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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Today's episode is on the infamous Leo Bonhart, A warrior turned Mercenary, turned legend, but how? Find out in today's video. A lot of you will have heard about him through ciri and how he murdered her female lover mistle in front of her. He was a well-known witcher hunter and was actually the person who ciri retrieved her school of the cat medallion from.
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The Rats weren't "nice people")) They were bandits, murderers and robbers. Adventuring with them for some time made Ciri love to kill. But what Bonhart did was still messed up.
And yet i still think that after everything Ciri've been through during her life, she is presented too soft and kind in the game.
when i read chapter i was satisfied with what he did, i hated the rats and ciri even more, i wish he would've hurt her more
@@mr.smiley1652 same
@@mr.smiley1652 .
Ciri in the books is what you get if you crossed a magical fairytale princess with the character of Guts from "Berserk."
Oh, they absolutely deserved what they got.
With the amount of skill he has imagine how powerful he would be if he had witcher mutations. He would fit perfectly with the cat school.
Yah he be a great cat Witcher all em are psychos anyway
Dude would be unstopable i mean Ciri win 1v1 against Eredin in the book and she's only 15 years old that time. Bonhart in the other hand beat her without trouble
He had problems with eyes like Coen. He actually could have been through mutations. Or some kind or renegade/dropoff when witchers realised what psycho they created. There is a reason we do not know his backstory
@@ayusoraua570 Ciri beat Bonhart and then later beat Eredin
Provided he survived the Test of the Grass and the rage of all the Witchers.
Actually Ciri fought against Bonhart, when she arrived at the village and was beaten by him. So right from the start he noticed her potential and knew where she had received her training.
Also Bonhart might have had the itention to buy her a sword, but the Gnome Gwihir cost a fortune Bonhart did not have. So she got it as a gift from the blacksmith with the words: Do fullfill, what must be fullfilled (or something like that). Bonhart hastily took it from her with the words: Not yet.
I kept that in mind, because it was a very tense moment.
slight correction. He only suspected where she had recieved her training. The moment we learn he knows for sure is when Ciri is put in an arena of some kind and she uses a particular move, called "Three little steps", which Bonhart recognises. It's apparantly only tought at Kaer Morhen
@@thugli4328 he knew witcher's fighting style so he knew rather well, he could have been a witcher student as well
I felt how much Esterhazy the smith wanted Ciri to kill Bonhart and just get rid of this evil incarnated. Even he trembles.
Please do Cahir. He is a VERY important and cool character in the books.
Great video.
soorena firouzabadi I will at some point, whilst reading the books I really liked cahir
WitcherGeorge I loved how Dandellion made fun of his long name. LOL
The Nilfgardian who's not from Nilfgard
it was nice to see how he executed the rats.
Technically, i don't think you actually managed to see that...
@@Spherrum my imagination showed me that haha, but you're right though.
Bonhart's death was definitely a good example of subverting expectations imo. Bonhart had been hearing about Geralt and his relationship with Ciri for a while, and he had been really itching for a fight with Geralt for the longest, he had beaten the shit out of Ciri in a duel multiple times at this point so didn't consider her a threat for real. Cut to the end of the last book in the series, the shit is going down, the raid on Vilgefortz castle is in full effect, Bonhart has just killed Cahir at first thinking he was Geralt until he dispatched him unceremoniously and quite easily, so he is dissapointed of course. He is still itching for his fight with Geralt and then Ciri gets in his way one final time and he is annoyed because she starts doing her same movesets again he had already seen and was ready to blow past her to get to Geralt, only this time her skills had improved greatly since their earlier fights and she surprises him and slits his throat in the duel... He bleeds out slowly and in shock having never got his fight with Geralt in the end as Ciri handled her own shit and slayed her own boogeyman.... It was Brilliant.
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I gotta read it again now
Leo Bonhart is like Ramsay Snow in mindset with 2 handed Jamie lanister swordsmanship.
Pretty much haha
Sounds even scarier now that you put it that way
well I don't think he's THAT evil
And follows The Red God/Lord Of Light, And Has Power From The Lord Of Light
I've never clicked on a video so fast. Quality content as always :)
What Bonhart did to Ciri at Jealousy and afterwards could very well rival the Eclipse from Berserk...
This dude is straight up scary.
He is badass just like Vilgefortz (not the one absolutely destroyed by the miserable Netflix but the one that easily could have killed Geralt if he wanted so).
