Radovid V Checkmates Henselt

[@krisnorge5830]

"Noble attendees, I need to stress that the king of Redania here has ploughed me without tallow. I have been checkmated." Oh Henselt you have no idea what Radovid still has in store for you.

[@frankg2790]

"Though I will be damned if this will be the last time our pawns meet on the chess board." He knew they would come to blows.

[@Quillever]

Except Henselt failed miserably at being 'much the wiser' when he next encountered Radovid.

[@frankg2790]

John Doe Henselt knew that Radovid would betray his allies, so he rallied his forces once Radovid began his invasion of Kaedwen. Unfortunately for him, it turned out that Radovid was one step ahead of him.

[@Quillever]

I could be wrong but didn't Ambassador Var Attre tell Geralt that the Kaedweni were caught completely off guard by the Redanian invasion?

[@frankg2790]

John Doe As I said, Radovid was one step ahead of Henselt.

[@Zefurin]

Actually, Radovid seems to checkmate everybody in the story. Unless you choose to give Anaïs to Natalis. I think Radovid is going to be a big piss of shit in W3.

[@loca_youtube]

Who woulda thunk

[@chidori1907]

Hit the nail on the head

[@glitchkriegreloaded1827]

Oh boy lmao

[@user_harddrive]

Damn shame how they made Radovid "borderline crazy" as opposed to cunning and brutal.

[@ericsantucci6934]

@@randystabbage4821 As much as I love Witcher 3, it does feel like some of these finer details got sidelined because they stretched themselves so thin with how big of a game and story Witcher 3 was. Ciri's storyline took the main focus, so things like Radovid fell by the wayside toward the end, sadly.

[@fl333r]

There are 2 types of searches: 1) Radovid checkmates Henselt 2) Radovid ploughs Henselt

[@asbrozek64]

Natalis is thinking "Henselt... dude. I know you have this whole chess theme going on with your outfit but maybe cool it with the chess puns? Kings are weird."

[@fukyomammason]

Glitch-guard behind Radovid was having a field day breaking the laws of physics back there.

[@kwazooplayingguardsman5615]

CallMeCactusSok he's the true master of the phisycal world

[@raziel6304]

Radovid seemed a ruthless bastard but a rational one in the Witcher 2, but in the Witcher 3 he's just a madman.

[@christiancristof491]

Eh, disagree. Seems pretty much the same to me.

[@vanguard-pv5mc]

This was always there. The period that ultimately defined Radovid's personality was the regency, where the king to be suffered humiliation after humiliation by politicking nobles fighting for influence as he and his mother were powerless to resist. And in the center of all of this was Phillipa Eilhart, who had his father assassinated, and who was particularly abusive. This left definite psychological scars, resentment and a festering desire to make everyone who had slighted him pay. Radovid's chief motivation is to repay the humiliations of his youth, and while that is centered on Phillipa he appears to have generalized his hatred to all mages. Part of the reason it gets so bad in Witcher 3 is that he can't find Phillipa. My read on it is that his actions against the rest of the North's mages are basically him venting him displacing his hatred for her onto a convenient and more readily available proxy.

[@matthaeusdecuiavia8637]

Well, he had a half year to become a madman.

[@robertpaulson1107]

I can't read 'John Natalis' without hearing it in Henselt's voice

[@mohabgamal9423]

“I am the last of unicorns” “Tell me though, how did you pass the mist” - I am a witcher “Then I need an army of ploughing witchers”

[@Zarkrez]

I gave Anais to Natalis.

[@frankg2790]

***** Bad move. Temeria is engulfed by civil war if you hand her over to Natalis.

[@Enel97]

Frank G wait what. Actually it doesn't. Giving anais to Natalis is the best ending(of the "saving anais branch" ofc.there are always the other branches)

[@dIRECTOR259]

***** Why? Women can't rule in Temeria. In my game Radovid was married to Adda, her older half-sister - and thereby had the best claim. So I gave him Anais as well, to make things more stable in the face of the Nilfgaardian invasion. Best have one guy in charge.

[@Enel97]

dIRECT0R anais becomes the ward of natalis.so in essence natalis isthe one who rules until anais comes of age(when he will probably marry her to someone worthy of elading rightfully..or even marry her himself-he is not that kind of guy though- ). It's the same thing Radovid does. Now the question is who is better to have her?natalis who cares about temeria and its people or radovid the classic power hungry king?i think its an obvious answer.in fact if you give her to radovid its made quite clear he intends to never even let her near the throne.

