THE FEELING OF CRUMPLED paper held tight in hands spattered with ink and bruises, familiar face etched countless times ‘pon the backs of old notes or faded wanted posters —– it pales in comparison to the holding the real thing within his arms, hearing his name fall from lips that he has been unable to taste for far too long. There’s an amused chuckle to fall from betwixt brims as head dips down to press foreheads together, tired in sound but hardly lacking in jocularity; he’s missed him, and there is no amount of weight placed precariously upon shoulders that could prevent the serene elation that hums through the marrows of his bones, the veins ‘neath his skin —– hand lifts to caress scarred cheek with a gentleness few would believe a Witcher capable of ( steel claws & bloodied teeth; monster masquerading as a human ) and bites back the urge to sigh in relief when he does not slip through his fingertips as so many dreams have promised.
( – ‘ arrows sticking out of him like a porcupine ’ )
Free palm presses flat against elf’s back and he holds him a little closer.
❛ IS IT STILL A LOSS IF I cheated? ❜ Inquiry posed with smile widening into more of a grin, ❛ Heard a rumor or two, but nothing enough to give away your location. Wound up asking Triss if she’d seen you, thought I’d stop by. ❜ He could have attempted to track him down himself but this was far easier and time isn’t a friend these days – besides, he doubts Iorveth will mind particularly as to how he ventured upon him, so long as it does not endanger him or whatever he’s gotten himself into.
❛ SURPRISED OUR 'KING OF beggars’ didn’t tell you I was here. Or that you hadn’t heard it from one of Menge’s men; unsurprisingly, Witchers count as as potential threats too he had his eye on me all week, and I assume you haven’t just been sitting here idly.❜
❝ I take it you met her here, in this rancid slum? Or did she decide to brave the streets after all? ❞ Neither were completely safe any longer, a fact of which ( he was intransigently certain ) his partner already knew; it did not take an astute mind to descry the conniption of this FREE realm, nor its baleful prejudices. ❝ I would have offered to try and keep her safe, though I doubt she’d have wanted the help. ❞ He almost doubted she needed it in the first place. But Witch Hunters prowled the alleyways like the animals they were, and he clung to the growing suspicion that this monarch of mediocrity, that self-proclaimed KING of ens and nought, would soon eschew their rat-plagued refuge in favour of a few more coins in his corpulent pockets. For that was always their way, was it not? The lowly are smote by the sacrosanct; sultans soil all below them without remorse, unless kingslayers endeavour to end their reigns with sanguine precision, yet that time had long since passed.
❝ Why would he? I don’t work for him, Gwynbleidd, but he has proven useful. As for Menge, ❞ It tastes like poison, acerbity biting at his very throat. Thus a scoff endures, falling short of the adamantine wrath he might have been accustomed to in months prior; there is a note of supine sorrow, perhaps a dirge for those wrongly felled, midst the growing revulsion which wrought a hardened heart. He dragoons the embrace to its end, whilst sheathed hand still rests atop witcher’s shoulder, familiar there, if only in a diffident transience afore it falls. ❝ Circumstances have become far worse for every nonhuman, sorceress, and magical being in the area because of bloede tirthe like himanyone who isn't a quintessentialdh'oine is hounded by that infernal church, and if not by them, their own peers. Most days the scent of burnt flesh lingers in the air: a sick reminder of this city’s politics, I think. ❞
Once he may have done the same; myriad homes he had held torches to, copious cries he had hearkened. ( And was that any different? What made that suffering any more just? Twitch of sundered binary: remorse, what is remorse? ) Now, where he should feel anger, there is harrowing abyss: how many gales can a roaring inferno withstand until it is blown out; how many lashings can a stone take until it is weathered hence? 'Twas an erstwhile ambition, a pale fire now extinguished, that the encroaching war would have brought humans and the elder races together in a rally to gainstrive Nilfgaard’s efforts. Instead, they had turned against one another; men killed men, and blood imbrued steel and stone all the sameit didn’t matter.
❝ Sometimes I wonder if this world is even worth fighting for, Geralt. ❞
No Masters or KingsPrimary Verse, set during the midst of Chapter 2, or the beginning of Chapter 3. World state: Vergen lingers on the brink of war, and the commander spends his days readying his forces or fretting about Saskia.
Idealism sits in PrisonSecondary Verse, post-game or during the events of The Witcher 3. World state: Aedirn and the Pontar Valley lay in ruin due to the siege led by Nilfgaard. The Scoia'tael of the east are dwindling in number, slaughtered in the war; Iorveth has left Saskia and the better half of his army to gather recruits in the city of Novigrad, relinquishing the title of commander to his best scout, Ele'yas. In Novigrad, Iorveth lays low, and lingers in the Putrid Grove with the King of Beggars ( though he would be loath to admit that he works with him ); he spends his nights aiding the nonhumans of the city, who are being crushed by Radovid's corrupt knights, either smuggling them out of the area or recruiting them into the Scoia'tael to fight alongside the Dragonslayer's forcesor both.
Felled in the NightDragon Age verse. World state: Information here.
❝ They say all elves are beautiful, that they are born thus. In Iorveth’s case someone set out to change this [...] He was a living legend, the elusive leader of a Scoia’tael unit whose members gave no thought to laying down their arms and continued their war against humans. Stories of his deeds, of his deep hatred of dh’oine, painted him as more akin to a vengeful ghost than to an individual made of blood, bone and flesh...❞
Julian Alfred Pankratz viscount de Lettenhove, "Dandelion".
