#roderick de wett

[dukeofdogs]

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game | The cards that could’ve been 60/?

Berengar (Anastasiya Svistunova), Kalkstein (konhis)

Gramps the Cannibal (Kuba Grzybkowski), Roderick de Wett (GaiaCafiso), Reverend (Atukam 72)

Yaren Bolt (Alexandru Munteanu), (Kamil Momot)

[thirstyforred]

you knew i'm gonna ask about it

posession, this bit: "And Roderick gets it, in some weird way, it makes a lot of sense. While Adda asked if she could leave her mark on Roderick's skin, Jacques just didn't bother with consent and did it. But on a soul. Or mind. Or whatever - the space between the eyes, so if someone were to open Roderick's skull all they would find would be Jacques' name in bold letters. Multiple times, repeating itself in strings, coiling and spiraling together, chaotic and impossible to read and convey its meaning, but in the end, all spelling the same name. Over and over."

rastodi is the star but i swear the jacques part is what got me

the ask game

oooo, thank you Elis 🥰 and damn, I love this moment as well.

The whole story is about these contrasts, how these people treat Roderick, how far he lets them go, and that second sentence really spells it out. Adda asked, but Jacques didn't bother. (And in the later part we have Pastodi, who is in a position where he can't claim ownership of Rod, yet, but can start asking about different things)

Jacques is also such a weirdo, because despite having so much influence over Rod, leaving this metaphorical scar on his mind, being the most impactful, he's also the least interested. For Jacques leaving such a mark on Rod is an afterthought, something obvious, natural outcome of their relationship. That's also why in one other story, after leaving the burn mark on Rod, he immediately takes it back. Scarring Roderick just doesn't seem that effective, good.

And of course there's the Spiral. I love the Spiral, I think everyone should get into the Spiral. Yes, it's just one throwaway line in a book, but it's still such a fascinating aspect of the world. And it fits with Jacques, meshes with him so well, so every time I write him I need to bring a spiral motive as well.

Writing name of your loved one can be sweet, the loved one writing it on your can be as well. But then there's this horror-like image of unhinged writing, all over the walls, claims of possession, that you can't read. Roderick doesn't know Jacques real/childhood name. Jacques is for a second this devil or eldritch monster with absolute and horrible power, who can't be stopped, because you don't know its true name.

And going back to the beginning of this except, which is just amazingly chosen 💕, the worst part of all of this, is the fact that Roderick is aware how fucked he is. Yes, he's an idiot and buffon, and all the other things, but the situation is so much worse considering he understands it. Maybe even better than Adda and Pastodi, Rod knows what they do to him. He cannot be smarter than Jacques, but he understands that as well. And yet, despite all of that, Roderick himself says that in some ways he loves them and wouldn't leave. And that's just stupid and tragic.

[zhraek]

trying to find post about roderick de wett and declan leuvaarden cooperating to break up radovid’s interference in temeria politics day 1

[gatecrashing-corneas]

[ravenkult]

Roderick de Wett by Grafit Studio https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bKKAVg

[thirstyforred]

i don't want to make new post so im gonna borrow this one✌️i also spent some time thinking and came to the conclusion that I might as well include some comfort characters outside of the witcher since I do have them, anyway

Gavin Reed from Detroit: Become Human. i know, i know. dbh is, in every possible way, a bad game, story, worldbuilding, presentation, gameplay, everything sucks, and you know what the worst thing is? that this guy ⬆️ this character who had like 3 scenes total, is fandom's darling, special little stinky boy, there's a full-length fan movie with him as one of the main characters, it's actually pretty enjoyable watch, actually, fuck dbh just watch Detroit Evolution, I don't get it, but every once in a while I will look at my home page on AO3 with favs that are primarily dead fandoms and then there's link to reed900 tag and there's always something new to read there, and it's often good. and I just like case fics ig

Bullseye from Marvel. i remember that in the last year of high school, someone asked me, bc my whole group hated our English teacher and wasn't giving a fuck, why I'm giving visibly more effort, and I said that I want to know English so I can actually read comics and not just synopses of them on the polish fansite. it had to be literally a year before they started releasing hardbacks every month or so. anyway, the person told me that I probably can read them already, and I was like yeah ig, and then I got home and grabbed the list of Bullseye's every main appearance from the 70s till the Dark Reign storyline and was reading that for like two weeks. i have known no peace ever since 🥰

