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Dethmold is a major antagonist in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. He is a court magician who was formerly in the service of King Esterad of Kovir along with his brother Drithelm, now after the death of the previous king and brother, he is an advisor to King Henselt of Kaedwen willing to help in his goals.

He was voiced by David Annen. who also portrayed a murderer called Bill Warren in Shetland

Biography[]

Past[]

About Dethmold's past are rudimentary. It is known that he and his brother Drithelm attended the Ban Ard wizarding school. After finishing school, both brothers were in the service of the king of Kovir, Esterad Thyssen.

Some time later, Dethhmold and his brother Drithelm decided to attend a party held on the island of Thaned, gathering all the members of the council and the chapter of wizards. During the evening banquet, both brothers talked to Triss Merigold, then ended when Triss met Geralt and Yen.

After a banquet on Thanedd in the morning hours, Dethmold joined the side of the northern kingdoms, working with Dijkstra to catch traitors who had allied themselves with Nilfgaard, such as Artaud Terranova. He got an order from Keira Metz to do something with Geralt to keep him out of the way when Dethhmold was pissed he decided to put Geralt in dimeritium shackles like a prisoner and took him to Philippa Eilhart to judge him. When the rebellion broke out on Thanedd, his brother Drithelm was killed during the riots by being shot in the eye by Scoia'tael brawlers. After his brother's death, Dethmold began to hate the Scoia'tael and would like the early members of this warband to die out.

Five years after the coup on Thanedd, Dethmold joined Henselt as court magician and advisor to the king in Kaedwen. During his service to the king, Henselt has much more influence than before, then he took in his apprentice and recruited a private bodyguard to defend his fortress. Due to his sick ambitions, Dethmold tries to help Henselt conquer Vergen from Aedirn to please Henselt at all costs.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings[]

Dethmold has no scruples when it come to kidnapping, execution or other socially frowned upon actions. He has a nonexistent morality - and this carries on to his advisee, Henselt. He is however also loyal to not only Henselt but Kaedwen as a nation.

As revealed during Chapter III on Roche's path, Dethmold is also homosexual. He is seen with his manservant who is also his sex slave (though it is not proven besides the words of the servant himself) while preening in front of a vanity, gently caressing his acne, warts and zits. There a number of suggestive items scattered around his chambers in Loc Muinne. Dethmold also has an apprentice.

On Roche's path, depending on the circumstances, Dethmold can either slip through Geralt's grasp or he can be brutally killed by Roche. On Iorveth's path he will be executed on Saskia's orders.

Journal entry[]

Apart from a few chance encounters at official banquets, Geralt had the occasion to meet and speak more extensively with this sorcerer on Thanedd Island, during the bloody coup, when all manner of mages jumped at each others' throats and their Council and Conclave ceased to exist. Dethmold and his brother Drithelm, both in the service of King Esterad of Kovir at the time, attempted to remain neutral as events unfolded. To no avail, however, as those who had allied themselves with Nilfgaard thought nothing of the impartiality of others, and many mages simply perished, brought down in fanciful ways by their colleagues' spells or pierced by the arrows of the Scoia'tael summoned to the island by the plotters. Drithelm met just such a fate, while Dethmold saved himself by fleeing.

Dethmold then filled the opening for a sorcerer-advisor at the court of King Henselt of Kaedwen, and proceeded to place all of his abilities at the monarch's disposal.

All said and done, Dethmold was certainly a talented sorcerer. It was only his power that brought the king and his retinue safely through and out of the mist of wraiths.

The sorcerer believed that the ends justified the means and thought nothing of the ethical ban on necromancy.

If Geralt chooses Roche's path during the end of chapter I:

The sorcerer was Henselt's creature in full, a lackey who served his master in any way possible. This included tracking real and imagined spies and thwarting conspiracies on the monarch's life. He was also among those chiefly responsible for the deaths of Vernon's men, whose grisly demise Henselt himself had ordered.

Dethmold fled, unwilling to risk a clash with the witcher. It proved a sound decision, which bought him a bit more time in this life.

Their next meeting proved to be their last, as Dethmold died at the hands of the vengeful Roche. Geralt never revealed the details of the sorcerer's demise. I've concluded that it must have been quite savage, though I would prefer to hope that Vernon's threats had been but figures of speech...

If Geralt chooses Iorveth's path during the end of chapter I:

During the Battle of Vergen, Dethmold aided the attackers, using his magic to destroy fortifications and key defensive positions. It is clear that had they been deprived of his talents, the Kaedwenis would not have penetrated so far.

Though Henselt was spared because of his royal lineage, Dethmold met a fate appropriate for a tyrant's faithful and hated servant. The sorcerer's life ended in the central square of Vergen, a town he had hoped to help seize and bring to its knees.

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