The Witcher 3: Gaunter O'Dimm's Minor Role in the Blood and Wine Expansion Explained
The Blood and Wine DLC in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was the final expansion added to the game. It primarily features the land of Toussaint as well as some memorable vampire characters. However, one part of the DLC’s main questline seems to be referencing a character from the last major expansion, Hearts of Stone.
In The Witcher 3 quest “La Cage au Fou,” Geralt encounters a spotted wight, a rare necrophage. Though this particular wight is special as it appears to have once been a woman, cursed to become beastly. Even more surprising here is that the game subtly hints at who cast the curse — Gaunter O’Dimm.
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Gaunter O’Dimm is one of the first people the player meets in White Orchard. He assists the Witcher in his search for Yennefer by directing him to the nearby Nilfgaardian garrison before disappearing without a trace — certainly a memorable introduction. However, Geralt doesn’t cross paths with him until much later in the game, specifically in The Witcher 3’s Hearts of Stone DLC.
In the main storyline of Hearts of Stone, Geralt is pushed into working with the mysterious O’Dimm and must help in concluding a contract between the mirror merchant and Olgierd von Everec. Though as the player goes about the necessary tasks, it becomes increasingly clear that The Witcher 3’s O’Dimm is no mere mortal. Moreover, he’s fond of toying with humans — cursing them or pulling them into unfair agreements.
Throughout the course of the main quest, Geralt learns that O’Dimm is capable of many, seemingly impossible deeds — taking souls, causing specters immense pain, and even stopping time. Though the Witcher questions O’Dimm about these abilities, the mirror merchant refuses to reveal his true nature. All
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