Dude is scary strong in the books, Reince seems even to be scared of him. He also goes toe to toe with Yennifer although her magic is reduced at the time- she cant best him.- he is described as a mage and witcher killer- and very tall. what makes him really scary is he is all natural no magic just pure strength and skill..
“Witcher version of Ramsay Snow”. Very apt description. Kudos.
Bonhart was such a great villain, I hate him for killing Cahir (my boi), but I am almost willing to forgive him because he got rid of the rats, almost…
The aperance of bonhat and his extraordinary fighting skills may suggest he may be one of the first (oldest) witchers. How gray hair, pale skin and green eyes sure are remeniscent to the aperence of whitchers. That would explain his extraordinary agility, power and experiance that he gained threwout his looong life. Maeby he is the efect of first unrefined mutations, or just a mutation gone wrong. He similarly to witchers kills for money. The only distinction is he does not care who is the mark. Very interesting character, and in my mind definatelly not an ordinary human. I hope we will see him in future Witcher games or in the second sezon of the netflix series.
1:35 I’m imagining. I can imagine how good he is
Shame he didn’t appear in the games! Would have been great to see him in action!
It was a miss. He would have made a great story line and a brilliant boss fight.
Bonhart was epic in books, I hope they will make him even more brutal in netflix series because things he did to Rats and Ciri were fucked up as hell and I'll gladly watch this brutality on screen
It would certainly be a powerful scene, like in game of thrones, with Ramsey and Theon
Knowing Netflix they will not make him as brutal as in the books. Netflix is for the softies unfortunately.
He will be just another old evil white man, nothing special in that series
I was convinced Bonhart was a vampire throughout the book series.
The way he dummies The Rats like that, as well as his reputation and appearance screamed vampire to me.
I was actually a little shocked and disappointed when they kept building him up and hinting at something, only for him to seemingly just be a normal dude.
If he was say a high vampire dear god that would be Ciri and Geralt’s death look at how powerful Regis and Dettlaff are best he remain a normal guy
@@GnosisZX Dettlaff is in the video game, so it's hard to compare. Regis is quite powerful in the books, but he... is not invincible.
Geralt also beats Dettlaff at the height of his powers, so it's not like vampires are literally invulnerable.
When reading the books Bonhart is so over-the-top powerful and fast that it really seems like he's got to be SOMETHING. A Witcher, a mutant, a sorcerer, a vampire... anything.
The Rats are all pretty accomplished brigands, and he utterly embarrasses them in like an 8-on-1. I'm not mad or anything, but the way it was written definitely seemed like there was something worth paying attention to.
Oh well. Even as a normal dude, he was still a fun villain.
That’s why he was so scary in my opinion because he WAS a normal guy
@@dylanchristie7259 I respect that.
For me, it seemed a bit off. Geralt and the Witchers do these incredible things because of their training and mutations, but so much of the story is focused on how they give up their humanity in order to be made that way. So when you've got a normal dude who's as good or better than a Witcher in a fight, it kind of cheapens the need for Witchers in that world.
I'm overall fine with Bonhart, but I wish that his skills had been a little less over-the-top. His abilities are basically supernatural, which hurts the overall theme of the books because he didn't have to be enslaved, tortured and experimented on to get them.
@@GreyHunter88 I enjoyed reading that comment as I totally feel the same! I was paying attention when his looks were described, particularly the eyes, and nothi g hinted at him being a witcher. Spontaneous idea: perhaps he inherited these traits because he is a genetic aberration like Ciri? Or a wizard experimented on him? Probably not though. Still, the description of his battle moves read like he's supernaturally fast.
Suggestion: Saskia. I mean cmon she's a dragon does it get better
Right on Saskia
she has a dwarf fetish
Witchers do not make videos about dragons, it is just not done. But I guess he IS witcher George
How do you manage to upload so much. I’m honestly quite surprised at the amount of effort and consistency in your videos. Very few RUclipsrs, even the larger ones, don’t pay as much attention to detail.
Also, the editing and clips are astounding. Every video manages to have an image or clip for ever important detail. It really helps to present the lore.
Thank you mate! It takes me all day, everyday but I really enjoy it haha
I really hope that you will be able to continue with these. You barely get the views and recognition that a video of this quality deserves.