[@dIRECTOR259]

Enel97 And why would he? Boussy was one thing, but if all that's left are legitimized bastard daughters, then of the two - Adda the White, Radovid's wife(!), is much older. Radovid is the obvious successor to Foltest, his children will be Foltest's grandchildren. Anais can live out her life as the king's sister-in-law. But most importantly, with the Black Ones coming - is it a good idea to foster factionalism (by granting legitimacy to Natalis) - or unity, by simply giving Radovid the other child of Foltest. Like I said, war is coming, best to have oneguy in charge. And Radovid is a military genius...

[@hencleedax]

I always prefered Foltest. I liked him, him and ploughin Temeria.

[@user-cv2ro9lr6s]

u must like ur sister as well ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@jacobevans489]

PLOW THE LILLIES!!!

[@RandomPerson-oz9ck]

ok i hate anime

[@TheFlipsta97]

'ATE REDANIA 'ATE THE PLOUGHIN NIFLGARD NOT RACIS JUST DONT LIKE 'EM. LOVE ME FOLTEST. LOVE ME TEMARIA. SIMPLE AS!

[@fl333r]

The political dialogue in TW2 seems superior to TW3. Is it just nostalgia, maybe?

[@ChillingWithEnman]

I agree

[@chrisnguyen5922]

yeah definitely. Each game had different emphasis. Witcher 1 had a fun experience and tons of quests/rewards. Witcher 2 seemed to improve all aspects over its predecessor: graphics, combat, story-telling, cinematics, voice-overs, etc. Both had different paths; i.e. Order of Flaming Rose vs Scoia'tael or Iorveth vs Vernon Roche. Witcher 3 had to stand out over Witcher 2 by pleasing all audiences (even newcomers by making it easier to understand), while witcher 2 seemed like a continuation / branched extension of Witcher 1 by being somewhat more deeper yet complicated for some. Witcher 3 tries to cater to being open world with an abundance of adventure, storylines, choices and memorable characters, and for that - it's the best out of the trilogy IMO.

[@vanguard-pv5mc]

I think that might be due in part to TW3 not really being about the Northern Realms and who's on which throne. Ciri came back and thus all the political drama was immediately shuffled way down Geralt's priority list. The political drama is thus not as involved because it's no longer central to the story.

[@TheTexasDice]

There simply isn't as much political drama. The Witcher 3 plays in the midst of a war and the only leaders left alive are Emhir and Radovid, none of which have any reason or occasion to meet in person for political debating. Still, there are lots of great interactions with nobles in the Witcher 3. Don't forget how Nilgaard made you shave and dress up before meeting the leader of an empire, rather than have you walk in there armed and will worn leather armor like some boar in Skyrim.

[@MrKILLINOOBZ]

Texas Dice but you can subsequently walk in like some boar from Skyrim when you meet the Emperor again later. Also, I'm glad the La Valettes' or more specifically, Louisa La Valette returned albeit briefly, and they also address prince Ansies and Meve, Queen of Lyria and Rivia and how they took Geralts' sudden leave of absence in Blood and Wine which also implies that Lyria and Rivia bent the knee to Nilfgaard/accepted vassalization. However, there are still some issues that never really get addressed, Anais, what happened to Iorveth and the Scoia Tael, how did Kaedwen go from strong AF depending on how the Witcher 2 ends to a whimpy pushover, why vassalize Temeria yet leave Aedirn, Mahakam and etc. out in the blue, why wasn't there more Francesca Findibair and her small kingdom (especially a since they are technically vassals of Nilfgaard) etc.

[@HolyknightVader999]

"Noble attendees, I need to stress that the king of Redania here has ploughed me without tallow." Oh, that's not gonna be the last time Radovid will plow you, Henselt.

[@mayaamis]

I never liked Radovid but I have to admit he was intelligent and strong and impressive in Witcher 2, in Witcher 3 that made him into a joke...

[@jacquesdealdersberg2452]

Funny. In w3 he was even better. He was both tactical and political genius

[@toddpacker1015]

​@@jacquesdealdersberg2452 In Witcher 3 Radovic was brilliant... but there really not be a reason why Radovic's political calculation/planning was to be seen by The Butcher of Blaviken... Geralt is on the path and most important Ciri

[@miguelcondadoolivar5149]

It very much didn't. Radovid in 3 is the last strong Northern monarch and one of the two people able to beat back Nilfgaard (the other being Dijkstra). His insanity and fanaticism were already teased in TW2 by revealing his connections with the Flaming Rose, he simply showed a more diplomatic face at Loc Muinne because it was advantageous for him.

