9 Details Most Players Missed in The Witcher 3 

There’s definitely a subtle difference in the Bruxa’s scream attack before and after being affected by black blood. I never noticed it before, but putting them side by side makes it much more obvious. Small but curious detail!

The Gwent professor is definitely the body hanging from the tree. If you don't do the Gwent tutorial with him and therefore not receive the Gwent card you get from him, you will get the card together with the unfinished book if you loot the spot beneath the hanging body later.

The blacksmith in Kaer Trolde is actually open for interaction at all times, but seems to be on an hourly(or at times 2 hour) cycle. So, if I need sword stuff sold, all I need to do is meditate in front for 1 hour and voila he can be interacted, sometimes 2, its quiet random. But he is a legit blacksmith that can be used as a proper shop/crafter for swords.

I always interpreted the Professor's line, "the earth shall revolve around the sun before you comprehend these rules", as "you will NEVER comprehend the rules", not as "a year will pass". Meaning that everyone on the Continent is so certain that the Sun revolves around the Earth, and the notion that the earth revolves around the sun is so absurd that it is used like a hyperbole for "never going to happen". Something like "when pigs fly"

Another important detail is that you can find the Zoltan card under the hanged man only if you haven't obtained it in White Orchard, so it really seems like he is the hanged guy

A small detail that just occurred to me when I replayed Blood and Wine - I know you’ve mentioned the knight whose body can be looted for armor and a sword in the Land of a Thousand Fables. But what’s subtle here is the reason *why* that knight died: he was armed only with a steel sword, which has no effect on any of the creatures in the magical illusion.

I did the halflings quests a few days ago and I'm pretty sure I remember Geralt asking the father if Rico is a relative, so it definitely affects the dialogues if you saved rico in the first place. I think he replies by saying he left the family business or something

I really wish CDPR let us explore the different worlds Avallac'h and Geralt travel through. Desert world especially was breathtaking, seeing it was probably the most memorable moment I've had on my first playthrough.

The blacksmith can be interacted with just by saving then loading the game next to him. Works every time. It also works with other bugged merchants, like the one in the village near hanged man tree.

6 years ago someone at cdpr thought let's add thousands of details in this game that most people will easily miss and someone will emerge from the crowds to unfold them to the mere mortals.

Solaris is a fantastic novel, which I strongly recommend. Lem is great at imagining aliens that are not just humans with different coloured skin.

in terms of avallac'h seeing ciri as a tool, i think at first he did. even during most of the game i think ciri was just a valuable/dangerous asset to him. but i feel like when she went after caranthir he suddenly acknowledged her as an actual person. i think it happens right at the moment he switches and says "CIRI" to stop and advise her to go for the staff right before she goes after caranthir. hes putting his faith on her besting his most prodigious student and i think thats when he switches also theres definitely a difference in the bruxa scream after black blood and i think that detail is extremely cool!

I still remember how I binged watched your entire playlist of "things you missed" after i discovered this channel.

This one took awhile to make, hope it was worth it :)

There is in fact a quest variation if you meet Rico Meiersdorf first. Geralt asks Holofernes Meiersdorf (the Apiarian phantom quest giver) if he knows Rico and he replies something along the lines of "yes he's my youngest son, but he went astray".

Respect for getting the Solaris reference. The book is a classic in regards to Sci-fi. An interesting book about the utter impossibility of humanity understanding aliens if we ever meet some.

There are several inconsistencies with Avallac'h for somewhat obvious reason: Cut content. Since he was originally planned as the main antogonists, but that part was cut almost completely for time reasons, they probably had to stitch several lose ends together. I suppose the main reason for the she-elf in his laboratory was simply to make players doubt his intentions or at least to think about it again

The bit with the torch allowing you to survive the white frost may not work anymore, but you can still use that decoction that heals you whenever you drain stamina. All you gotta do is jump. Then you can run around as long as the decoction lasts