The Reaper thank you mate
bonheart’s introduction to the story is delightfully chilling. he steps out of the inn while eating a hard boiled egg, assesses the rats and butchers them
his treatment of ciri makes his conclusion during the apex satisfying for most readers
Bonhart in terms of Casting. Viggo Mortensen. He's a practised swordsman as well as a scrappy individual on set. He's playing the Anti - Aragorn and I see Bonhart as older. He's well versed in combat. He's old enough people dont take him seriously. A mirror of a sort to Geralt who has grey hair and seen as older and so therefore slower. I can see him and Cavill having a bit of a behind the scenes banter. Bonhart is experienced, but jaded. He became a bounty hunter because he's so skilled. He is that good. He has an ego, but has also intelligence. He's got plans. He knows this girl is important to Nilfgaard and Geralt. He's a pawn in fate too. He's smart enough to know it. He want's to have the ultimate test of his skill before he dies. I can see Viggo toying with a young Ciri in a fight after Ciri's love interest is unceremoniously killed. Bonhart is just an antagonist as Vilgefortz. Vilg... Stars night sky guy. On screen? Yeah Viggo. It's got this Meta fight between Aragorn and Geralt, but also plays brilliant on screen. Viggo's a... Character. That's needed for someone like Bonhart. He's faced and killed Witchers. He's bored. I can see this playing well on set with Cavill. It's a Tom Hardy to Bale situation. The fight on screen has no stuntman. It's leaving the two to really throw thier chops together. This would be riviting. I can see the two really going at it. The scene will be close handheld cams. It gets all up in there. It's Jarring and real. These two are facing off against no other opponent they've faced. Geralt is unlike a Witcher Bonhart has faced. Bonart is unlike a swordsman Geralt has faced. It's Visceral. There's teeth, eye gouging. Groin kicks. It be something people'd get behind. Bonhart is a fascinating character. In our world it needs that meta hook. It's a wrestling macthup. Lol. I'd build that up on set. Short of actually bludgeoning each other - I want to see the pair match each other. Blow for blow. It can't feel reigned in. Viggo is older, has something to proove. He is a better swordsman and in Character, he has fought everything with a blade. He is bored. Geralt is better framed, has a stake in the fight but quickly learns Bonhart is no joke. He makes feignts. He knows Geralt's moves. He'll feign a weakness on his side and Geralt spins to strike it. Bonhart swiftly parries seeing Geralt's own weaknesses to his wounds and strikes him there. The two disengage. They have laboured breaths. Bonheart grins - he's enjoying this. Geralt grins -But it's a wince of pain. They parry and dance for some time. Of course there's the story, but I'd want to see these two match up. It's a testiment to Sapkoski's writing that he subverts the reader's expectation and a character like say Regis - My favourite allegory for alcoholism and faux sense of indomitism. A deus ex machina to any other writer, Chekovs Gun to some is just casually tossed aside. No ceremony. No Gandalf on the ledge. Just played. If I was making a Geralt vs Bonhart scene. I'd do the same. Making a TV show. Bonhart Vs Geralt needs to be played up. It needs actors you squee at excitement. Viggo and Cavill? Yeah. We know Cavill will deliver. Viggo has to be opposite. I think he could. Even older. He's unhinged lol. You need that. ENERGY. That unpredictable force. You can see his side, but he's reprehensible. You know? Perhaps I'm talking nonsense. People see acknowledge his skill off the bat. It's demonstrated on screen, but there's the meta feeling - you know he's a good swordsmsn. He's Aragorn. Lol. He's older perhaps, but you take him seriously. You can see if Geralt and Bonhart clash -It'd be memorable.Geralt has him dead. Bonhart, cuts his leg. He knew he'd swirl in and make a killing blow high. Geralt's sword making a sound strikes the stone just to the side of Bonhart's head. It makes a whimpering sound. Geralt sneers in defiance. Geralt was holding back and could have decapited him. Bonhart grins and he has a dagger across Geralt's thigh. He has a killing blow The pair disengage. Geralt bleeding. Geralt resets his stance. Bleeding and in a position he cannot win. Bonhart jests. A Witcher. No gold stake in this fight? You fought as though every Kingdom has a price on my head. As though I'm a Leshy. Or some common monster. What do you fight for woodsman? Hmm? Gold? Hmm? I think it's something more. Perhaps destiny. I know no Bonhart gives a sidelong grin. Knowing he has won. He gets over confident. Ciri intervienes.
Great and interresting text, I can see Paul anderson "Arthur shelby" from Peaky blinders to play Bonhart ?