[@radradovidmemes6162]

Radovid is such a badass!

[@daubeny7386]

Wait no he is a fucking moron

[@Deorman]

@@daubeny7386 he gots many unforgivable faults but he's definitely not a moron.

[@stephen8805]

@@daubeny7386 He won the war on his own. He is a legend. CDPR butchered his character.

[@merrylakay8310]

@@stephen8805 We had the choice not CDPR.

[@DrunkitheDane]

Thanks for uploading this buddy!

[@iputapipebombintoyourmailb6210]

ah yes. dragon age origins, the most underrated witcher game

[@Balinux]

What are you on about? They didn't copy origins...

[@danielrosen2219]

RIP Witcher 2 era Radovid

[@NikoChristianWallenberg]

Completely ruined in the third game ---__---

[@Fera-gr5mm]

"Dethmold was here doing unknown business" -> oh we know well

[@rjbonacolta]

Hensalt never lives long enough for this in my plays

[@iWillWakeYouUp]

Man, I miss Henselt. Wish he was in W3. He was by far the most interesting of all the monarchs in W2. Foltest was kinda interesting too, but Henselt - to me - had that "it factor" to him that made him a magnetic character. I wanted to interact way more with him in W2.

[@aminzekul1157]

@L Durand he wasn't racist during witcher 2 and witcher 1 tho.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Demavend sure got the short end of the stick. Hell, in the original version of The Witcher 2 you didn't even got to see his assassination.

[@aminzekul1157]

@@ThePreciseClimber yeah. i would like to see aedirnian spies in action.

[@saekisadako2118]

@L Durand in witcher 2 he only hangs 2 dwarves because they are leaders of saskia he doesn't kill the rest of them.

[@Deorman]

I felt Henselt the most boring, he's just a authoriatarian brute who takes what he wants, He got not subtility at all and didn't had the mean to his ambition. The only True Kings of the north were Radovid and Foltest.

[@TheHubernator]

I found out what went wrong, on my first playthrough i walked too close to the nilfgaardian camp and activated the saving triss event. I thought that was mandatory, but after finishing iorveths path i realized i must have made that mistake back then in roches path.

[@hanskelsen8184]

The bloom is blinding me...

[@FredrikSkievan]

Damn i wore that excact fit except the gloves. Nice fashion sense my guy

[@dorkmax7073]

Never played Witcher 2, but this John Natalis seems like he was too good for this world. I assume he's dead as shit?

[@delet-this]

Of course. Hes missing in witcher 3. Probably dead

[@joslarcor3535]

He is pressumed missing by Roche himself and a lot of characters in the third game. I prefer to think that he is making guerrilla warfare just like Roche and protecting Anais.

[@Fera-gr5mm]

@@joslarcor3535 Baroness La Valette makes some deal with Voorhis in W3, that might be the link between Temeria and NG deal. Anyway if they succeed in the deal, then Natalis and Anais rule Temeria.

[@Orrator900]

Radovid zinged the oaf! :D

[@narathzularantheal3602]

the guards crossbows - ready to shoot :)

[@Rafa_RBR]

As if Adda never existed..

[@92Beyo]

From the wiki: "During the prologue, Foltest mentions that Adda has married to the king of Redania and thus must "content herself with Redania" as the Temerian nobility would never allow a Redanian to sit on the throne "

[@Rafa_RBR]

92Beyo but then again, what's the Point in marrying her in the first place? and why would getting Anais make his Claim any more legit?

[@Mr33500]

They do mention her here, but Anais is more respected because she is not the product of incest and was not a monster hunting people.

[@gronndar]

+Mr33500 True. Even Henselt considers Anais more valid, since Adda was just a monster "I will not honor a beast with a royal title:"

[@MrKILLINOOBZ]

RBR late response to your comment but my guess is Radovid would have groomed her into his puppet queen.

[@SEAGOIL]

I love radovid XD

[@Icetubexd]

***** And the fact that he is raving mad. Like literally batshit insane.

[@gibson_smiles]

***** Stannis isn't mad at all. He's the most just king contending for the Iron Throne in GoT.

[@Icetubexd]

..... I'am talking about Radovid, not Stannis.

