#angouleme died from a cut to the femoral artery which is also very fatal

[gayregis]

**SPOILERS FOR LADY OF THE LAKE / HANSA FATES**

Q:

In the fifth volume of the Witcher Saga, that is, "Lady of the Lake", the heroes accompanying our brave monster killer die in less than an hour and in the same place. The dying characters were " polished" by you sometimes throughout the entire saga. Many details contained in their fate predicted a pretty good future, and then suddenly they die out of the blue and in quite controversial ways. 

First, the Vampire-abstinent, who seemed to be someone with a strong will, is tempted to have short snort, which is the reason for his excessive bravado, and subsequent death, or something similar. Our brave archer dies from an ordinary, soldierly arrow, yet from her previous adventures one could conclude that those arrows do not harm her. Young and cheeky girl strangely "earns" a blow from which one apparently does not die, and yet here, there is a surprise. 

And our young man Cahir, an individual who would seem to be prudent and sober, throws himself with his sword at a newly met man, despite warnings from both Ciri, in the form of words, and Bonhart in the form of acquired Witcher's medallions. While Geralt is known to be the best Witcher, the very contact with a warrior of his kind should make the boy realize that it is damn difficult to defeat such a character in close combat. Nevertheless, he throws himself into a fight and, as we all know, loses completely. 

My question is: Why? Why are such intricate characters killed right away? Death is inflicted on them in bulk. Is it because you had to get rid of the excess of heroes? I understand that this is sometimes necessary, but it was possible to come up with some more subtle way than an ordinary skirmish and, in a few cases, stupidity that none of the readers would have expected. 

However, my biggest pain is over Cahir, who finally meets Ciri and dies. I don't mention here, Regis, because a sly bastard will probably reincarnate, after all cutting off his head and melting is only a difference of a few aeons. 

Doesn't this episode reveal any of your hidden sadistic inclinations towards the reader? I bet that after the death of Cahir, half of your admirers could not recover for half an hour, while the other half for another hour.

AS: 

First of all, I did it for you and other readers who reacted in a similar way - to excite them, to provoke a reaction, to give them a hot roast, not a bland soup. 

Secondly, I did it as part of a long war with the fantasy stereotype, with the banality of "the final duel in the Black Citadel", politicized and calculated on the so-called young adults banality. 

Thirdly, all the characters mentioned above are background characters, so contrary to your suppositions and accusations I did not break any literary convention and did not commit any technical offence, because the background characters are to be killed slowly.

The fourth one is addressed only to you. The fact that you did not sense how far all the unfortunates from the Stygga are being led by death, I accept - mea culpa, apparently the text was not as clear as I thought. But as far as the rest is concerned, you did not read it clearly. 

What is strange about Milva's death? The Lord God is carrying arrows, it's an announcement of a "damned fire weapon" with which any fool can bring Hercules down. In addition, Milva dies of the nobility I command so that the rest, including the wounded Angouleme, her eternal antagonist, can escape from the hail of arrows.

Cahir, the knight and officer, dies of nobility (and love, because he defends Ciri). Will the knight and officer, defending his lady, run away, because he will decide "soberly and thinkingly" that it is unwise to fight, even if the opponent is the Bonhart type? That would knock the whole legendary story and the whole matiere de la chevalerie off the ground! It couldn't be like this! And that, apart from the fact that the living Cahir was not fit for further action.

Angouleme, I admit, dies stupidly. In other words, just as ninety percent of those who lost their lives died in such battles. However, you are greatly mistaken when you write about "a blow from which you do not die". A cut femoral artery causes irrevocable and fast death, which was known to occur when they attacked - because if an incompetent man instinctively pairs blows on his head, neck and body, he is often late with the cover on his groin.

For Regis, I admit, it was more difficult, and the versions in which the vampire survived existed. I resigned from them, however - nevertheless, I consider it not only a mistake, but also hurtful to accuse me of, as you write, "getting bored with the hero" or "getting rid of excess". The vampire dies because he sacrifices himself - to save Geralt and Yennefer - to kill him, Vilgefortz must severely "shoot out" himself with his sorcerer’s power.

please read this interview with sapkowski from 2001, translated by the amazing boskee.

this question and answer in particular struck me. my reactions are as follows:

sapkowski knows what he did by writing these deaths ... he knows how we all lost our absolute shit

acknowledging that angouleme, who annoyed the shit out of milva, was saved by her in the end. milva’s death was “noble” and saved the rest.

really cementing that cahir died for ciri in the end, when in the beginning he was such a terror to her...

angouleme symbolizing the casualties of violence on a greater scale -- those who get caught up in something they may not entirely understand, and die for it. how vulnerable we all are, as humans.

speaking of humanity, the readers weren’t the only ones getting a “hot roast,” as sapkowski says earlier

“and the versions in which the vampire survived existed.” [airhorns sound]

vilgefortz lost a great amount of his power from dispelling regis, which means that regis did NOT die in vain... he truly “saved geralt and yennefer.”

the deaths were not senseless, but symbolic and logical in the grand scheme of things; however, that does not mitigate the pain felt by us. please insert crying cat memes here