#vergen

[aces-to-apples]

I wanna wrap Vernon Roche in a towel burrito and carry him around with me to safely and properly socialize him

[chamotea]

Vergen wip

A bit 🐿⚜️

Ugh… I will change some things that I think are not good in the future.

I sketch out the ideas that come to me and then change them when I come up with new ideas.

[sage-basil]

bright Vergen sun

there's a lot in this one honestly, and it was a delight to draw. his longer hair is inspired by this drawing by @/abi-kamikakushi which i adore. his clothing and tone of the drawing is inspired by the w2 fics by Filigranka et al. And partly on my own ideas on what could have happened in Vergen inbetween w2 and w3. i don't know what matters of conscience is

art blog -> @sage-basil-art

[minne-cerbinna]

I think quite often of the optional little dialogue tree that one can get about Yaevinn in TW2 with an imported save if one sides with Iorveth, and particularly of just how Iorveth describes Yaevinn

The dialogue prompt "I once knew another Scoia'tael - Yaevinn." will lead to the following exchange:

GERALT: I once met another Scoia'tael leader.

IORVETH: Yaevinn. I knew him. He had beautiful dreams and desperately wanted me to share them. Asked the same of you, I heard.

GERALT: You know a lot about me.

IORVETH: I try to know as much as I can - about everyone.

They'll elaborate a little further in this dialogue about how they both agree with Yaevinn's reasons and the fact that Yaevinn "saw combat and killing as poetry" which Iorveth deems unrealistic because "war is prose, with no place for beauty" (how poetic).

But the interesting part to me is the statement that Yaevinn had "beautiful dreams" and how he was this grand idealist, because this seems to be in contradiction with Yaevinn's characterisation. In his novel appearance, he argues against Toruviel's idealism as he proposes shooting the unarmed messenger. In TW1, Geralt refers to him in his journal as being "disillusioned", as well as being "a cynic and a pragmatist", neither of which seem to hold with Iorveth's account. While this can be credited to the fact that it's possible that Iorveth's past-tense statement of "I knew him" means that he hasn't seen Yaevinn in some time rather than, or at least in addition to, the implied death. He has perhaps not seen him since the Second Northern War, where they were both in the Vrihedd brigade, and Yaevinn could have grown more cynical since the Scoia'tael were betrayed by Dol Blathanna, his earliest characterisation is that of the novel canon, and he does not present a particular idealism that would reflect the notion that he is a dreamer.

It can be taken as a choice of characterisation, because for all that Yaevinn is disillusioned, he does have his hopes and desires for the future and his plans at Vizima, just as Iorveth has his hopes for Saskia and Vergen. He has these dreams, even if he tenders them close to his chest and puts the practical aspects first before he allows himself to have this hope. And I think that is a really interesting interpretation, to have this juxtaposition, that he can be both disillusioned and a dreamer, and that he chose a scant few, Iorveth, and then Geralt, to share in those precious dreams.

The notion of Yaevinn having these "beautiful dreams" is also very pertinent to his TW1 characterisation, I think, because there are optional dialogues in which Yaevinn tells the accounts of how he once lived among humans and believed in assimilation, that the humans would accept the elves if given enough time, only to be persecuted and harassed at length until he finally accepted that there was no place for him there, that there could be no assimilation, only annihilation. And even though he knows it is a hopeless fight, he still proceeds onward. He knows his people are dying, and he knows that if they do not act quickly, they will be well and truly doomed to extinction, but he is still trying to fight. That is, in and of itself, an expression of a dream for a better future, even if he thinks it hopeless, or, as Iorveth criticises, unrealistic.

Serious character analysis aside, I think that the absolute funniest interpretation of this dialogue is that it is not to be taken literally about Yaevinn's idealism or lack thereof, but rather as a euphemism -- taking "beautiful dreams" as a euphemism for queer romantic interest; hence "he had beautiful dreams and desperately wanted me to share them" is something like "he likes men and asked me to be his lover", "I hear he asked the same of you" thenceforth meaning something like "were you also his lover/do you also like men" (and the response "you know a lot about me" therefore indicating that he is correct in his judgement). There's like a whole rebellion going on but Iorveth is just checking out his options, y'know.

[esmaelnourukbayev]

Да, Дала дикинск дук вакса войл. ☺️👏👏

Atabeq, Allah sana uzun omür vergen.. ☺️👏👏

[wiltking]

Pairing: Geralt/Iorveth Media: The Witcher 2 Word Count: 7,166 Rating: Explicit

In the crumbing hot springs above Vergen, Geralt and Iorveth come to a few understandings. Stories are laid true, truths are exchanged, and a temporary solace is wrought within an unexpected embrace.