Well, Avallac'h's note was certainly interesting, I've always found him the most compelling character, simply because his motives and thinking were so hard to predict in the game, and he always seemed to be 2 steps ahead of everyone else (MF took a potion from Keira to soften the effect on his neurological system because he knew of Ciri's association with the Witchers and that they'd likely be the ones who'd find him and that they'll use decoctions of the grasses to lift his curse, now that's very impressive!) When he mentioned that Ciri is so much like Lara when talking about her agreeing to have a child with Auberon, what is he even referring to? It's not like Lara went ahead and had a child with the person she was promised to for the good of the Aen Elle, she did the exact opposite and had a relationship with a human. Maybe he does find it admirable that like Lara, Ciri doesn't discriminate against the other race and in fact wants good for both, not minding getting into interracial relationships, even though Lara's choice was a personal blow to him. I guess, we won't find out what his thoughts on Ciri were, but I've always had an inkling that he might actually have some romantic feelings towards her. He drew her portraits, mentions that Elder Blood (by extension Lara which he was in love with), is known to be hot-blooded just like Ciri so I suspect that's his type. He also seems visibly upset when Ge'els mentioned his previous treatment of her. But the biggest giveaway is the she-elf, she's treating Ciri like a rival and let me tell you what she's saying is pure BS. We do in fact know that Ciri shares a lot of features with Lara, so the drinking water from a puddle of Mudd comment is not meant to reflect reality but to insult Ciri. I suspect she could have twisted Avallac'h's words the same way, let's say he's just mentioned that she's a handful, and she twisted it into you're always doing the dumbest shit and he can't wait to get rid of you. So in other words the she elf was trying to damage their relationship out of jealousy. As for Ciri, she did enjoy travelling the worlds with him and learning, she does seem to be fond of him, after all she started trusting and relying on him after the Auberon fiasco. The thing is, if they were going for hinting that Avallac'h is interested in Ciri romantically, why the hell did they make him look so old? A girl barely in her 20s and a guy nearing 50s is hardly an appealing type of relationship for most people and Witcher III did target younger audience. As I understand Aen Elle in the books were handsome and somewhat young looking even when being hundreds of years old, but they kinda missed the mark with the design of all of them so what can we say (just look at Eredins face aka some boring dark lord type villain lol).

The last point really supports my theory about Vivienne's curse I told you earlier. Also I'm pretty sure the Gwent tutorial guy is the one hanging because you get the Zoltan card from it when you win and I just saw you can also pick it up from the corpse.

I solved the bug with the blacksmith by meditating for 23h exactly, in two different runs. I have no idea why.

What a wonderful sight to see you back on TW3, but I still can't help but feel a pang of sadness that other games like cyberpunk wasn't able to fill the void left by this wonderful game.

So glad you're making these again! I've watched through an absurd number of your older videos while waiting and am nearly through with the main story in my first full playthrough! (I got overwhelmed at novigrad the first time I tried to play in 2016)

After 7 years, I still finding myself to replay this game from time to time. It's sad to see Geralt's arc to end but I hope The Witcher story doesn't end with him. I could go with spin offs with Ciri.

The blacksmith, at least form me, has an easier way to unlock (on PC). Simply meditate a couple hours next to him, making sure that the end of the meditation is during his working hours (around noon). And if you do his quest, but don't tell him how his sister died, he will not interact with you anymore, but it's intended, he tells you to get out of his sight 15:00 Yeah, you can glitch yourself through with the help of Roach, but afterwards I found no way to escape. Geralt will live the rest of his life in a brothel lol 18:00 They are definitely different. It's like she has a cold and can't use her voice properly 19:30 The Witcher wiki says that Geralt can mention him

You should be able to interact with the kaer trolde blacksmith if you just keep meditating. He'll be interactable at seemingly random times

I think you’re right with the Bruxa scream, it definitely sounded like one singular scream afterwards, also I had no idea Whispess was from Toussaint! It’s amazing what details can be picked up just from reading the description from a fast travel sign, I think I’ll be doing that more often on my next playthrough :)

Psychologist here. My take on Avallac'h motivation is that even if he was using Ciri cold-heartedly in the beginning and somehow manipulated her into taking up a very dangerous mission, he definitely grew on her in the time of their travels. There is no chance you will risk your life for somebody, suffer a curse and still hate them. Your psyche won't let you to do that in order to prevent cognitive dissonance (how come i helped a person I dislike?). Secondly, there is a very clear inclination towards (perhaps subconscious) romantic relationship between both Avallac'h and Ciri (she talks about him, like, very often and she is far too distressed after visiting Avallac'h's laboratory considering she herself told that he was after her power). Portraits are clearly of her and not Lara bc of clothes. In addition to that, they don't look like matter of fact pics needed to identify the person. Maybe he told himself he's doing that just to document Ciri's appearance or that he even draws Lara in order to deny his fancy of Ciri but to me it looks obvious (And to Yennefer as she tells him he's obsessed). As for she-elf was clearly speaking out of jealousy. P. S. In this take I leave out book's characterization.