Please make a video series about geralt's past relationships (Lytta neyd, Fringilla, Essi etc.)
Nigerian Prince great suggestion man!
doing a Leo cosplay so this is great!!!! where you've been you should upload again
Bonhart is a really awesome carachter in the books. I was so happy when Ciri killed him!
fuck ciri
I, actually expected a bit more impressive fight. Like, Geralt 1v1 Bonhart, or even better, Regis kills him. But this "Ciri kills him though Bonhart is a lot more skilled" thing a bit disappointed me.
It is said that in their first fight her hands went numb from blocking his blows,so his death by her hand doesn't make sense and it was very disappointing.
I expected that Ciri and Geralt together will kill Bonhart.
Whats sad about it that 3 companions of geralt died trying to save a girl they never met, except for cahir.
It's very sad, they will be missed.
Bonhart had failed mutation process (apparently) - maybe he was going through the process, and they did not finish, failed and kick him out thinking he dead and he survived hating them later... And thats how he got this super fighting skills
Source?
@@taomahNEGEV In Polish version there is description of him, something with eyes and then one sentence that hints it, i am trying to find it later maybe i will post. It was something with eyes and grass test (the process that witchers go through) and then in one of the Sapkowski's tales (not the saga) there was mention that if the grass test (mutation) fails the eyes become glassy , fish like and person dies, so after connecting dots it stroke me that thats what happened
@@wlochataSwinka Thanks. Interesting and makes sense. I wish Bonehart's story were explained in more details in the books. Vesemir could tell Geralt the story of the failed Witcher. Strange that not even in the games he is referred to.
I really like Bonhart's role in the books. He is as much a character as he is a metaphor for Ciri not being able to face her fears and/or her destiny. His first appearance make him out to be one of the most terrifying villain there is and, for a long while, he remains this terrifyingly insurmountable threat.
But then, one of my favourite scene from the books: Their encounter on the ice, plays out. By that time, Ciri had escaped him once and had grown. This is the moment she is no longer afraid of him and, by extension, her destiny. This scene does a lot to deconstruct Bonhart as well. He may be a formidable swordsman, but he is just that, he is no longer a looming and inescapable presence. Ciri, ice-skating, picks his party apart on the ice and the book make a point to show how powerless Bonhart is because, no matter how good he is with a sword, he remains at the mercy of an opponent that can move faster than him on the ice. If I recall correctly, the book may also hint that, had Ciri decided not to prioritize entering the tower and escaping Niilfgard, she might have taken the time to try and kill him and could have succeeded then.
And finally, by the end of the story. Bonhart no longer was the demon we met when he killed the Rats. Of course, he certainly remained a really dangerous foe (Cahir kindly reminded us of that :C) but, by that time, it was clear he could be bested and Ciri would do just that. The fight isn't even that dramatic. Because, in the end, Bonhart wasn't a monster that needed a long and drawn-out battle to defeat. Bonhart was a human and moving just a little faster than him and slitting his throat was all it took to end him.
Also, a somewhat important note: Upon meeting Bonhart, learning of his 'supposed' killings of wichers, and seeing his collection of medallions, Yennefer isn't actually that impressed with him. Actually, she correctly points out that Bonhart could just have gotten those medaillons from long-dead witcher cropses left to rot in the wild, or he could have simply bought them from someone who did and then lied about killing witchers himself.
The actual important part is that while we do see Bonhart's skills with a sword and while we do know him to be far more skilled than most, we actually never get the confirmation of him being as skilled as a witcher. Hell, the story makes sure to kill him before he got to meet and fight Geralt so that we may never know if Bonhart was the real deal or, as Yen insinuated, a liar. I think it is up to the reader to decide if Bonhart was or wasn't more than just a very skilled swordsman.
bonhart wasn't a villian in the beginning tho. sapkowski destroyed his character by turning him into a rapist wannabe.
BOOK SPOILERS. I had mixed feelings towards Bonhart in the beginning, yeah he killed the rats to begin with but to be honest I didn't really care much about them. I liked him when he gave Ciri her sword and at times he could be alright. But when he started to reveal who he was more and more, then I started to hate him. When he killed Cahir, that was the final straw for me so then I was full on like 'screw this bell sniff' and he became my most hated character in the books. I think I suffered from PTSD after reading the attack on Stryga Castle, so many amazing characters gone in the blink of an eye. Then Emhyr trolling Geralt, Ciri and Yenn like that. Feel like Cahir should have at least survived as he was such a great and deep character and probably apart from Geralt, Zoltan and Dandelion, my favourite character in the books.
