MOVIE NEWS – Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, the showrunner, and writer of The Witcher Netflix series, has announced several characters on Twitter. If you have played CD Projekt RED’s games, you will be familiar with them.

Like the games, the series will also be based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels. The first few announced characters are not surprising, but let’s take a look at few of the names: Geralt, Yennefer, Ciri, Triss, Milva, Regis and… Roach! Hissrich could have just stopped there, but instead, she detailed their characteristics.

Geralt is stoic, circumspect, balanced, fierce, and „soft and squishy in a tiny place in his heart that he’ll never reveal until maybe the end and even then it will just be a hint.” (The last descriptions in brackets originally had dashes. We removed all of them.)

Yennefer is fiery, proud, shrewd, contradictory, and „seeking to fill a family sized hole in her heart even though she resents it and swears she’s just fine on her own but she is not and we love her for being both independent and vulnerable.”

Ciri is resilient, relentless, brazen, growing, and „she’s going to change the world and what the hell is she supposed to do except be scared and be bold and learn and adapt and find a family who can walk by her side no matter what and maybe just maybe teach her the meaning of love.”

Triss is spunky, idealistic, insecure, conflicted, and „young and naive and lacking the confidence of sorceresses which means she is ripe for manipulation but when she finally transcends the crap she has a chance to be loved as herself and not as “the third wheel with Yen”.”

Milva is saucy, savage, conciliatory, commonsense, and „the epitome of the novels’ shades of grey who embodies unrequited romance and also unbelievable strength and also the skills to kill and also the ability to crusade for peace and also and also and also.”

Regis is eloquent, ensconced, worldly, haunted, and „the worst of the worst who transforms into the best of the best or at least he strives to be, and it’s the most incredible journey to watch as an evil addicted monster becomes the essence of “humanity personified” in the hansa.”

Vilgefortz is mercenary, conspiratorial, power-hungry, ruthless, and „handsome as all get out which is important because (as Geralt says “one could expect anything from a man looking like this”) he is the essence of evil hidden behind beauty which makes him very very dangerous.”

Emhyr is imperialistic, ruthless, monarchical, masquerader, and „above all he’s a survivor having spent most his life running and pretending, so it’s no wonder he craves power because what’s more stable than being on top (and what’s better than a villain whose head you kinda get).”

Cahir is conflicted, charismatic, haunted, pure of heart, and „despite being young he’s like a relic of a simpler time when knights in shining armor always won the girl but now in the face of harsh reality he must learn what it means to actually be heroic and brave for others.”

Jaskier is extravagant, caddish, loose-lipped, loyal, and „hides behind the exterior of an idiot when in actuality he is the keeper of Geralt’s realities (even if he exaggerates his own heroics) AND the truths of the world which means he’s far more important than we realize…”

Leo Bonhart is sadistic, ghoulish, ruthlessly efficient, hedonistic, and „his depth lies in his lack of depth because we keep searching for reason or redemption and in fact, there is none just a cold, brutal soul who desires to be colder and what’s more terrifying than that?”

Roach is ladylike, faithful, extrasensory, steady, and „really annoyed with this game because we can’t pretend all Roaches are the same so she’d prefer some singularity and individual recognition instead of all being lumped together by blatantly horsist people.” (That’s not a description we wrote…)

As Hissrich just recently finished the first draft of the script of the pilot episode, it’s unlikely going to take several months until Netflix will announce WHEN the series will launch. Let’s be patient…

Source: VG247