Triss or Yen? No Major Spoilers, Please

[GhostDog]

I'm on my first play through for this game and loving it. I have played the first a little, and I've never played the second one. That being said, maybe it was a carryover from the first, but I'm choosing Triss. (I'm going on the assumption that you have to choose one or the other).

One of my friends were dead set on, "Yen being bae." I, personally (and maybe because I didn't play the Witcher 2 yet) find Triss to be a better overall character.

Just out of curiosity, who'd you guys choose? Triss or Yen?

[naomis8329]

I adore Triss. However, on my second playthrough I went for Yen to see what was what. Give it a go and see what you think.

[Pulptenks]

Maybe you want to know....

Geralt in TW2 has no memory of anything (Because spoilers... Amnesia(?)) > Triss takes this opportunity to seduce Geralt... > in TW3 Yennefer shown hurt by Geralt (in Vizima), "ah truth you had amnesia ..." > Triss apologizes for behaving that way (in the maze or near...)

geralt-yenn couple/husband (like father for ciri)
geralt-triss lover (like sister for ciri)
ciri lesbomancy, ya u know sooner or later

BUT is your choice

[GhostDog]

Lol fair enough, like I said I didn't know a lot of the backstory. I had figured out about the amnesia, but I didn't know Triss used Geralt. I did know that Yen and Geralt were longtime lovers, but the time I've been around her in the game has just made me dislike her, maybe something will change down the road lol

[Ozone]

I would say Yennefer. She is like a mother to Ciri and she pretty much nearly sacrificed herself several times for her and Geralt (book spoilers: She almost loses her life trying to save Geralt at the end of the saga).
Triss, on the other hand, was always the jealous kind. Even though Yennefer is literally her best friend she goes to sleep with Geralt (which was already Yen's love interest for a long time) behind her back.
Triss also betrayes her friends when she secretly works with the Lodge of Sorceresses, trying to find Ciri and use her to advance their political agenda.

A small dialogue from the scene i was talking about:

[...]If he despises you, he [Geralt] will not attempt to take revenge. By the way, he's probably already dead or will die any day now.’

‘The information’ Yennefer said dully, ‘for his life. Save him, Philippa.’

‘No, Yennefer.’

‘Because it's not in the interest of the Lodge.’ A purple fire kindled in the sorceress’ eyes. ‘Did you hear that Triss? There, you have your Lodge. You see their true colours, their true interests. And what do you think of them? You were a mentor to the girl [Ciri], almost – as you put it – a big sister. And Geralt...’

‘Do not attack Triss’ relationships, Yennefer.’ Philippa retaliated with her own fire in her eyes.
‘We will find and rescue the girl without your help. And if you succeed, that's fine, a thousand thanks, because you will have saved us the trouble. You tear the girl out of the hands of Vilgefortz and we will be happy. And Geralt? Who cares about Geralt?’

‘Did you hear that, Triss?’

‘Forgive me,’ said Triss Merigold dully. ‘Forgive me, Yennefer.’

‘Oh no, Triss. Never.’

[Xarathox]

Triss is Liara T'Soni 2.0

She's the developers favorite, so they re-wrote her character to be more in line with gamers expectations. Even the romance is "sweeter" compared to Yens.

[Nanobot]

You can have both of them

[Exwin]

Yen, she kept the Unicorn.

[Welcome to Idiocracy 2023]

Yen if you are a Milfhunter because she is around 100 years old.
Triss if you are more into young chickens because she is something between 30-40 years.

[v0]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

I've always found it incredibly strange that Yen would never hold more of a grudge against Triss than she does. For what she did to Ciri. For what she did with Geralt. And yet she seems to just let it all slide when it suits her. I think that speaks volumes for their integrity.

Yeah on grudge regarding love affairs found totally strange how Yen reacts. For rest maybe CDPR didn't create 3 continuing stories but 3 independent takes on Geralt's and related people's stories. That'd explain why so little carries over from TW1 to TW2 as many say and from TW2 to TW3.

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

I cannot stand any of them and would not shed a tear for them at all, the sole exception being Margarita Laux-Antille. But Fringilla, Philippa, Sile, hell even Keira, no. None of them are worth a damn, with Triss and Yen at the head of the list.

Don't think you can ever trust anyone powerful but as long as sex's good and life's interesting and enjoyable may choose to play with fire :D Can always keep eye out and break up on your terms when things go south. Unless you get mind controled and similar ♥♥♥♥♥...

[v0]

Originally posted by Scheindemokratie:

Yen if you are a Milfhunter because she is around 100 years old.
Triss if you are more into young chickens because she is something between 30-40 years.

You may be forgetting that Geralt's around 100 too...

[🌻]

I always choose both.

Triss has a sunny personality but she's quite manipulative. Yen is cold/heartless and bossy. They're both very jealous although Yen shows more and Triss shows less (or not at all) because of their nature. But I think they both care for Geralt (as in the game at least). I've only read the Sword Of Destiny book so I don't know much about them in the book.

I dig Triss' appearance more even though I'm into mature woman.

[Soz Alface]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

I've always found it incredibly strange that Yen would never hold more of a grudge against Triss than she does. For what she did to Ciri. For what she did with Geralt. And yet she seems to just let it all slide when it suits her. I think that speaks volumes for their integrity.

Two different writers put together here.

First off, in the books (Lady of the Lake), when they were on the way to Rivia, Yen burst out with rage to Triss, call her out and actually threatens her and "advises" her never to even speak to Geralt unless he speaks to her.
At this point they are interrupted by Ciri, catching up to them with her Kelpie, and Yen concludes with "this conversation isn´t over, Triss."

The rest of the conversation, as you know, never took place because moments later, Geralt was dying and Yen was giving her life trying to revive him.


Isn´t this grudge enough for you, Buzzard? Especially if we are talking about someone who supposedly is very "cold".


In W3, the writer(s) decided that she would rather "attack" Geralt´s behavior instead of Triss´s.
Which, by my understanding is a complete fail. That is OOC especially because she knows damn well Geralt had amnesia, just like her, and she knows damn well what a snake Triss is behind her back.

This is a writing fail, IMO, because they fail to recognize character behavior from the books and end up writing a OOC scenario.

I cannot stand any of them and would not shed a tear for them at all, the sole exception being Margarita Laux-Antille. But Fringilla, Philippa, Sile, hell even Keira, no. None of them are worth a damn, with Triss and Yen at the head of the list.

Already had a conversation with you about this, and you are obviously free to have your opinion. But for me, you fail to see the merits or good points of a lot of those characters, that in many cases outshine the cons they have.

But it is a matter of taste. Nearly every character in the Witcher world has reprouvable actions and are still seen as "good" characters.

Fringilla and Síle are "good" people despite some actions. Keira is selfish and immature, but she isn´t exactly a villain.
And Ida is IMO the female version of Geralt. She doesn´t care for the Lodge despite of having accepted to join. She just wants to be alone in the Blue Mountains and cares not for politics... only wants to be with her books and stuff.


But anyway... none of them is perfect. The only two close to "perfect girls" have almost no importance. Shani and Essi. But those aren´t sorceressess.

[Fphritz]

I was very happy with Triss compared to Yen.

[WolfEisberg]

Go for both, definetly go for both. What is the worse that can happen if they both find out...

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Triss. Triss helps you so much in Witcher 1 and 2, and still willing to help you now.

Yenefer wasn't there in Witcher 1 or 2 (mention only in 2) and she's pretty damn hostile, willing to do anything for answers, plus she's with Nilfgaard.