Gaunter o' Dimm Theme | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Hearts of Stone 

I wouldn't call O'Dimm the devil, sure he enjoy torturing people, but only for those that deserve it, and even when he lose, he still wins, even if you save Von Everic, he recovers his feelings and the only that he could feel was pain and suffering for those that he lose, he would be drowning in his own misery the rest of his life, if you are good and honest, O'Dimm wont come for you, but if you are selfish, arrogant, brutal and ruthless, he surely would come, if you are lucky, he only would curse you, if you are unlucky, he would offer you a deal for your soul and would trick you and made you think that you have the upper hand, when he in control all the time.

@@TheKeyser94 What did the professor do to deserve his fate? What did Iris do? The friendly drunk man? The Wight's victims? He doesn't just torture the human who signed his pact or did bad act, he goes after everyone the person interacts with and anyone who annoys him to satiate his sadism. No, Gaunter is evil, THE evil and he relishes torturing human lives. He even has a creepy song. I mean, come on?

@@hueylongdong347 No one call Mephistopheles a saint, but O'Dimm only cares to play with very bad people, to people that call his attention, like the professor, and toy with him, and Iris is not innocent either, she was there making part of the deal with Von Everec, she was the added the clause that to the deal to be finish they needed to be in the surface of the moon. But call him this kind of characters "evil" when they do this kind of things for worse people, like Von Everec, being to simplistic, Von Everec was a warlord, he pillage and killed, either way if you "save" him or let O'Dimm take his soul, O'Dimm would win, if you "save" him, Von Everec, would recuperate his feelings, and would feel guilt and sorrow the rest of his life for all the lives that he had taken, doing one thing or another is irrelevant because either way O'Dimm would win, I think that make him live is the worst punishment that only letting O'Dimm take his soul.

​@@TheKeyser94 Professor was tasked with doing a job and O'Dimm mentally tortured him for it. He called for Gaunter O'Dimm's attention like a woman with a short skirt calls to be raped. Where is it stated that Iris partook in the blood pact? It was between Olgierd and O'Dimm. Gaunter IS evil because he casually murders a drunk man for simply interupting him. The people Olgierd has killed pale in comparison to the ones Gaunter O'Dimm has. Need I remind you that after Gaunter transformed Marlene into a monster, it would cause the deaths of countless innocent peasants in the Trastemara area? Since O'Dimm is ancient, he has done this countless times. Don't act like Gaunter O'Dimm tortures and hurts people because they deserve it, many in fact don't. He willfully and maliciously conspires to cause suffering to people that might be spared. And he does this because he is a degenerate monster in human flesh that feeds on the pain and suffering of others. O'Dimm has a scienter - he knows full well that his contracts hurt people further. Even if their wording is vague, their intent is clear but Gaunter twists peoples words because he enjoys ruining lives. He is like an adult who gives a gun to child with the intent that the child would eventually end up shooting himself and others. He is fully responsible for what happens to the people he bestows his unnatural "gifts" upon. Gaunter doesn't win if Geralt saves Olgierd. Mirror wants only one thing - human souls. For him, pain to a soul is simply like a crunchy crust to a bread. If he doesn't get to feast on the person's soul, he automatically loses. Whatever Olgierd further suffers further, guilt or whatnot, is irrelevant because O'Dimm cannot claim him.

@@TheKeyser94 , Gaunter O'Dimm loves to torture and kill innocent people too. He is the devil.

you can see him almost in every hearts of stone mission ,dressed up as guards or random peasants ,if you pay attention....watching your decisions as you progress

he is simply a merchant ;)

@@Lazaruz95 that shit terrified me on my first play though, I mean if he is everywhere and knows everything... then is he some kind of god ?

@@jameslegrand848 he is definetly strong as one .

I think this is an amazing detail as well. Even though you understand he's not just some NPC at the moment you talk to him x)

easy, a longer drawn out storyline. more angles to investigate and you'd easily have a worthy creepy supernatural story to tell.

It is a real story in Polish folklore about Pan Twardowski (Olgierd) who made a deal with a devil and managed to trick him

10 hrs is basically a whole game itself lol

@@bestiawadowicka Twardowski didn't exactly manage to trick the devil tho. It was his prayers that "saved" him so he landed on the moon. If anything, the devil tricked him like Gaunter tricked Olgierd by "standing on the moon".

