.

Mini-map or no mini-map?

Yes, mini-map - how else am I supposed to get to places?

Roach or Fast travel?

Roach for first time in a place and general exploring, fast travel later when I just need to get to places.

Roads or Boats?

Roads, also I occasionally forget that boats exist and just make Geralt swim places.

Specters or Relics?

Relics are awesome - Leshens are my absolute favourite monster.

Beasts or Hybrids?

Hybrids.

Necrophages or Vampires?

Vampires, Necrophages are just ew.

Orgroids or Elementa?

Elementa

Dracanoids or Cursed Ones?

Dracanoids, because almost dragons!

The Caretaker or the Crones?

Urgh, I hated the Crones, but holy shit the care taker was so fucking creepy. Still I'd like to not ever meet either.

Botchlings or spotted Wights?

Spotted Wights.

Godlings or Trolls?

Trolls, I love the way they talk.

Sirens or Harpies?

Sirens are cooler, but I find harpies easier to kill. So sirens in general, harpies for a fight.

Killing or sparing?

Sparing.

Dijkstra or Roche?

Roche, I mean Djikstra is an awesome character and I love dealing with him in game, but I played 2nd game and am therefore attached to Roche (yes, fine I chose Iorveth first time round and would always do so again, because you know, Iorveth, but I played Roche's path later as well and the bond is there now). So yeah, I can absolutely not betray him in 3rd game, sorry Djikstra.

Vesemir or Crach an Craite?

Vesemir.

Eskel or Lambert?

Lambert, because he's a dick, but a lovable dick. Eskel is wonderful though, but yeah, Lambert is my choice.

Keira or Philippa?

Keira, I don't really like Philippa that much, not sure why.

Cerys or Hjalmar?

Cerys, definitely Cerys. Hjalmar doesn't think and it annoys the fuck out of me.

Syanna or Anarietta?

Syanna.

Yen or Triss?

In terms of just the games I have a slight preference for Yen, but I don't really mind much. After I read the books definitely Yen though.

Ciri or Geralt?

I don't know, I like them both.

Regis or Dettlaff?

Regis, of course.

Olgierd von Everec or Gaunter O’Dimm?

Olgierd, because you know, he's not a literal demon, also I love his hair.

Olgierd von Everec or Iris von Everec?

Iris.

Shani or Dandelion?

Book Dandelion, game Shani, I thought the games did him a disservice. Or we just go with Netflix Dandelion/Jaskier, because he is perfect and trumps both.

Johnny or Sarah?

Johnny

Sorceresses or Witchers?

Witchers, tho in the books I love the political manipulations of the sorceresses.

Druids or the local holy man?

Druids, obviously.

Food or Swallow?

Food.

Decoctions or Potions?

Potions, tho most of the time I don't use either.

Hunting for diagrams or finding them per chance?

Finding by chance, though I am really not that invested, apart from school armour sets I rarely craft and mostly just loot for equipment. My Geralt rarely looks his best (a fact which I bemoan on occasion but I'm not about to change my behaviour).

Saving coin or spending coin?

Saving.

Looting or buying?

Looting.

Upsetting the guards or following the rules?

Following the rules unfortunately, since dealing with upset guards is not generally a fight you win.

Igni or Axii?

Igni

Yrden or Aard?

Aard

Signs or blade oils?

I either use both or forget about both, there is no in between.

Crossbow or fists?

Fists, my crossbow aim is shit. Also I did boxing for a while irl (and will hopefully come back to it at some point), so fists, definitely.

Settling down or staying on the path?

On the path during the spring and summer, with a nice place to settle down in in winter.

Gwent Cards or Swords?

GWENT CARDS.

Beard or no beard?

Beard please.

What about the stubble?

YES.

“Puss Peepers” or “Mutant”?

Mutant.

[little---games]

Regis’ Parents

So apparently there was a discussion about Regis’ parents and why he became addicted to blood. Was it due to genetic transmission, because his father was an addict or because he had wrong friends?