It would've been awesome to have Cahir in the games, a nice Nilfgaardian for a change
WitcherGeorge That would have been great! Though I think he would have fallen out with Geralt in the end as he loved Ciri obsessively and Geralt is all about her freedom of choice
It's strange how many characters obsess over ciri in the books haha
@@WitcherGeorge He wasn't Nilfgaardian!))
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Witcher MG thank you man!
I'm in the middle of the 4th book, and I keep wanting geralt to meet bonhart and have a one on one. I'd like to see who is the better swordsman. I think at this point bonhart would win due to geralts messed up leg but if both were at their best I'd like to think geralt would win
Geralt is king
They never meet. Missed opportunity imo
Love him, Is a cold and cruel psychopathic bastard but it's make the character very interresting, An old deadly skilled bounty hunter, "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young." A quote that fit him perfectly
Late to the vid but great one as always!
Evan Madge thank you man
That's one of the things why i dislike the Netflix version of the Witcher - they made Cahir a bloodthirsty psychopath, while in the books he was generally a positive character, who was in love in Ciri for some odd reason and ultimately joins Geralt and his crew. There was no reason to do this as there is plenty of psychopaths in this story. One is Rience and the other one, the ultimate villain is Leo Bonhart. His story is so well written that you are actually scared and fascinated by this guy. Also, we only know where he got Geralt's wolf medalion from, but i don't want to spoil it here. Read the books. If you like 'adult fantasy', i doubt you can find anything better than that. If you liked Game of Thrones, the Witcher books are going to surprise you in a very positive way.
Awesome character
Well... that was fucked up. Imagine that on Netflix.
Trigger Warning one could say people might get triggered pun absolutely intended. I'll show myself out.
Space Cake's Please do!
Space Cake's I still agree though
Trigger Warning What makes it worse is that Ciri was like 13 when Leo was doing all sorts of fucked up shit to her. I don't even know if the Netflix series will show that on screen.
Oscar Prudencio And he killed Cahir which broke my heart.
I hope Netflix does show at least bits of it because it builds into who Ciri is as s character somewhat.
when i saw what ciri was doing, i thought maybe the rats deserved their fate. They were still bandits despite giving to the poor, Ciri had become really fucking bloodthirsty to the point that the other rats had to stop her from making needless bloodbaths just because someone loked at her wrong. The whole gang was pretty bad, so when bonhart came in, acting all smug and giving them the choice to surrender, and effortlessly killing them despite it being a 4vs1 my jaw kind of dropped, i wasnt too shocked when he sawed ciri's friends heads off, bounty hunting and stuff.
He captured Ciri instead of killing her, so i thought he couldnt be all bad at first, just a very pragmatic antagonist, but then he kinda went overboard here and there and OMG CIRI GET OUTTA THERE! Still that ass whoopin' was a long time coming
I pray that the casting choice is perfect for him when it comes to the Netflix series. I also hope they can convey his unique fighting style/skill too. They need some really special choreography, I hope they deliver.
Judging by how disrespectful to the source material Netflix was on the 1st season he Will probably be a black woman
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😂
Well tbf in this day and age it’s a surprise Geralt wasn’t a transgender quadriplegic
@@yourface07 haha yeah. I think it's not so much the day and age but more the producer of the show that prefers fufilling her agenda rather than making a good adaptation.
He's probably gonna be some fat but handsome black/asian/indian guy, lmao
Witcher 1 is on sale on Steam for like $1.50 at that price I can overlook the ass backwards combat controls in order to play all 3 games in a row :))
The rats dying was hilarious and bonharts only redeeming achievement
He reminds me of Malcolm McDowell
I take it that when the new Series releases you will be covering that as well?
If it's good!
How about a video on Emhyr van Emries, Deithen addan yn Carn Morvudd, Imperator of Nilfgard, King of Cintra, Lord of Metinna; Ebbing; Gemmera, Sovergin of Nazair and Vicovaro.
Also the white flame dancing on the graves of his foes haha, yeah sure great suggestion man!
WitcherGeorge Well I taught i said that in nilfgardian.(The wierd words after "Emhyr von Emreis" Tough I migh be mistaken.