[@fkr9032]

The ones that are talking about Stannis Baratheon here.. I hope you've seen the latest episode.. He's no longer my favorite character i can say. And he surely is going abit mad...

[@StefanSrb777]

***** Foltest was the best.I would side whit Radovid if he didnt burn those mages.Insted i chose to asassinate him.

[@ASDFUIL]

I don't remember any of this stuff in my Witcher 2 playthrough, and I think that's because I made different choices and this game was well made and your choices actually matter. It's not like a Bioware or Bethesda game where no matter what choice you make it leads to the same outcome.

[@phonkydev5286]

TW2 more like Game of thrones before 6-7 season. TW3 more like last season of GoT. Both Radovid and Dayneris became mad without any reason.

[@mohabgamal9423]

@Haljordan4life Man remember Was also impetuous

[@Silligk]

i swear ive played through this game 10 times each time taking different options along the way and i still havent seen all endings -,- they went a bit overboard with all the endings lol;

[@SpiredRapidity]

there are 16 of them.

[@dIRECTOR259]

What they did to Radovid in TW3 is the _single biggest disappointment of the whole game._ They claim he's mad. We don't see that. We see a grim, brooding, merciless monarch. And probably the greatest Northern king of all time: if you leave him alone, he manages to unite the entire North. Radovid V *the Great,* I say. He blinded Philippa Eilheart? SHE MURDERED HIS FATHER, and tormented/humiliated him throughout his childhood. She is a traitor, conspirator, and assassin - in the Middle Ages they'd have her _drawn and quartered,_ not blinded. I can't believe they let her have revenge. He goes after mages? So far as he knows, a conspiracy of mages killed two Northern monarchs, tried to kill a third, all in order to weaken the North for Nilfgaard. And in coordination with the Nilfgaardian invasion. Not only that, but going after these people will get him money he desperately needs to fight Nilfgaard. Ruthless, merciless, even cruel? Perhaps. Insane? No.

[@thekommex4831]

dIRECT0R They don't need a ruler, they need a leader

[@dIRECTOR259]

Thekommex _What?_ :) How about if their ruler is their leader?

[@gyutarosan5311]

dIRECT0R Well he kinda burns everyone that's either non human or magical alive. So there's that.

[@dIRECTOR259]

Shalnark Kun Yah. Makes perfect sense to me. A mage betrayed and murdered my father, then tormented and dominated my childhood. Then a conspiracy of traitor mages and nonhumans murdered three out of four Northern monarchs including my father-in-law, me being the lucky exception - and all in apparent coordination with the Nilfgaardian Empire. Which has now devastated and taken over virtually half the North. I need money to save the North, and at last unite it (which would be great for the Northerners - no more petty wars between the kingdoms). I'm a military genius of immense skill... I say screw the mages and the nonhumans, time to pay them back for their treason, and me to get my hands on their money to save those whom their kind betrayed. Remember that nonhumans fought for Nilfgaard in the last war... Unscrupulous? Sure. "Mad"? Pffff - no way.

[@frankg2790]

dIRECT0R An entire group should not die because a few of them did some bad things. That is the thinking of a Nazi and I am not a Nazi.

[@connorgolden4]

Why is radovid pretty cool in W2 and batshit crazy in W3?

[@christiancristof491]

He's the same.

[@CognizantCheddar]

@@gegensw4500 More like Sapkowski explained to CD Projekt how _he_ has always slyly loved Emhyr and Nilfgaard, and that needed to be more clear in the third game.

[@randystabbage4821]

Lazy writing and rushed development plagued the game. They got their shit together for the DLCs but it's no excuse

[@joslarcor3535]

I think game development took a very important place with the Radovid´s insane chracter, but after all, its the last surviving monarch of the north, fighting alone against the nilfgaardian military machine. A very esstresing job.

[@J4o4s4e4p4h4]

Kind of late to this topic, but I think that Radovid has been sociopath from his childhood. His father was assasinated when Radovid was still but a child. And after that incident with Filippa he became more paranoid and unstable. Also at this time in TW2 there still was some other ruling elements in Northern Kingdom. In TW3 he is the last king of the Northern Kingdoms and as such he is no longer concerned with disguising his true nature.