Regarding the halfing one, meeting the spy first does trigger additional dialogue where Geralt mentions if the spy is related to the family...iirc

Honestly the last detail about the Whispess is the most interesting to me. I though that all three of the sister were created by their "Mother" either looking like they do in the game or they were first human-like and then descended into their current forms via some dark practices. So this would suggest not only at least the Whispess was good in the beginning, but that she died and was revived as well?

I think that Avallac'h sees Ciri in two ways: - he doesn't care for her as a human, nor does he respect "sub-species" like humans - he respects the power that Ciri has and probably views her as more of a thief of magic than anything, that the magic truly belongs to the elves

Amazing as always the smallest details are often the finest, thanks for this! Definitely a slight difference in the Bruxa's scream it's a miracle you caught it as well as the note on Auberon. I believe Avallac'h and the female elf did have something maybe not love but if I recall Ciri notes that she has seen her in Tir ná Lia and there was indeed a female elf conversing with Avallac'h before Ciri was to meet him one day. At the end he threw her a kiss as she was leaving although if I remember correctly the elf woman in the books had blonde hair but hey Triss' hair in the games was different too. In my opinion the whole Avallac'h and Ciri thing is a bit of a weak point. Given all the events in Lady of the Lake Ciri just happens to trust Avallac'h because he somehow gave up on capturing her for the Aen Elle's needs and convinced her he now wishes to help because of Eredin and that the White Frost is imminent? Okay let's say you could justify that but then at the end he just vanishes and forgets about Ciri (speaking about the she lives scenario)? Think Ge'els asked the right question about what would happen after Eredin's death namely the King Avallac'h joke.

Ah, the legend is back. Missed your witcher 3 videos man, keep it up! ❤️

Solaris is one of the most unusual sci-fi books I’ve ever read. One of my favourites as well. Definitely recommend.

Awesome videos! Only recently started watching them so I haven't gone through all of them so I wouldn't know whether you have covered this detail before. This is something I came across recently while going through the quest to look through Phillipas hideout. Only after looting the first bloodied agate you can walk out from the room and follow a glitched out witcher scent to the bottom of the tilted floor to find something else and get another piece of investigation dialogue.

As an audio engineer, yes the screams are different. It sounds as if the normal one has a chorus effect on it (many copies of the same sound at differently modulating pitches).

That scholar can indeed be found on the Hanged Man’s Tree. I recall one of the devs talk about it in an interview. Can’t for my life remember which one, but the story stuck with me:)

i think my favorite small detail in this game: i was doing novigrad quests first and did the doppler thief quest. a little whiles later, i wanted to see if you could play gwent with keira (i have a small gwent addiction...), so i decided to do the wandering in the dark quest. well, during the part where you need to find the horse glyph, i examined the wrong one and it spawned wraiths that looked like geralt and keira. geralt actually mentions it in passing to keira that he fought himself before then. i thought that that was really cool! as for the halfling question, i think i remember geralt mentioning that rico left town, but i could be mistaken. thanks for another great video! :D

Thanks again for a great video xLetalis! I completely missed the monument about Whispess in Tousount! I had the impression that the Crones were like their "Mother", never human, but beings of magic. Is there any other history of the Crones early lives, or how they became so monstrous??? I'd really love to know more about them and their Mother!

I was so happy to open youtube and see a new details missed video… Keep ’em coming!

When you visit a frozen world with Avallac'h you can use the Ekhidna decoction and just jump around. The health regeneration if simply higher than the frostbite damage even on Death march. I have to say - some decoction combinations were a little bit OP, but that's how I explored this area.

And about Avalac'h and what he thinks of Ciri. He has done a lot of pairing the right elves together to get the most desirable offsprings or at least have great knowledge of it(Caranthir). When he first meets Ciri I believe he can only see Cregennan of Lod, who he never has forgiven, in her and that's why he is so cold and unpolite at the same time polite to her. But the more they spend time with her he starts to see Lara Dorren in her, or more likely the daughter he would so much have wanted with Lara. Because of that he is always looking out for the best for Ciri but it seem, odd to us mere humans as he is not only an Aen Elle but also an Aen Saevherne. Or that's how I think about him. All in all I think he is a great character that you can not only like or dislike but also go back and forth between disliking and liking. PS. You surely have found the artistic paraphernalia in the Kaer Morhen area. Do you believe as I that it could belong to Avalac'h? DS.