Oh haha, I don't speak nilfgaardian
He's not Ramsay Bolton equivalent. He's more like Deathstroke in Witcher world. He still have some honor to uphold even with brutal & effective techniques. Also The Rats are bandits that rob & killed people, so he did some justice too albeit for some money. Some humans even admired & respect him as someone that could beat/kill a witcher multiple time (remember that most humans in this realm are afraid & bigoted toward witchers).
I don't think deathstroke beats and drugs people
WitcherGeorge You thought wrong, Deathstroke definitely did drugged some people even his close ones.
www.quora.com/What-are-the-worst-things-Deathstroke-had-done
Also, Deathstroke in Arrow TV series used mirakuru/his own blood to some people.
but again both are not rapist, sadistic, & sex deviant like Ramsay Bolton.
I'm in the process of reading the books (just starting Blood of Elves), but don't mind spoilers (wasn't originally planning to read them so I looked up a lot of stuff and read excerpts).
Good video, even if it is short. Very interesting. In a world of morally grey characters, he's definitely one of the purely evil ones. He really doesn't seem to have any redeeming qualities.
~Ashleyien
Thanks man!
"the rats stole from the rich and gave to the poor"
uhh are u sure we've read the same books? cuz what i remember thats not what they did they were just common bandits and ciri is a bitch in the books, they portray her as someone who has done nothing wrong in the games which triggered me
God damn! I don't want to spoil everything for myself because I only read the first 5 book (yet). Sorry for not watching it, but I will make up for it after I read the last two :)
geralt himself said in the books after ciri kills leo that he was a great swordsman for a human but still no match for a witcher and the medallions where probably stolen from already dead witchers and used to cause fear among opponents likely what happenned to ciri who never get a clean fight against him until she killed him.
Nice theory!
I'm not a big fan of the show personally but love the books and games.
Now, has anyone watched The Expanse?
Remember Ashford played by David Strathairn?
He'd make a great casting choice.
Bonhart is propably mutant (Witchers are not only human mutants) Stregobor in one short story says about mutations who can make someone immune to magic,Curse of Black Sun makes also Mutants Also Geralt says than gutters are full of failed experiments
I hated this guy, so much.
I've being playing Blood and Wine DLC and did the cinematic where you see Dettlaff's memories and he is a villian that i pity in the Witcher games which it was the same for the Bloody Baron even though he beat his wife because of being an alcoholic i pitied him especially on my first play through when his wife died and he then took his own life he did truely love her but because of his alcoholism he wasn't the husband and father he was meant to be to his wife and daughter.
The guy this video is about if he can be called a human with his psychotic nature towards Witchers especially Ciri
Leo Bonhart is the embodiment of evil
WitcherGeorge What is Griffin school equipment good for? I'm considering using it on Witcher 3 because i use a lot of signs. Also kind of respect Bonhart being a mere human being able to go blade to blade with Witchers wonder how he'd counter their use of potions and signs
You know what's more terrifying than a Witcher? a Witcher killer.
"If he dies he dies" - Ivan Drago 1985.
scott ryan from mr inbetween can play as leo bonhart, and also if the way the netflix show is going, their ciri will never meet leo
Bonhart’s comments about “worms and manure” wasn’t because he was afraid of things that were gross.
He enjoys killing and doesn’t know what else he wants to do even into retirement years. Is a guy like just going to settle down and take up farming? Hell no.
Leo is my favorite villain in the books
Nice material
Is there any info given about how Leo can compete with witchers? How can someone without the mutations be faster than those with them.
Sheer skill. Its not impossible, considering the Crinfrid Reavers and Sir Eyck of Denesle exist.
Eyck was portrayed as some kind of jerk with his bigot tendencies amplified in the show, but in the books he was far less of a jerk and much more of a badass. He was a renowned monster slaying knight, who was extremely good at his job and did it for free. So good, in fact, that Geralt remarks that Eyck was a match for any monster, including dragons. But he also wishes that Eyck would stop because he was so good at killing monsters and he worked for free, he would put all witchers out of business.
Crinfrid Reavers are a mercenary group dedicated to hunting down dragons and draconids and they are quite good at it. They hardly wear any armour and don't know magic so their skill must be incredible. Their top tier members should be able to handle the average witcher with high difficulty. Heck, during the hunt for the golden dragon, a few of them overpowered Geralt and Yennefer and tied them up. Do note that witchers avoid attacking dragons, partly due to the danger and due to dragons being a sentient race. Reavers are quite successful at dragonslaying.
