The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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Valden21 Jun 3, 2022 @ 2:28pm
Stupid question, but...
...What exactly did Dandelion DO to get Duchess Anarietta to hate his guts? I've never read the books, but from the way she talks to Geralt about him, she's clearly got that "woman scorned" thing going.
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tigerpoetry Jun 3, 2022 @ 4:19pm 
Not a stupid question. I've read only one book and there is no mention of Anna Henrietta. Nor does she appear in Witcher 2.

She may appear in Witcher, or the books.

I'll leave that to those who know.

All I can do is to comment...

Dandelion is a right royal pain in the arse. Geralt's friendship with him is strange but acceptable. Think about how he acts in this game. He dives off at tangents, looking for a great story. he gets Ciri in massive trouble and gets himself imprisoned.

I don't know from the books what he did to upset Anna Henrietta, but I dare to say he did it in flamboyant Dandelion style.
Valden21 Jun 3, 2022 @ 5:13pm 
Originally posted by tigerpoetry:
Not a stupid question. I've read only one book and there is no mention of Anna Henrietta. Nor does she appear in Witcher 2.

She may appear in Witcher, or the books.

I'll leave that to those who know.

All I can do is to comment...

Dandelion is a right royal pain in the arse. Geralt's friendship with him is strange but acceptable. Think about how he acts in this game. He dives off at tangents, looking for a great story. he gets Ciri in massive trouble and gets himself imprisoned.

I don't know from the books what he did to upset Anna Henrietta, but I dare to say he did it in flamboyant Dandelion style.

Found it. According to the wiki, they used to be in a relationship, but he started cheating on her with one of her baronesses, and she found out. As punishment, Anarietta WAS going to have him executed, but changed her mind and decided that he should be permanently banished. So in short, he fell prey to his own Don Juan-ness, and got found out. Oh, Dandelion, will you ever learn?
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tigerpoetry Jun 3, 2022 @ 11:09pm 
I think that says as much about Anna Henrietta as it does about Dandelion.

Still, she does declare that her vintner should be tried for high treason for selling a couple of barrels of wine, so it's her style alright.
Valden21 Jun 4, 2022 @ 5:18am 
Originally posted by tigerpoetry:
I think that says as much about Anna Henrietta as it does about Dandelion.

Still, she does declare that her vintner should be tried for high treason for selling a couple of barrels of wine, so it's her style alright.

That business with the wine is an entirely different issue, IMO. She specifically said that particular variety of wine is made ONLY for the ducal table, and she also says that the vineyard's steward was a guy whom would have nothing if not for her giving him the job; he was a beggar when she found him. Furthermore, the loss of the wine is already part of a plot against her, so the vineyard's steward is involved in treason anyways. But this discussion is not about that, so let's not get sidetracked. Tangent demon, BEGONE!
Castyles Jun 4, 2022 @ 5:28am 
Originally posted by tigerpoetry:
I think that says as much about Anna Henrietta as it does about Dandelion.
Word.
ewalex Jun 4, 2022 @ 7:07am 
Yep I'm pretty sure it was in one of the books further when they reached Toussaint, Jaskier just being Jaskier :Geralt:
tigerpoetry Jun 4, 2022 @ 9:23am 
Valden21,

I don't get your objection to my post.

i was responding to the post you made about Anna henrietta.

How can I be off topic when I reply to a subject raised by the OP in a thread?
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Castyles Jun 4, 2022 @ 9:36am 
Originally posted by tigerpoetry:
Valden21,

I don't get your objection to my post.

i was responding to the post you made about Anna henrietta.

How can I be off topic when I reply to a subject raised by the OP in a thread?
Perhaps because he simps for her?
tigerpoetry Jun 4, 2022 @ 9:46am 
Maybe. We'll see.
Sabaithal Jun 4, 2022 @ 11:45am 
Duchess Anarietta was in a relationship with Dandelion. Not terribly unusual in and of itself, given how Dandelion is (a flirtatious womanizer), but their relationship was supposed to be much deeper than that. To the point where Dandelion opted to drop out of his journey with Geralt (to find Ciri) to stay in Toissant with her. Geralt and Dandelion didn't exactly see eye-to-eye on this decision.

Anyway, basically it was established in the books that Duchess Anarietta is very short tempered, and possibly bi-polar because she has mood swings at the drop of a hat, and generally has the mentality of an adult child a lot of the time. She's also very naive. It was never specified exactly what caused her to fall out with dandelion (or if it was I don't remember), but that he was supposed to be executed, then she changed her mind at the last minute just to have him exiled instead (it was like a monty-python skit, it was hilarious).

It should be noted, I haven't ever finished Blood and Wine, but Duchess Anarietta in this game definitely does not seem to reflect the character in the book at all.
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The Commendatore Jun 4, 2022 @ 5:50pm 
By being Dandelion.
Valden21 Jun 4, 2022 @ 5:51pm 
Originally posted by tigerpoetry:
Valden21,

I don't get your objection to my post.

i was responding to the post you made about Anna henrietta.

How can I be off topic when I reply to a subject raised by the OP in a thread?

I just consider the whole thing with the wine to be a separate issue altogether, and one that is falsely used as evidence by the whole "Anarietta's EEEEVIIILLL!" crowd. Her relationship with Dandelion's, in my opinion, is for those two to sort out, and utterly unrelated to the wine. I think that ANY member of the ducal family would have had her reaction to learning about the Sangreal, because of the very nature of that particular wine. After all, she doesn't call for the steward to be tried for treason until AFTER she learns the truth; up until that point, she's perfectly willing to consider him innocent. Furthermore, it WAS used as part of a plot to commit treason against her, which I think isn't taken into account very often.
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