Ogata Hyakunosuke from Golden Kamuy. it's a bit more of a discomfort character, bc I feel like my brain got rewired last year, but still. idk what to say more, I feel like everyone who followed me since last march got to see the rise and fall, and then the general fallout of what reading gk did to me. F

Roderick de Wett from the Witcher games. no pic bc I would have to crop it myself and I'm lazy. I'm putting him here instead of Alvin literally only bc a few weeks ago after posting the bugfucking my first thought of comforting myself with some creative work was to break rod's arm. it did help so here we're, he's got to be officially my comfort character, and I'm the fool

Namrevlis from my brain. you may think, thirsty that's not fair, that's your oc, but I just typed her name in duckduckgo image search and got this pic so sue me. i have had her since like summer 2017, so that's a lot, and some things changed of course, and some didn't, I put her in some different settings just to see if she you be thriving and she did, idk what to say, sometimes your comfort character is someone you created and I think that really cool, if I'm suddenly crying now it's because I'm sick, fuck ogg

@do-androids-dream-ao3acc tagged me in a 5 comfort characters thing (thank!) so i'm doing this "try not to post 5 pictures of geralt of rivia" excercise

do ocs count? because honestly most of the time the feelgood for me comes from thinking about ocs. and i haven't delved deep enough into many properties to really get a diverse set of characters for this

so here's my top 5 witcher babygirls (gender neutral) in no particular order and excluding Gerry? predictable as all hell

Ciaran aep Easnillen, surprising absolutely nobody. But the cope i live on where he's perfectly fine and chilling in Vergen is just 'mmm, good for my lil guy'

Madoc, who is very close to becoming an oc (doesn't even have a canon appearance), though i stick to the journey story. It's tragic but it won't leave my brain. I want to ContentTM about him at some point down the road.

Bincy Blumerholdt, whose gwent card i used in my syndicate deck a long time ago and got great results with despite it not being a meta choice at all. And she's super cool.

Isbel of Hagge, i suppose of the entire tb cast, she's the closest to a comfort character for me. I love her vibe, the fact she shows her age, and i find the concept of a pacifist in a war time very interesting. I based a couple ocs on her.

And of course, my babygirl in chief, Rainfarn of Attre. Who is kinda becoming an oc as well, though at least there's more official content to work with. CDPR had to focus on other stuff in B&W, i get it, but they reduced my poor guy into "snorts fisstech randomly on the tourney grounds for everyone to see" which...i didn't like. I swear one day i will find the words and will to finish that fucking Gregoire fanfic.

i tag @gaiusmarcellusnerva and @thirstyforred, gimme your robots mgs eternal fire extravaganza

[yocalio]

This is kinda random but something I've always wondered in tw3 is where the fuck is Adda? You can have her marry Radovid in tw1 and it's referenced in tw2 but then nothing in tw3, like you can straight up murder Radovid and there's no mention of her even though she's his wife

According to the Witcher Wiki if Geralt saved Adda from the Striga curse in the first game, then she is still Queen of Redania in the Witcher 3. Otherwise she's dead by default? She is mentioned only in an old letter, found in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Vizima, where some Alyssandra Deviel wrote to Roderick de Wett on how to revive the curse. So other than that she's just not there.

Also, on a random note, why did they give her red hair in tw1 when she is known as Adda the White because of her white hair after she was cured of the striga curse?

[wazafam]

In the world of The Witcher, there are a lot of moving parts. That includes several factions and organizations that have their own goals and ambitions and are often at odds with each other. One such group is the Order of the Flaming Rose.

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It is a military religious organization that maintains a significant presence of the northern Nordling lands. Their primary goal is to defend the downtrodden and weak, which eventually extended to fighting monsters. They have had several prominent members over the years, some of whom have played bigger roles than others, and a few of them haven't been as noble as their group's intentions would indicate.