So yeah, witcher level normal magic-less humans do exist but they are extremely rare.
@@tacticalnuke0029 good points, I have read the books so I remember most (if not all) of those characters, although I don't recall them overpowering Geralt, thought he gave up willingly but it has been a few years since I read it.
@@bobbybee2975 I may be wrong too, last read it in 2016 or so after playing Witcher 3 so its been a while.
@@tacticalnuke0029 possibly wrong on the specifics, not on the point though.
Who says he is not mutant ,Witchers are not only human Mutants .In books he is portrayed like tall wery thin guy .who can easly defeat much younger warriors .And not becouse trics he simply is faster and stronger.
Dude, rats were nothing like "goog people" :P
They were vilent outlaws, not to mention rapists.
Good compared to Leo aha
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling… makes no difference. The degree is arbitrary. The definition’s blurred. If I’m to choose between one evil and another, I’d rather not choose at all."
You should talk about coën the witcher
Great suggestion man!
The witchers are always bad ass forces of nature. I can't find one not interesting. For a human to kill a witcher... Well... That is incredibly impressive.
Vilgefortz made a short work of Geralt and he his human too, Witchers are clearly not the best humans out there, also many of them died like morons, i kinda believe The Reavers sometimes even rival Witchers skills, they are formidable warriors.
@@gurdjieff9282 Vilgefortz was using some sort of magic buffs.
@@jamtex2 witchers are mutants and also uses magic.
@@Jet818ify That's beyond the point.
@@jamtex2 how so?
The Rats? This is a job... for Bonhart.
Oh I hated Bonhart so much. Loved Ciri killing him haha.
@@andreasvd9137 i liked him till he wanted to rape yen. he was an antihero character before that moment.
@@aminzekul1157 I hated him the moment he killed Mistle. I don't like the Rats, but Ciri cared about Mistle and Leo, as cruel as he is, killed her in front of Ciri's eyes. And Ciri was only like 14-15 at the time. I hated how he enslaved her and made her his fighting pet. He is imo my most hated character, games included. But each to their own.
@@andreasvd9137 mistle was a scumbag like the rest of the rats. if it weren't for leo's education ciri would be still the same piece of shit who abuses drugs and kills people for fun.
@@aminzekul1157 education? That's an understatement. He enslaved and abused her. He treated her like a rabid dog. Mistle and Ciri loved each other.
And I have nothing against drug abuse as long as it's no addiction. It's only bad if you're addicted. Like if people irl do coke on parties and stuff, then I don't mind. But if they are addicts, only then I consider it bad.
Aye suggestion, in case you didn't, or don't plan to, do King Vizimir II, Radovid the bitch's father. A bit of dijkstra's history with em too.
Good Suggestion!
He gave "the Rats" the deaths they deserved!
i agree. iorveth is a badass by the way.
Who the hell is Vrygheff? i google him and nothing really pops up besides his card effect. Is he an actual character or did CDPR just made him up?
Weird, I'm not too sure, he may be in the books but I can't remember if he was haha, probably just made for gwent
witcher.fandom.com/wiki/Vrygheff
My favorite evil character.
I like considering the comparison that it would take a human with sociopathic and violent proclivity to even approach what Witchers achieve with a blade. One’s a perversion of self, the other’s a job. 😂
Who are the top 10 fighter/swordsmen/fencers in the witcher world?
good idea!
i don't know who they are, but i know where they are. In cemeteries
Who will fit for this role??
Liam Neeson
It makes me wonder how Leo Bonhart manage to kill Three Witchers or having those three school medallions on himself.
It just shows you how skilled he is, to be able to beat not 1, not 2 but 3 witchers! I mean a single witcher has the capacity to slaughter a full village and a variety of incredibly dangerous monsters and he managed to kill 3 of them, I mean damn.
Michael Zarate Im not sure but heres my thoughts. Witcher level finesse from training and I also put it down to the witchers probably underestimated him since most witchers seem way more experienced with monster combat than normal human on human combat which is his specialty. May not have their strength but he seems to make up for it with raw ability. While they learned how to fight everything he focused on honing how to fight basically one type.
Michael Zarate Im not sure, he may have only faced less accomplished witchers and Geralt probably has much more human combat experience than any average witcher. Ciri beat him and Ciri may match Geralt imo, especially if she has the powers of W3.