Great work as always man. A testament to the game that after 7 years people are still finding secrets and even new mysteries. Also, it's crazy the view count you receive on videos about a 7 year old game. Just shows the quality of the work you put in. I will always keep watching any videos you upload :D

That black blood scream observation was a damn good catch man!! I’m just now going thru your playlist and I’m LOVINGGG ITTTT!!!!!!!! Started a new W3 playthrough a few days ago and some of this stuff I know but some I don’t and it’s just so fun to listen to this while I work to hype me up for when I get to play W3 later!

That Smith in Kaer Trolde really bugged me because I found the letter and couldn't deliver it because he was buged. That game really doesn't want me to finish all quest in one run

Solaris reference really surprised me, according to the author, it is definetly a reference. I have read the book, it is good, but I was disapointed by the ending. Also, during my last playthrough I came across something I find really funny - during the search of bloody Barons house, when you go downstairs, the two guards near the stairs exchange the "bring out the gimp" dialog from Pulp Fiction. However, I was not able to trigger the dialog again.

Ah the Witcher music is always so calming in the background. The song at the beginning is one of my favorites.

9 more details? This man is undefeated. Best Witcher content on RU-vid. I'm especially impressed by the library detail. Good eye.

Here’s something I picked up on: Tamara Strenger, the Bloody Baron’s Daughter, was (probably) originally supposed to be a sorceress. There’s still some hints in the game -she has the crude doll of Triss the Baron made for her as a child -when you show up to the house in Oxenfurt, there’s a conspicuous cat sitting on the table. Cats in the Witcher world are attracted to sources of magic. -don’t you think there was something missing at the end of the questline concerning Tamara? Like, the Baron and his wife get pretty conclusive endings, ambiguous or not, but Tamara just goes with the witch-hunters never to be seen again. What happens to her, and the squad of witch-hunters? I’d conjecture that there’s a cut subplot about Tamara being a Source, the witch-hunters finding out and maybe having Tamara join the mages in Novigrad that Triss helps. The leader of that squad is also a rather unique character, basically the only decent one of his profession we meet. I assume that there was going to be an event that allows Tamara to escape, the success of which depended on our interactions with him.

The blacksmith has different stories for the swords, I don’t remember what made him change dialog, but is either just the point of story you’re in or the sword you have in your back

Thank you! I can't believe there was still stuff I haven't seen before. Have you ever properly repeated a "missed detail" in your videos? Because there are so many you have made.

I don't know what's more incredible; the depth of your knowledge about the game, or the game itself

That interaction with the blacksmith in Kaer Trolde, I believe it's bugged but we can interact with him randomly. I tried it couple of times by meditating every hour and see if he's not smithing, if he isn't he's interactable, there was a similar Smith somewhere in velen with the same issue

Greatest game ever made. The crazy amount of detail never ceases to amaze me👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Theres a funny thing I ran in the last days playing Witcher 3. In one of the houses west of the Portside Gate in Farcorners you can find a document named Julia Kenyon's diary. It activates the Feline Scavenger hunt and tells you something about ancient Relics. The house is full of books and othe weird stuff lying all over the place. It seems to be a house of a merchant that sells antiques. But the most interesting thing is that there are atleast 9 cats that will respawn a few seconds after you kill them. Julia Kenyon is never mentioned again during the Scavenger hunt. But it took my breath again how detailed this game is.

great to see another video! Keep up the good work!

Avallac'h is a deep grey character, but I've always believed he cares about Ciri and really wants to help her control her power, not just use her (only talking about the game). I think it shows in their cutscenes and dialogues. And Ciri (mostly) trusts him after spending a lot of time with him, so why should we doubt her judgement?

Concerning Avallac´h... This is one of the very few things I really dont like about the game. Like you said, its kind of a mystery what he really thinks about Ciri, the conflict of humans and elves, etc. This is fine, if you havnt read the books. But after reading them, I simply cannot believe his character. He deceived Ciri into this horrible thing with the Elven King (you talked about it already) and now, I shall believe, without any hint or explanation that hes with us? I know, trusting him is the right choice in the end, because I already played the game. But when I want to roleplay Geralt, I simply cannot bring myself to trust him. Maybe I missed something in the books, but I really cannot see Geralt trusting him after what he planned with Ciri. But the game completely ignores these events, in some interactions, it even somewhat shames you for not trusting him. Geralt could just say something like :"Hey, I remember your stupid plan" and it would be "ok". Avallac´h could answer in one sentence that he changed his mind, or whatever, and I wouldnt care that much. But as it is in the game, I simply think they want us to ignore his past (not even mentioning it to the player). But I dont know why...