- here's something that i wrote in a frenzied daze across 3 days when i realized no one has written a trans geralt / iorveth fic before. its melancholy, its raw, it haunted by lost memories tinted by lost sorceresses and wounds that cant heal. its also very, very horny.

[nerureika]

💙💚

Seems like someone has a very good time in Vergen tavern 😏

[sourfacedlemon]

"disaster in bloom" 🔒

Written for sassaffrassa (@sassaffrassa) for the Smut 4 Smut 2024 exchange!

The battle for Vergen was won, Saskia returned to her rightful place at their head, Loc Muinne and its sorrows left to moulder, and Nilfgard may be pushing for a Third Northern War but it hasn't arrived yet. None of that explains why he, the Woodland Fox of legend and nightmare, has to deal with this shit.

Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)

Rating: Explicit

Category: M/M

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Iorveth/Vernon Roche

Characters: Iorveth (The Witcher), Vernon Roche, Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Amnesia, Memory Loss, Dubious Consent Due To Identity Issues, Hand Jobs, Post-The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Not Canon Compliant, A knife is held against a throat and not sexily

Words: 4415

Collections: Smut 4 Smut 2024

[posttexasstressdisorder]

Monday, 12-02-24, 8am Pacific

Yes, folks, it's Monday...a still-foggy Mr. Baggins here with our Morning Coffee Music, and while my coffee gets finished, let's begin with our daily three Preludes and Fugues. This morning we hear Nos. 7, 8, and 9 of Book 2 of WTC. Our trouper of a Harpsichordist through this journey is Malcolm Hamilton.

Ah, there...almost capable of coherent thought now. There's just something about Bach that jump-starts the ol' batteries. Let's hear a little more Bach, with Our Favorite Canook at the piano, and Vladimir Golschmann with the baton in Bach's Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055. This recording is one of my favorites from Glenn's series of the complete concerti. Recorded in 1969 on Columbia Masterworks.

Now let's hear one of the six Harpsichord Quintets of Antonio Soler. Today we hear the Quintet No. 3 in G Major, recorded in 1961. We have Harpsichordist Genoveva Galvez, with Agrupaciaon Nacional de Musica de Camara to do the honors.

We've heard the Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 of Felix Mendelssohn. This morning we hear his Symphony No. 5, the "Reformation" Symphony in D Major, Op. 107, performed on a classic recording from 1966, made by Wolfgang Sawallisch and the New Philharmonia Orchestra, in London.

We turn next to music of Chopin we have not heard in our programs so far, his Scherzos. We hear his Scherzo No. 1 in B-minor, Op. 20, performed by Vladimir Horowitz in this absolutely scorching recording for RCA, made April 29, 1951.

Now, if THAT didn't get your blood pumpin', you might wanna see a doctor! Another absolutely peerless performance as only Horowitz could give! We'll have another Scherzo tomorrow morning. Let's cool down from that and listen to another of Rossini's String Sonatas, his Sonata No. 3 in C Major from the set of the complete sonatas by Marriner and the Academy, in either the fall of 1966 or early 1967.

And folks, I have to tell ya I am finally figuring out the insanity that is trying to find anything specific on YouTube. I FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY (as I did the Ravel/Debussy Quartets a few days ago) found the TOTALITY of the CD by Oboist John Dee and The Tantalon Ensemble, "Under a Near Sky". Here is a wonderful hour of music for us to wind up this Monday edition of Morning Coffee Music. This will quickly become one of your favorite things to listen to. Ask me how I know!

That's a wonderful note to end the morning on! This is Mr. Baggins, signing off for now, I'll be back at 2pm Pacific with your Afternoon Stack of Classic Wax!

Until then, be kind, babies, be kind.

Baggins out.

[aces-to-apples]

Not to mention

Trolls are #Allies!

I have a deep and abiding fondness for the trolls in Witcher 2. They're so great, I love them.

[teiasviago]

taking a break from witcher 2 bc it took me several years to figure out markarth’s layout in skyrim and now i gotta do this all over again in vergen. and i can’t use map markers to help me out 😭 and there’s not enough map markers naturally 😭😭😭

[dravenxivuk]

I have gone full gremlin.

But bear with me here. Conjunction of Spheres brings worlds together, and pieces fall through right? So why couldn't it bring universes together?

Grab lots of different Iorveths and throw them all in the same universe. Why Iorveth? Why not?! Don't ask me, I'm not a writer.