10 Arthur Tailles Was Scarred By Geralt

Arthur Tailles was a noble-born human who was believed to be destined for greatness in the Order. In addition to the Flaming Rose, he also spent time as a member of the Order of the White Rose before one became the other.

His biggest contribution to either group seems to have been annoying Geralt of Rivia, mainly because he's a witcher and some people do not like that. Arthur even sports a nasty scar on his face, a brutal memento from a failed duel with Geralt.

9 Roderick De Wett Was A Conniving Rat

On the upside, Roderick de Wett was a knight of the Order of the Flaming Rose. On the downside, he was also a Nilfgaardian Count as well as being quite the condescending jerk and not particularly loyal.

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Roderick was a thorn in the side of Geralt, and they faced off on more than one occasion. His achievements earned him several honors from the Order, which confused Geralt, as he saw Roderick as a rat. That's partly why Geralt eventually killed him.

8 Adalbert Died Of His Wounds

In the overall world of The Witcher, there have been more than a few characters named Adalbert. Apparently, it's that world's version of Charlie or Dave. But, there was at least one Adalbert who served as a member of the Order.

Adalbert was a member of the rank-and-file, a soldier who fought several battles for the Order during his tenure with them. Even though he was mortally wounded, he completed his final mission, and he only died after bringing key information to the Grand Master.

7 Rayla Of Lyria Was An Affiliate Of The Order

First and foremost, it's important to note that Rayla of Lyria was not a full member of the Order of the Flaming Rose. Rather, she was an affiliate member who worked with them on a number of occasions.

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Rayla belongs in any conversation about key members because she was a soldier, a veteran, and a mercenary. She was a warrior born, and a boon to any force she chose to fight with.

6 Polycarp Of Rinde Was Rude To Geralt

As a general rule, being a jerk to Geralt does not end well for anyone. But, in the case of Polycarp of Rinde, the Witcher seemed more inclined to let his rudeness slide a bit as Polycarp was the Master at Arms and was the one who allowed him access to the Order's armory.

Polycarp was considered to be a half-brother in the Order but served them with honor and distinction. He was often seen by the side of Grandmaster Siegfried of Denesle. Fortunately, he allowed Geralt access to weapons, or things would have turned out differently.

5 Patrick De Weyze Was A Loyalist

Few men were as devoted to the Order as Patrick de Weyze. He spent a significant portion of his life as a knight in service of the Flaming Rose and was generally considered to be the most skilled warriors in their ranks.

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He often represented the Order of the Flaming Rose in the annual International Knights' Tourney, but an extreme illness forced de Weyze to take a step back from competition, and he faded into the background as time went on.

4 Siegfried De Löwe Led A Splinter Faction

Even a group that is supposed to be at least somewhat virtuous like the Order of the Flaming Rose has members who don't live up to the hype. Siegfried de Löwe was certainly one such member.

A knight of some repute, de Löwe created an unnamed splinter faction of the Order that essentially started a protection racket to shake down villagers. He was a prominent member of the Order who garnered little respect from most others in it.

3 Eric Vogel Was An Author

A long-serving knight in the Order of the Flaming Rose, not much is known about Eric Vogel. He was reputedly an excellent swordsman and may have died in the search for the Lionhead Spider Cultists' lair.

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But, he made a huge and memorable contribution to the Order in the form of The Flower and the Flame. He authored a book about the history and practices of this storied organization, something that will continue to be key to their legacy long after his death.

2 Jacques De Aldersberg Was The First Grand Master

Every ending leads to a new beginning, and that was certainly true in the case of Jacques de Aldersberg. He was the final Grand Master of the Order of the White Rose and was the one responsible for transforming it into the Order of the Flaming Rose.

As such, Jacques became the first and founding Grand Master of the new, more militant Order. For better or worse, the Order of the Flaming Rose would not exist without his leadership and vision.

1 Siegfried Of Denesle Became The Second Grand Master

The nature of an organization like the Order of the Flaming Rose is that the leadership is always evolving. After the death of Jacques de Aldersberg, Siegfried of Denesle stepped up to fill the role.

Sigfried desired nothing more than to protect people from the horrors of the world. He actually formed a bond with Geralt, something that led to a much more cooperative relationship with the renowned and often difficult witcher.