1) you are absolutely right about the Bruxa screams, they are different. 2) I think I managed to get the blacksmith talking to turn in the quest, and as far as I recall, it was somehow time-related. Either time of a day, weather, or something like that. I think I found a solution on some forum while searching for how to finish the quest. P.S. I played on a Nintendo Switch

I just need to thank you XLet for the “things you missed” playlist because it’s kept me entertained for so many hours and got me even more interested in the Witcher and in love with it than I already was. Fucking thank you bro, fantastic work

i love the back story details! i honestly dont always read the notes or books so many of these details and side stories of main or side characters are surprising and exciting for me 🙂

This series seems to make clear, why we all love this game to this day: because the world is so detailed that it somehow feels alive.

your work and effort is unparalleled .. thank you for all this details and tidbits.. witcher 3 really is a masterpiece

This Blacksmith on Kear Trolde has some bugs on PS4 too, but you can access him. You need to meditate in front of him for an hour and he can be accessed without any problems. Actually, He doesn't talk only about one sword, but few of them. Not sure if it happens in English version of the game, but in it does in Polish.

Wow, even though having played the game twice, there still seems to be tons of details I've missed. Thanks for another details missed video and looking forward to your next one.

19:34 if you have met rico earlier... You'll get a dialogue option where you could ask the family if they know a certain rico.. .they tell you that he was of the family but he was interested in other things and so went away to earn in the city

This is so interesting. I have just played and finished the Witcher 3 for the first time and it has devoured me for months. Next I’ll have to read the books and then I’ll play for a second time. It’ll probably take years but I just love the details. Lots of RU-vid videos to watch in between!

It was awesome when I found the gwent scholar's book. Like, "Wow. That's was fast." I had always wondered if discouraging him mattered. Thanks for finding out.

Can you make a details missed by the Witcher show runners and make it as long as their series?

I think I had managed to talk to the blacksmith outside of that point. Far as I remember if you save and then reload, you will be able to talk to him. I had done his quests both times I have played so far, and I didn't leave Yennefer. Played on PC by the way, unfortunately I can't test this right now as I don't have the game installed.

wow, each one of your videos surprise me with how much the developers went into detail when making this game its kinda crazy

Thank you so much for your thorough and amazing work. Now I'll just have to try to be good today.

For me, the professor when introducing himself seems to ba a small reference to a Dwight Schrute from The Office with his "assisting regional manager" thing. Even the protectional tone is the same ;)

12:03 Most definitely the same guy. That’s the Zoltan card you get if you beat him at Gwent after he introduces/explains the game to you.

amazing, still find something usefull after all this year, good job! looking forward for your next contents

I hear my name a few times throughout the game and it always brings a smile to my face. On another topic. You mentioned the poker in your video on rare weapons. You can actually also buy it from Eibhear Hattori once you complete his quest.

I once stumbled upon a quest that quickly disappeared (not sure if it was an actual quest). But there was a woman in Novigrad screaming for help cause a man was bothering her (I’m pretty sure there was a ! above her). When Geralt went to help her she was a bit embarrassed and it was apparently their “gameplay” to spice up the relationship. The quest disappeared quickly the moment you tried to help her. And it never showed again (in my second play through). I couldn’t find any info about it either. Maybe someone saw this quest as well?

Blacksmith is bugged in PS4 as well, but meditating fixes him and you can interact with him normally. Typically he starts bugged, you meditate, and then he's fine.

There is a difference ^^ Thanks for all these details, looking forward replaying the game, again, for the next gen update, looking for all the details you shared with us !

Definitely a difference in the scream. Great video, as always! Thank you for brightening my day, especially in this complicated times.