Most humans might contend that the Scoia’tael are little more than ferocious heathens, who will not stop their tyranny until every last dh’oine has been cleft in twain—they may even be right in assuming such a thing. Iorveth, famous for his resourcefulness and tactical genius ( as well as his viscousness ), means to unite the scattered forces, somewhat certain that they will answer his call when the time comes.
He has only ever existed in a time when blood imbrued the waters, knowing little of a time of peace, for his people or for his foes. He knows betrayal better than he knows friendship; he trusts few, and has faith in even fewer. Once, he would have named himself the Commander of a ruthless brigade during the Nilfgaardian war, ally to those of the Vrihedd.
His comrades were executed before his very eyes; there was no honour amidst the battle, no justice, nor any such romantic deluges within the hollow carnage of war. The Vrihedd was exterminated, sold and branded as cannon fodder by their own allies; the remaining Scoia’tael were marked as beasts, relinquished unto the slaughter, hunted and hounded for the remainder of their existence.
Iorveth evaded the clutches of death, but not without paying a lofty price: half of his face was destroyed, cut open while the other dh’oine colonels looked on, delighting in the torture. His eye is sacrificed, and yet that was not what sundered his TRUST in the humans.
Thus he endows himself with the responsibility of commanding the remnants, whatever vestiges of the Scoia’tael he can muster. Though not all fall beneath his jurisdiction, he aims to fight for their unbridled freedom, and a land in which the nonhumans may roam free, unafraid and unfettered; a land where humans can enter forests without fear, where they may shed their petty prejudices and mayhaps learn to live alongside one another.
Relentless in battle and strategy, the general is named an astute strategist. He makes for a cunning and powerful adversary, but may well be blind in his acrimony and mistrust towards humans. In short, he expects the worst of them almost perpetually. This is not, however, any sort of secret; he is terribly blunt in all that he does, whether this be a virtue or a vice. Yet above all things, Iorveth is a man of his word. His men are loyal to him, and in return, he is loyal to those who issue him this allegiance.
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Basics: name: Iorveth height: ~1.80m or 5'11" race: Elf appearance: Go here for more information on the scar. Svelte yet athletic in build; covers one half of his face with a red headscarf, which conceals his missing eye ( which very few people ever actually see ); a scar runs from his upper lip to said eyesocket; his clothing is an amalgamation of armour he has stolen from those he has slain, as he is far too poor to buy anything of the sort; a tattoo of an oak tree branch runs down the side of his neck, presumably past the collarbone; his vest is littered with sigils from the commanders he has killed; he has v silly socks. talents: A century of fighting with humans has made him a skilled tactician, and one might even go as far to call him a genuis. He has a resolute network, one which can gather information on almost anyone he wishes; coupled with that, the Scoia'tael are some of the best archers in the known world. In spite of his missing eye and damaged depth percetion, Iorveth wields two swords or a bow with deadly ease. etc: it’s important 2 note that Iorveth isn’t the commander of all the Scoia’tael; he has his own faction of about thirty elves, but there are others who he has no control over. It’s true that he wants to unite the elves, but the distance between them and the different ideals make this a difficult task. In other words, not all of the Scoia’tael will have the same goals or tactics as his own brigade, though they may all be similar at the root.
general.
This is a private blog: I will only interact with those of whom I follow blah bla hblahlablhl. Iorv's a pretty "niche" character, so I might be a little bit selective with following back, but I usually reciprocate tbh, as long as u don't seem like a meanie haha.
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Furthermore, as far as like, sending in memes goes?? I do not give a Carp about mutual memeing??? Dude if u want to reblog the meme from me but don't send one in, go right ahead?? I will not take offense in any way lmao idk if this needs to be said but just a friendly reminder for u ok?
triggers.
I read all of my followers rules ( including nonmutuals ), and try to take into account everyone's triggers. If I ever miss something, please tell me and I will not hesitate to tag it for you. I ask that you tag animal abuse, domestic abuse, and nsfw pictures for me. In terms of this blog, however, the subject matter will inevitably be very, very triggering to some; I cannot change that if I am to stay true to this muse, but I will tag whatever is asked of me, and the usual things ( nsfw; gore; eye horror; etc. ).
portrayal.
I've read the books, and I have played the games, though I have not yet finished Witcher 3. I hope this doesn't prove to be a problem ;___; If I make a mistake pls just kik my ass tbh. PLS consult this page if u don't know much about the Witcher/Iorveth himself; its just a list of his important features/facts, tbh.
replies.
I'm busy, so pls don't expect me to reply to anything very quickly. If u cant respect that, idk what 2 tell u other than u are going to be a very unhappy person, probably. P^/
romance & etc.
As far as shipping goes, the only one on this blog will be with Stevie's Geralt bec my son is a fucking GAY BABY. In other words, I'm single ship, and pls stop asking 2 hop on my son's dick thanks.
Furthermore, smut is never going to happen! I portray Iorveth as a sex-repulsed asexual, and I, for one, am also a sex-repulsed asexual. I ask that you respect this. pls. pls dont submit me pictures of ur dick. yes this has happened before and i will be a VERY UNHAPPY TEACUP IF U DO THIS!!!!!!!!! ITS GROSS!!!
exclusivity.
I do not care if you interact with a hundred thousand "doubles" or what not, and if you want me to be exclusive to you, then inform me and it shall be done. I have here an exclusive list. ( * Granted, this...sort of has to be reasonable; if u see me interacting with many of hte same muse, I'm probably...not going 2 agree to being exclusive to u. jsyk ?? It's a courtesy thing, tbh )
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