But think of all the Iorveth possibilities: Iorveth as he is in W2, possibly two versions depending on what happened to Saskia and Vergen Iorveth who wasn't the only survivor of being thrown off the bridge Iorveth who turned to fisstech after he lost his eye Iorveth whose Squirrels have beaten the Temerians Iorveth who still has both eyes, possibly by staying in the Valley of Flowers

Throw all those Iorveths together and we're bound to get the answer to 'would Iorveth fuck a clone of himself'!

[limerental]

trying to get through this tw2 playthrough but i will never not get lost in vergen for real. where am i. what was i doing. why are there so many doors and bridges and stuff. i miss doing roche's path because at least roche was there. iorveth is never even around half the time. where am i. saskia is dying and i'm lost in some guy's house stealing their twine.

[incorrigibleimpasto]

aha y°u see !m n°+ s+up!d !m despera+e

aha you see im not stupid im desperate

I hope you're culled, I hope we're both culled. Etcetera etcetera. -@highbloodhateblog

we sh°uld ge+ culled +°ge+her hand !n unp!t!able hand ;}

+h!s c°uld be us

[anonymousblueberry]

Fuck off

"Oh for Melitele's sake," Ciri muttered under her breath, "will you just fuck off!" Her voice then echoed round the chamber, she pushed herself to her feet and glared at the man kneeling before her.

"I know what my father promised, and I know what was implied in those promises as well, but I am NOT him."

All faces were turned to her, open mouthed staring. Five years since Emhyr had handed his throne to Cirilla, three since an assassin's blade had found his unguarded back, and still old agreements and promises were coming out the woodwork. Old agreements and old complaints that she still wasn't wed.

"Temeria has served us as a vassal state well and true in these last years, and you, as its regent have done a great duty. But as my father promised my hand to a good number over the years, I stand by my own decision that I will not wed." She placed her hand on her swollen stomach and took in the room. "I have my heir, that is enough. Whatever was promised to you Roche, I will not uphold that bargain. Especially not now Adda is of an age to rule on her own."

She beckoned him forwards, the rage cooling from her voice. "You've taught her well, it's time for you to step back, look after yourself for once. Temeria has taken everything from you, and will take and take and take until you are dead if you let it. Maybe it's time for you to live? Perhaps to retire to Vergen and see what amends may be made there?"

She raised a coy eyebrow at him, and he ducked his head, ashamed.

"As my empress commands." He said quietly. "Thank you." As nothing more than a whisper for her ears as he bowed his head again and stepped back.

[wiltking]

iorveth: you're probably right, but please, don't kill her. unless you must do so to save your own life...

i've been thinking about this line non stop since last night. iorveth changed his entire modus operandi for saskia - to fight her war because he believes in her ideals, going so far as to accept a world where he might live in peace with humans. and not only for her cause, either, because it's implied in his conversation with geralt in vergen that he might be involved in all this to such an extent because he has more personal feelings for her. 1 week prior he even started to threaten geralt if he ever revealed saskia's secret to anyone -

and we don't know what his threat might have been exactly, thanks to geralt's quick reassurance, but going by the things he says to philippa after she takes advantage of saskia (thus putting her in danger) it's fair to assume his threat might've been aimed at geralt's life.

but now? after traipsing through the wilds alone together to get to loc muinne, fighting together, talking together, even after geralt chooses to trust philippa again (however marginally) and take her out of the cells, even after they are once again betrayed by her as a direct result of geralt's actions - iorveth says this. he asks geralt not to kill saskia - unless he must do so to save his own life.

now, iorveth is a smart man. he understands risk and consequence, and agrees to let philippa keep her life despite his anger (that started long before she ever put a spell on saskia, mind you). he's shown that he's capable of change on multiple occasions. but it still strikes me that he would, in this moment, put geralt's life above saskia's. that he gives geralt this trust, this permission, this admission...

and all i'm saying is that one could, reasonably, draw a conclusion that if iorveth is weighing the possibility of geralt dying against saskia dying (in the event that a fight is unavoidable), and he chooses geralt as the one he would rather see survive, above the woman he had risked it all for, the woman he possibly had feelings for, that there is an existence of feelings here, too. feelings for geralt that may have surmounted what iorveth felt for saskia. feelings that aren't founded on politics or a just cause, or a pretty face, or magnificent secret, but rather... friendship. mutual respect and aid and curiosity. an unlikely link forged in an unlikely place, bound with blood and understanding and trust...