I recently played the Apiarian Phantom quest after meeting Rico and you have the option to say I met your other son and he says something like Rico is the rebellious or outcast son

Solaris is unlike anything you might be expecting - be warned. It is a more psychological book, that tries to ask a question whether humans can really communicate with other, alien lifeforms. The thing about blacksmith is that he is intentionally non-interactive after quest involving him (for about a week). But somehow this effects spills to time even before and after his quest. What I did is to meditate for 1 hour near him. If he was still unavailable then I would repeat the process. Also he sometimes is interactive even if there is no 'blacksmith' icon on map. When it comes to Avallach - he is openly admitting that he cares only for Elder Blood in Ciri, but he is an elven schemer and manipulator. He cares about Ciri more than he admits, something that seems obvious after seeing his drawings of her, and conversation with female elf that states 'he talks about Ciri all the time' - and he is not a talkative person. There is something more - like a lingering feeling for Lara that manifests in his fascination with Ciri.

Just thinking about reading Solaris right now. It's awesome how writers make this clever connections to other books and other worlds.

Glad to see the details videos back keep up the great work, time to try to forget about season 2 🤧

For the Bruxa scream it really do sound different. Not different enough to notice right away or at all if you aren't keen on all the small details. It is a really cool detail and I applaud CD for putting so much love and care for the game.

Another great video. I didn't discover most of these things before my third play through. Also, so much about the games became much clearer after reading the books. This may be really old news, but I haven't watched all the details missed videos, nor read all the comments from 6 years worth of videos. Anyway, has anyone else noticed an almost total lack of NPCs, both male and female, in the roughly 12 to 17 year old age range? There's one female NPC bopping around some villages in Velen for sure...and maybe in Toussaint also? She's the same model in both places. Out of all the female NPCs to have matured physical attributes, she's one of the very rare female NPCs to wear a short dress. Blue, thigh length dress IIRC, and a hair style kinda like Rita Laux-Antille. Is it possible that would have anything to do with designating her as a younger age, say second half of teenage years, from the dev's perspective on normally accepted dress for a given age range in the world? There may be one other NPC, different skin, also in Toussaint I think, who is in a thigh length dress. But it's super rare to see in the game.

I love your Witcher videos. It always brings me back to my very first play through and how much I wish I could experience again. I’ve done 2 runs of the game with all dlc. I am waiting on the 3rd play through for next gen update. Can’t wait. Thanks for great content

I think there is another detail in The Wights Quests When you enter the cupboard waiting for the Wight ,before going inside the cupboard drop something from your bag near the couldron or the table. You will not get the dialogue option to lift the curse. It happened to me and I think you should check it out. I love your videos , keep making them and all the best😊😊

Fwiw, I agree that the bruxa sounds different in the different clips

We’re never getting a game this good ever again are we? 😞

At last...another Witcher 3 vid. Thank you so much!!!! Solaris is also a 1972 film by the great Andrei Tarkovsky inspired by the Lem novel.

I check RU-vid every day to see if you posted a video. Thank you for always surprising me with your videos

I believe I have the way to help with the blacksmith in Kaer Trolde. He is always unavailable unless you meditate in front of him and you can usually talk to him before noon. It works for me. But an even bigger bug for me is with the blacksmith in Arinbjorn. If I ask him to craft something for me, the game just crashes.

It genuinely suprises me that there are still things which people have missed out even after this game being out for 7 years kudos to CDPR for making the best open world rpg

7:30 talking to the Kaer Trolde blacksmith. I talked to him during my first visit to the castle, and second time during a quest to inform him about the tragedy. And this is where the bug really stands in the way, but, it helps to meditate a couple hours, but not too close to him, somewhere near the steps to their 'pit' will do nicely. And if not try doing it once or twice again, it should work. P.S. it's the PC version.

You are definitely right about the Bruxa screams, without black blood they're harmonized, with it it is only one melodious line and a whisper behind it, but there's no harmonization

There is a difference in the Apiarian Phantom quest if you’ve met rico before. An extra dialogue option where Geralt asks “Any relation to Rico mieldorlf?” The dad replies “Yes my youngest son, fled the family business to seek fortune in the big city. Do you know him?” Geralt than says “yes but that’s not why I’m here.”

You're right about the screams! It's like the black blood takes a lot of mph out of her. Is the effect of the scream reduced too? Also, Avallache is essentially a jilted lover. Any affection he feels for Ciri would result from his feelings for Lara, and not Ciri herself, most likely. So, yes, I think he cares, but... from a degree of emotional distance.

I swear on my play through when you read the unfinished book under ‘Hang Man’s Tree’ Geralt says out loud “Yeah, they really did kill him for his boots” so verbally confirms it’s the same guy from White Orchard

About the scream : I can definitely tell you there's a huge difference in the pitch. It's not the same sound at all.