Since I’ve wrote a fanfiction, where his parents made a great appearance, I have some headcanons to share with you. If you like to, you can look at this post, where I talked about Baby!Regis™  

I still got some asks and requests pilling up in my inbox and I haven’t forgotten about them but you know - I’m traveling a lot atm and don’t have the time to sit down and draw properly - so please bare with me :3

Cristoff Emiel Larece Terzieff was born as the fourth of seven sons of Ignaz Rohellec Setre Terzieff (see the vampire name tradition over here?) He was born two thousand years before the “Conjunction of Spheres”, so he is one of the few vampires, who came from their homeland. He was married to four women, who bestowed him seven children. After the cataclysm he missed them dearly, but like all vampire fathers (who shared his fate), he managed to live without them.

As it is usual for homeland male vampires, he is tall – about 2 meters (6″5 ft.) When he was younger, he was in good shape, but – you know, in all the years he spent with his wonderful great-cooking wife, he gained a lot of weight. The old vampire has bright red hair, once thick but he shed hair and some parts of it have already start to become grey. Regis got the onyx eyes from his father.

Cristoff always took a great interest in herbs and all sorts of plants. Unsurprisingly he became an alchemist after the conjunction. He built himself a little home in the South-East of Ard Skellig and often worked together with the druids – that’s why he never harmed a human for drinking blood. According to the humanist’s philosophy: vampires are guests in the human world and need to treat them and the elder races with respect. He has an extraordinary interest in human behaviour and their rituals and whenever he discovers something new, he writes it down in a small notebook, which he carries everywhere.

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Ennlin Mary Catherine Godefroy was born five hundred years before the cataclysm and didn’t have an own family before the catastrophe, she also doesn’t have any siblings.

She left her family at a young age, because her parents never really cared for her and treated her badly. She promised herself, that if she had children on her own, she would never act like her parents. The conjunction was an act of release for her, because she could start a new life. Like Cristoff she settled down on Ard Skellig.

Right after the conjunction she experimented a lot and went to the bad: as a bruxa she was more likely to drink blood due to her animalistic instinct and so she killed a lot. She was popular and had a lot of men. But after one of her lovers (a katakan) was killed brutally by a witcher, she quitted drinking.

The bruxa was strikingly beautiful with shiny flaxen hair and a lot of freckles. Compared to the male homeland vampires, the bruxae and alps are very small creatures – Ennlin is about 1.50 meters (4″11ft.). She always wanted to have children, but she couldn’t decide for a husband. That’s why she became a midwife. The work fulfilled her and made her more than happy.

One day, after a confinement, Ennlin wanted to buy alchemilla, shepherd’s purse and mugwort. She went to Cristoff’s shop and well – that was what you call love at first sight. They both went out for some rendezvous and decided to marry quickly. Ennlin moved into Cristoff’s little hut and they started to raise a family. The bruxa has a very un-vampiric nickname for her husband: Stoffel.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t so easy: Ennlin had lost four children in total and she became very careful as she was pregnant for the fifth time. That’s why she and Cristoff were delighted on the day, the bruxa delivered little Regis.

The boy became their light of life and after the miscarriages, the two vampires were extremely worried to lose their first born. That’s why they coddled Regis: the little vampire could do everything, he didn’t live under the rules of his parents, except for one: he wasn’t allowed to drink blood or harm a human.

Regis had some difficulties with learning to speak and to write. That’s why both vampires educated him from home and therefore Regis didn’t have a lot of friends. He became an incredible nerd and the other young vampires laughed at him. As he grew older, he became sick of his hovering parents and their boring philosophy.

As he went for a walk in the woods, he met an older vampire, who took him out for a drink the other night. And like Regis explains in “Baptism of Fire”, he took pleasure in drinking, because this made him popular and relaxed. He rarely went back to his home.

His father then went out to look after him one night. As he found out what his son was doing, he snapped for the first time ever. Regis got excessively angry and insulted his father badly. That was the last time they saw each other for almost 350 years - that’s how you show your parents your gratefulness, nailed it Regis!

One more cheeky little self-indulgent headcanon here: Regis went back to the humanist after Blood and Wine. And since they decided to get married, Ezechiel asked him to apologise to his parents and declare peace. So, the younger vampire went to seek for his parents on Ard Skellig and both welcomed their son (and son-in-law) with open arms. Regis told them everything, he experienced through the years and Ennlin and Cristoff are very proud of their son. They see each other now regularly.

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