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[thirstyforred]

I am very sure you know this already but this is by far still my fav bit even tho you call it "rastodi but bad". Changed my brain chemistry saved my life etc

From children of the worse god:

“Are you often hoping to be mistaken, count de Wett?”

“No,” and after a second, as if after consideration, he added “Reverend.”

“No.” Pastodi echoed and placed the last ring on the tray. “What then prompted you to look here in the first place?”

“Suspicion.”

“What kind of suspicion?”

“Is this my confession, Reverend?”

Pastodi looked up at him, and once again Roderick was hit with how blown wide and just plain crazy his eyes were. Roderick swallowed audibly, but the other man just smiled widely.

“Aren’t you ordained yourself, Roderick? I would imagine you would prefer to choose your penance for yourself.”

ask game

the fic

Vik, Vik, my bestie, my friend, this thing haunts me, because I don't know if I'll ever again write a scene with such homoerotic tension, blatant priest kink, and that's at the same time very uncomfortable

no joke, there's no more of this particular scene because while writing I triggered myself severely

I remember my two big points of inspiration:

first was the basement scene from the Zodiac movie, how quickly the tension escalates. The terror from the line "Not many people have basements in California", punctuated by the simple "I do." Mhua, just delicious. Also, I love sopping wet, scared Jake Gyllenhaal.

This is Roderick - he broke into Pastodi's house looking for clues tying him with murders and found nothing, but Pastodi is still a dangerous, unpredictable person. He's an extorturer and there's a trespasser in his home. There will be consequences.

The second point of inspiration, even tho the scene was abandoned and you can't actually see it, was denailing scene from Higurashi anime.

For sure Pastodi would have a toy like that in his house, something that Rod saw before but didn't know what is it for. And now he needs (wants in fucked up rastodi way) to use it on himself 🥰

[zhraek]

didn't find the post i wanted at least i thought that if the witcher fandom is very old(?) then such a post could appear.... in general, i shamefully didn't know that roderick de wett is nilfgaardian like declan leuvaarden and—

maybe this theory?? was somewhere else, maybe even on youtube, maybe it's an obvious fact ahah... anyways i write about it here

roderick and declan are in temeria only to break up radovid's interference in co-op with adda on temeria politics (there may be some temporary inconsistencies here) given the fact that their parents / relatives were traitors to the emperor, because of which, in order to regain confidence, they could be sent on a suicidal but still important mission???

also for me, this explained why radovid was in temeria hiding in some strange places how did the salamanders even find out how to contact with him

and why does roderick while being nilfgaardian count is a member of the nordlings cult, have such annoying behaviour (in his youth he could be taught that nordlings are worthless cuz mostly nilfs are nationalists) but still contact with adda only to neutralize or kill her. he could also relay information about salamander's activities and hideouts to declan

the plan of both sides (nilfs and redanians) was carried out in part, but not as they would like because of geralt and things they couldn't influence

[thirstyforred]

I'm gonna just talk about Salamandra, because honestly we kinda have the most lore about them from TW1, and all other Syndicate stuff is either in TW3 or in Slama's self-insert ff, there are also some bits and pieces in the reward trees

Anyway, Salamandra wasn't exactly a Novigrad gang, tho it's probable that the idea of it was conceived in that city, but they operated in Vizima, the capital of Temeria. They're mostly just a cartel making fisstech and distributing it in Temeria, can find the quote but likely also selling it to Novigrad gangs. Brothers Gellert and Roland Bleinheims were responsible for collecting materials from forests around Vizima and developing the drug in sewers.

But that drug dealing was kinda only a front for alchemists and mages running human experiments, that were kinda exactly what was doing Alzur when he tried to create witchers that 200 years before. That part of the operation was run by Professor and Azar Javed, with some other renegade mages like Savolla. They attacked Kear Mohren and had stolen mutagens that definitely sped up their experimentations and led to the creation of many fucked up mutants. Also, again just like Alzur and his ilk, they made some construct insectoids, like Savolla's Frightener and Koshchey. Rayla, who died fighting for the Order of Flaming Rose, and Salamandra was able to easily get her body, is their best creation I would say? Hard to say what exactly they did to her, but they made her the witcher lite goth version.

