CD Projekt Red has revealed this The witcher 3: Wild hunt contained a secret love story that no one knew about.
During a recent episode of the studios Answered podcast (via IGN), story director Tomasz Marchewka explained this in the games Blood & Wine DLC: Damien de la Tour, captain of Toussaint’s ducal guard, is secretly in love with the person he is assigned to protect: Duchess Anna Henrietta.
“I don’t think it’s said anywhere in the game, but we assume he’s secretly in love with her,” Marchewka said. ‘And because he is not an aristocrat, he cannot even imagine that this could have happened.
“I think there’s a moment where she says she’s in great danger and so on, and he just looks at her. And if you know what to look for, you see in that look the depth of the relationship. It is super subtle I don’t know how transparent it is, but we always remembered that he was actually willing to give his life for her if that was what it took.’
If you the Blood & Wine DLC, you may know that a possible outcome at the end of the campaign will involve Anna’s sister, Mary, killing her, and Damien will be heartbroken.
However, the game implies that he’s just angry about abandoning his duchess and friend, but with the new information from CDPR, it’s understandable why he’s so sad, especially when you read his diary afterwards.
“When Anna Henrietta was treacherously murdered by her own sister, Damien blamed himself above all and wanted to fall on his sword, as he felt a man of honor should,” his diary reads. ‘The only thing that held him back was the thought that Her Grace would never have forgiven him.
‘Damien spent many years in deep mourning and often reflected on how the tragic events had occurred and who was responsible. This meant not only that the Duchess had died, but also all chances of a friendship between him and Geralt of Rivia.’
Luckily, there’s an ending where Anna doesn’t die, so this unrequited love story doesn’t end tragically if you make the right choice, but it’s not technically a happy ending for Damien either, as he continues to secretly pine after the Duchess. .
Elsewhere, CD Projekt Red recently announced that an official mod editor is currently in the works for the PC version of The Witcher 3.
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