Complete Monster/The Witcher


 * One of the main themes of The Witcher series is that humans can be the biggest monsters, and in the game, this is true. Geralt's human, elven, and dwarven enemies are far more evil that the mindless monsters that he is contracted to kill as his profession as a Witcher. At times, Geralt struggles with the idea of killing humans, but has no qualms killing those who become worse than monsters. Many characters in this game clearly fall under this trope despite their sometimes good intentioned ends. The worst is Salamandra, the main antagonists of the game who use rape, murder, torture, and treason to further their agenda. They even kidnap children to experiment on them, mutating them and sometimes even just discarding them if they die during experiments (such as Raymond's son). The Order of the Flaming Rose systematically discriminates and persecutes elves and dwarves, even killing innocent women and children. In the end, . The Scoia'tel nonhuman resistancem howeverm have no problem killing and terrorizing innocent human civilians, in one instance leaving innocent humans to be eaten by the ghouls in a crypt. It's more notable who aren't Complete Monsters in those factions, for example, Siegfried of the Order and Toruviel of the Scoia'tel.
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 * Azar Javed, the leader of Salamandra, not only leads the despicable organization, but also.
 * The Professor, an underling for Azar Javed, wanted in several kingdoms for 17 murderers, gleefully kills Leo, a Witcher in training, in the beginning. He later.
 * White Rayla, a potential allied example if you side with the Order for Act V, finds pleasure in killing elves and . Her worst action (unless you side with the Scoia'tel in Act V) is
 * The Reverend, the spiritual leader of Vizima's Outskirts. Seemingly a fair, if slightly rude priest, he is actually a Knight Templar psychopath who, and then, for no reason aside from petty spite and prejudice,
 * The Witcher 2 continues the trend of corrupt village hicks being this with Bernard Loredo, who can be best described as a greedy and selfish bastard with zero sense of empathy. This guy imprisoned, beat, and raped an elven woman, who was so broken by these tortures that she killed herself as soon as she gave birth. It also turns out that he was willing to sell Flotsam, the town he was dictating over, to the kingdom of Kaedwen, an act which would render him a traitor to the country. The in-game journal even describes him as "the greatest monster in the area."
 * Dmitri, a minor villain from the DLC Troll Trouble, also counts. He and his thugs dig out corpses from local graveyards and put Scoia'tael clothes on them so they can falsely claim that they killed Scoia'tael and get paid. He is also responsible for murdering the Troll of Vergen's wife. The in-game journal even states that comparing him to a hyena would be an insult to the poor animal.
 * King Henselt. This guy is probably the most ruthless and selfish bastard in the whole game. He tries to gain 'respect' among his people by using cruel oppression, most of the time executing non-humans. Not to talk about his brutal attempt to conquer Aedirn where you also see him literally crushing a peaceful priest, who wanted to stop him from massacring a Peace Delegation and raping Saskia, by the head on a stone wall.