But Salamandra was doing all of this because of their actual leader, who was so top secret that only Azar Javed and Professor actually knew they're working for someone else. And that guy was Jacques de Aldersberg. Also known as that other Elder Blood kid Geralt adopted, Alvin.

To simplify, JdA's whole deal was that he knew that the White Frost is coming, and figured out that the best shot at survival humanity has is all be mutated like witchers. Because witchers are just superior versions of humans. So he created this drug cartel, that's actually a front for renegade mages, but he also was the Grandmaster of the Order of Flaming Rose.

This Oder originally wasn't a part of the Church of Eternal Fire structures, it was regular knightly order, but JdA just made it be and also moved the core of the organization from Novigrad to Vizima. There knights of the Order were basically those noble monster hunters, like Siegfried of Denelse. Also, JdA managed to get pretty comfy on Foltest's court, and for example, make Roderick de Wett king's advisor. Few knights, like Roderick, were aware of their Salamandra ties and JdA's long term plans, namely, to make Adda believe both Order and Salamandra is going to support her as the queen of Temeria - so then they would simply take over the kingdom. And mutate people on a bigger scale I guess.

After Geralt revealed that whole plot and killed JdA, Salamandra was basically destroyed, and, idk in how many endings is it canon, but Siegfried became the new Grandmaster. But by TW3 most of the Order split into fractions, some of the likely returned to Novigrad and joined Mage Hunters, some with Siegfried de Löwe [maaaybe it's just Siegfried of Denelse] holed up in a castle in Brunwich somewhere in Redania, and some became the Fallen Knights under Ulrich. The Fallen Knights are basically what was left of knights who doubled as Salamandra agents - they tried to recreate the formula and get back on Novigrad's streets with their fisstech.

i am not, by any stretch of the imagination, good enough to play Syndicate, but god I fucking love the Syndicate deck. tell me more about Novigrad’s hideous underbelly of Salamandra mages, ghost merchant ships, the mutant gladiator pits, whatever the fuck happened to turn Rayla into a fucking revenant??, backalley alchemists, Gudrun Björnsdóttir & her former pirates who use boarding hooks to scale buildings, the sewers— also the sheer number of cards that aren’t even characters just crimes, ugh it’s so great

[gatecrashing-corneas]

has... has thaler always had hair growing out of his ears? Shani, what were you thinking...

[thirstyforred]

this fine collection of memes represents my hunger for the remake

[thirstyforred]

roderick/albrecht slash thingy

i got sorta bored halfway thru, but i guess I'll still revisit it at some time, posting now bc why not really

Looking at Roderick, actually looking at him, without the veil of pretenses, Albrecht can see why he’s like that. Sort of. It’s not that de Wett is some beauty, or has an incredibly dreamy body - he’s lean, with some muscles, just enough that you can tell he's a solid swordmaster. He’s pale, paler than Albrecht even though he’s the one hailing from the far north, but it matches well with the narrow dark eyes…

And so on and on. What actually Albrecht means has less to do with Roderick’s looks and more with the way he carries himself. The infuriating arrogance of someone well-born and capable enough to not be called a complete failure and freeloader. A mouthful, but there’s hardly a better way to describe it.

And Albrecht knows it, intimately even, considering that that’s exactly what he tried to emulate for the most part of his life. He would even carry on like that, if not the capricious destiny, putting them both in each other’s way, on both sides of someone they both needed equally bad.

(It would be much nicer to think that Jacques de Aldersberg ‘needed them’ and not just ‘had use of them’. Alas truth was never that sweet and gentle.)

For that reason, it was unimaginable for them to be anything more than rivals. Enemies in a single cause. Unwilling companions on this blessed road. Soulmates of the worst grade, if the world was truly cruel like that.

Albrecht smiled at that last thogyht…

“Stop,” murmured Roderick. His eyes were closed, mouth lax, up until he spoke one could be sure he was asleep.

“I’m hardly doing anything.”

“I feel like I can hear you thinking. A single cog running in that empty head of yours.”