I don't know why the witchers just didn't set him on fire? Like there's no way in hell he could kill them if they used signs.
@@JustCozItsMeif we talk about geralt from the books, geralt will struggle against bonhart without his poitions.
I dont know if the rats can be characterised as "nice people"
You skipped a lot of details about him
So Iwan Rheon for Leo Bonhart on the next Witcher netflix?
The Rats were a bunch self righteous, malevolent idiots, who thought they were hot shit but in reality were just some low rent lowlifes. And Ciri wasnt really in love with Mistle. Mistle raped her and Ciri just got a weird case of Stockholm syndrome. The scene in the books where Bonhart pretty much massacres them is one of my favorites of any fiction book ever, and he does it without pants on.
Okay Rats. Let's dance!
based anti hero. too bad sapkowski turned him into a villian for no reason.
I wouldn't call any of the rats nice people
I cant believe CDproject never brought him in the game. He seems like a really interesting character
He's dead
His "non-witcherness" is rather questionable I'd say, if you dig deeper into the subject.
Why isn't he in the games???
Because he pissed off the wrong people
He make a cameo in the first game in the last chapter, when Vizima is geting burned down by scoiatel and flaming rose zealots, if i remember right he give you a contract, you hav a few line of dialogues with him, i never read the books but in the game i understod that he was a kind of "bboogeyman" of all mutants and mages, he had that witch hunter/Van Helsing aura on him, you know what i mean?
He's dead.
Bonhard was buthert by Geralt
I don’t think Bonhart was evil. A dirtbag, but not evil. I think he’s similar to a Witcher but kills people instead of monsters. He even mentioned retiring after dealing with Ciri multiple times.
I mean considering what he did to Ciri (had a mental desire too see her in pain) I'd say he was fairly evil.
WitcherGeorge He’s a piece of shit, for sure. But I don’t get Mao Zedong vibes from him. But then again, it’s your channel and I know you’re more informed then I am. Great channel, by the way. Greetings from Iowa!
@@WitcherGeorge she commited a lot of vile shit with her rats. so she deserved that pain.
@@WitcherGeorge .
It has been implied that Leo managed to kill witchers by playing dirty. Possible by luring them into traps.
In what way?
My cousin is polish and he claimed he met Sapkowski a few years ago. Sapkowski did not want to discuss it much but told him that there are more ways to kill someone than upfront with a sword and this is especially true for someone who would want to kill a witcher.
I wish I met your cousin before I made this video!
Leo used the medallions as a way to boost his rep. He said he killed witchers to get the medallions. But he never said how and there are no witnesses. If you think about it, even a highly skilled swordsman would have very poor odds against a witcher using the full range of abilities.
Leo is said to be very good though
Good Bonhart isn’t a Witcher he would be nightmare he probably be cat school cause there all psychos
I saw Ciri’s involvement with the Rats as a rite of passage. She was desperate, lost and in need of some kind of community. Unfortunately, the Rats were there we she needed them. Mistle showed her love and compassion. Consider the impact of a noble teenager being a part of a ruthless gang in her maturity. This gave her an opposing perspective about life and what other, non-nobility were suffering through during the war. Personally, I think her inclusion in the Rats and seeing them get butchered by Bonhart was a significant milestone in her development, without which she would have been incomplete.
Leo Bonehard
I'm sure he is witcher.
The Netflix show is gonna make him a gay power bottom
In future someone kill Gerald ?
Bonhart ain’t that good he lost to a 16 yr old girl who’s only had two years of real training and I don’t believe he ever fought a witcher it like yen said country fairs medallions if he fought a witcher you telling me they dident use arrd ingni or quen Witcher’s are so rare so it’s extremely unlikely he ran it to three Witcher’s and even more fishing they all happen to be from a different school I smell bullshit bonhart
Dont forget bonhart is old .He fight with whole gangs much younger than he(did they play fair not use traps or dirty trics , i doubt )and he defeeat them all he is faster and stronger than them.if he was younger he can defeat witcher .Ciri win only by using terrain advantage against him .she was trained in ways hes not .no one is invicible .Witchers are not only mutatants,they exist Renegade Mages and their experiments .We dont know Bonhart past.
That 16 year old girl you're talking about is Ciri.
I hope Netflix change it so we get a fight between bohart and geralt
Ciri confirmed lesbian
that fit Asian I think she also likes guys haha (skjall)
she is bsexual