[@samwrai]

Dunno nothing about this. I sided with Roche in act 2 and in Loch Mouinne I simple tried to save Triss. Thefore I was busy about getting gear and destroy the gargoyles and that was all I did before the meting and the end. After I defeated the dragon I saw Roche, who I didn't helped for some gargoyle reason. He was ... a little uptset with me, but alive and with Anais. So I bet was everything ok. Oh, and the the mage escaped too. Didn't saw or remember that Philipa was blinded by Radovid. I made the worst end possible?

[@joslarcor3535]

No, because you stoped the possibility of a mage massacre in Loc Muinne, allowing the Conclave to survive. I had the same end, and even if i was worried for Temeria´s future, i think its not the worst, its better than a Temeria ruled by Radovid and a mage massacre.

[@Silly_Illidan]

Lol Natalis dissapeared so fast it wasn't even funny...no appearance in witcher 3

[@Fera-gr5mm]

Also Iorveth

[@dIRECTOR259]

Well.. Now that we know how things turn out. The most logical choices (from the perspective of the North's interests against Nilfgaard) are #1 to kill Henselt, allowing Radovid to more easily take over Kaedwen (which he'll do anyway), #2 give Anais to Radovid - ensuring there's as little ambiguity as possible as to who is the strongest claimant to the Temerian throne. He may kill her, sure, but that's for the best: her life is not worth the lives of those who might die in factional strife. Moreover, even if she were to somehow manage to illegally take power (women can not rule in Temeria), she would be a minor. A minority, and a little girl on the throne, is not what anyone needs at the time of a massive invasion.

[@dIRECTOR259]

+Giannis k. I didn't - and frankly I prefer it this way. I was once excited about these choices transferring to the next game, but now I see all they do is severely limit storytelling, as its apparent developers simply can not waste money on aspects that probably won't be seen. I now prefer the _Deus Ex_ model - multiple endings - only one canon.

[@dIRECTOR259]

+Giannis k. Transferring saves ruins rpgs. They should have just decided on the canon ending like Deus Ex games.

[@aaff1910]

other tomperson nope

[@HolyknightVader999]

I don't think Adda will allow Radovid to kill her baby sister. But I'm sure Adda and Radovid would just shape Anais to become a Redanian puppet and probably get her to marry some Redanian noble and make that guy the king of Temeria. Or just have Anais announce Temeria becoming a province of Redania.

[@mehrabsadventures4318]

The answer no one wants but works

[@MikeO7977]

Henselt with a Scottish accent? Interesting. But still it does seem to me that Polish dubbing for the character is better. Its simply more powerful.

[@raivin7172]

Russian dub also amazing

[@martinsoukup562]

Dragon age lmao

[@block9699]

wrong game in description

[@TheHubernator]

i really hate Henselt. Can you find Anais before the meeting even if you let Roche kill Henselt in act 2? Or maybe I shouldnt have admitted to Dethmold that I found the conspirators under the brothel... Im gonna do Iorveth's path now, its gonna take a while to find out all the outcomes, and which is my most satifactory resolution

[@acıbiberlidondurma]

1:04

[@OasisLand00]

Why they ruined Radovid in Witcher 3 i'll never understand.

[@SE-jv6bi]

Why give child to radovid when there is natlis

[@Fera-gr5mm]

I guess because the guards initially want you

[@mohabgamal9423]

Can anyone describe how this “tretogor” looks?

[@mohabgamal9423]

@Michele I think we were very close to it in hearts of stone dlc area It’s sad that we didn’t see it I remember when king Radovid told Geralt in witcher 1 to visit him in royal palace in tretogor

[@Silly_Illidan]

@Michele basically tretagor would be towards the north east of oxenfurt..past the map

[@Silly_Illidan]

@Michele yeah..... Well....there would probably be less to do there seeing as how it was not touched by War and the king was dead in Novigrad... Wat would a witcher do in a place so boring 😉

[@Silly_Illidan]

@Michele 2 out of 3 choices leads to his death..

[@yegorperepelytsya7812]

All hail Nilfgaard!

[@jacquesdealdersberg2452]

Witcher 3 Radovid is better than witcher 2 Radovid. Witcher 2 Radovid:Political mastermind Witcher 3 Radovid: Political Mastermind, War genius.

[@jacquesdealdersberg2452]

@Haljordan4life you're right

[@AjumSheiCaydaresh13579]

Add "Hitler 2.0" in the last line

[@uzytkownikzycia9697]

Angielski dabing w porównaniu do polskiego jest bardzo brzydki i jakiś taki drętwy. Bez emocji.

[@bronek7729]

Mam to samo odczucie bracie