“You know what wise men say: first you ought to empty your mind before you try to add any more new knowledge into it.”

At that, Roderick raised a single eyelid, scrutinizing the other man. Not friend, nor enemy, but a sacred third thing, that only the two of them could understand. No matter how much they would both prefer to pretend it wasn’t a thing in the first place. And then snorted with laughter. Something deep and true.

“So?”

“So what?” repeated Albrecht, feigning ignorance. But he reached toward Roderick and ran his hand on the naked biceps and down to the elbow. Roderick let him, didn’t even wince.

“Are you thinking about something so engaging right now?”

Albreach hummed inlay of an answer. 

Roderick blinked a few times and looked up again. He was half-lying on the bed, shoulders propped on the headrest. “What is it then?”

There was a small pool of blood under Roderick’s forearm, dripping from the cut there. Albrecht's fingers moved, ghosting the skin until he reached the exposed bone. Hovering right above the open fracture.

“I heard that bones stick to the tongue when licked. Because of their spongy structure.”

“That’s what are you thinking about? Licking my bones clean? What are you, some sort of vampire?”

Albrecht just shrugged with a lazy smile. Roderick was sweating, ridding off the big dose of fisstech that numbed the pain. But his eyes were still blown wide, deep and dark like the abyss.

Jacques told them to play nice with each other, but that left a lot of field for interpretation, what exactly constitutes “nice”. They had safewords, painkillers, healing magic even, they were both reasonable adults. Besides Roderick had a mean punch, and would start biting if Albrecht did something he didn’t like.

Breaking bones and then setting them back was easy. Childs play.

“I thought you studied monster lore with the boss? There are more flesh-eaters than just plain vampires…” However, if their beloved master was to be believed, suckers were the only ones that would be also interested in sex.

Which is something Roderick and Albrecht did a few times. Sporadically. Both are high as kites on the Salamandra merchandise. Nothing too involved or intimate, just hands and rolling hips, just enough to get off the edge. Something to pass the time.

But they fitted together, like two pieces of something… Something that shouldn’t be together in the first place, because of the danger for the surroundings. Like Cadaverine and good wine. Like rubies instead of diamonds in a megascope’s matrix. Something volatile and bad…

Roderick’s fingers, the ones from the unbroken arm, found their way inside Albrecht's waistband. Sneaky little things. “What about it,” started Roderick. Only slightly out of breath. 

Albrecht leaned closer, so whatever the other man had in his mind, he had a better grasp on it. Mindful of the broken limb Albrecht lowered his head to Rod’s chest, his warm breath causing a groan.

“You fix me up, and then I jack you off?” finally asked Roderick. A little bit more and he would start begging instead of proposing.

“But why? You already have a hand on me, don’t you?”

Roderick groaned again. There was new, red bite mark on his chest.

[thirstyforred]

as always it's thinking about Roderick day, so here's modern au fic idea with rodda and also albrecht x rod:

tw: for rod being fucked over by both of them, drugs, tricking into taking drugs, and ugh witcher modern au as a general concept ig

rod and albrecht share appartment bc reasons, they're both in Order, whatever it is, and they're both in some contact with Salamandra, it sort of just makes sense for them to share place, maybe JdA gave it to them, idk idc

anyway in the evening rod is at home, sexting with adda, who's bored and at some gala or other function she either couldn't come with rod or just didn't want to bring him. and now she's sending him sexy selfies in her fancy gown

albrecht comes back home and immediately you can tell that he's high as kite. or maybe he says it. JdA made him go to some meetings between Salamandra and oxenfurt chemistry dep and see what they all can cook up together. it's fantasy ecstasy. albrecht obviously tried and also brought some back home. and now he's a clingy little shit as he retells his day

[thirstyforred]

it started as a joke a year ago or so, but when Im upset, or tired, or just not motivated i go to myself "i need to break Rod's arm", and I spin in my head possible story ideas that involve Roderick de Wett from the Witcher 1, the scenarios don't always feature broken limbs, but he's physically weak and all he can do is talk shit, and there's erotic aspect to all of that, and then I feel a bit better about irl stuff