Letho

Letho of Gulet first appeared before Geralt in the guise of a blind monk, revealing his true nature for only the seconds required to end Foltest’s life. Then he leapt from a window with uncanny grace, leaving Geralt to be discovered with the body. It seemed to Geralt that this man must be working with the Scoia’tael, and Roche’s information supported this theory. Geralt, Triss, and Roche head to the border with Aedirn and the trading post Flotsam in search of Letho, who all believe is the true kingslayer. In time, Letho proves himself a master manipulator who is using the Scoia’tael purely for his own ends.

He is a difficult opponent for Geralt, for Letho is a fellow witcher. Though he is of the southern School of the Viper rather than Geralt’s School of the Wolf, they walk the same Path and should, in a just world, be friends rather than enemies. Letho, it seems, has abandoned the Path to organize a handful of fellow witchers from the School of the Viper into a force with no purpose beyond assassinating the kings of the north. To what end this regicide might serve a group of witchers is beyond Geralt’s comprehension, and Letho does not seem interested in explaining himself.