@@Aizec300 there are different versions of it

Exactly ain’t nobody messing with gaunter o dim

The children singing in particular. That will make anyone shit their pants lol

I will remember to the scene, where Gaunter o' dimm kills a guy with a spoon...

The burglar discovers you like Witcher 3 and offers you a round of Gwent! You nod silently...

I saw you turn that light off!

Robert McMillan or anywhere for that matter

In many ways the most scary portrayal too.

or GOD? Gaunter O' Dimm

Jolly Roger xd

The eerie feeling that we met him just at the start of the game is already eerie enough but his complexity is even worse. He looks so calm and seems a normal human being until...............he stabs a spoon in your eye and you instantly die.

"Greetings, Geralt. Remember me?"

I always thought there is something rather odd about him the when I met him on

@@hobojoe5697 true

Мӕн амарӕн нӕй. Ацӕудзынӕн, фӕлӕ фӕстӕмӕ аздӕхдзынӕн

tung nguyen Well after you meet him in White Orchard, you can see him walk out the gate but if you go and have a look outside, he is nowhere to be seen. He literally disappears as soon as he exits the door. That was creepy as fuck.

I am talking to CDPR about that

Actually is not that weak if you summon his other cards.

@@rafaelannibale1697 it is

@@rafaelannibale1697 He is among the weakest muster cards in the game and has arguably the worst muster mechanic since only playing Gaunter will summon the whole set.

@@vahlen5281 Ghouls give you 3 power in total. Nekkers give you 6 power in total. Gaunter and the Darknesses gives you 14 power in total, 12 without Gaunter himself, which is still decent considering it surpasses the power of most hero cards, and pretty close to Geralt&Ciri cards' power. It's nowhere near the worst muster card (which is Ghoul basically), it's pretty good considering the card is neutral so you can use it in any deck.

The Crones would wet themselves if Master Mirror got angry with them

Haha I feel exactly the same.

I wonder what a contract between them would look like

The crones disgust me. But O’Dimm truly *terrifies* me.

Most dangerous? They are under Wild Hunt in "Food Chain" - since they are scared of Imlerith, and Gaunter o' Dimm is at the top of "Food chain" in Witcher universe.

Correction "Ah, like everyone..."

@@moaazmedhat467 Correction: "Jak wszyscy"

@@swolzer No.

@@swolzer What the fuck is wrong with you? Cant write that here.

@@eleseussellanra7036 what does that mean

I know right? Honestly I had no idea he'd be the devil, or something like the devil, really just thought he was some charismatic serial killer.

+LisaLisaKenadoresher Vegetariansoylentgreen Indeed! I will always help against to stop that man he is pure evil!

*Mephestopheles* not the devil but rather the devils right hand man.

+Norse Rainer indeed sir!

Gaunter O'Dimm's initials spell G.OD lmao.

Now everything makes sense!

Fuck it.. this is now canon

underrated comment

After the Edgerunners anime. It truly hit top 10 on Steam. So yeah it is remembered in a way. It's mostly fixed now but nobody is gonna forget the first impressions

You get what you wish, no what you want.

It’s kinda like that song where the devil challenges a guy to a fiddle battle. And when he loses he accepts defeat even tho HE was the judge of the contest himself

@@Childishxmarkeeloo accept defeat just to return

You literally made an enemy of him by interacting in White Orchard. The moment he is aware of you, he *will* end up fucking you up, sooner or later. Banishing him at least keeps him at bay before another retard summons him back.

i personally think its more then just 'walking away' i think the scary part is not the absolute laws of his power and deals, but the way he manipulates us, like a trickster. I think that is also the core of his power, he in a way can't lie because he is bound by the contract/deal himself. But knowledge is power, and words can be a fickle thing but with Gaunter, words are law, like self fulfilling prophecy's.

@@giocommentary That is also interesting and quite plausible, although I’m leaning towards the theory that he chooses to “bind” himself by his own rules, meaning he wields power that could destroy us (the player) at any moment, but chooses not to as it would not be fun. He is in all possibility an ancient being who has been around for who knows how long, when you have the laws of time/space, life/death and quite possibly unlimited life at your fingertips, things presumably become really boring. I do also believe that he is not an absolute being, in the full sense of a God (an in omnipotent/omniscient/perfect). He’s more than likely some sort of demon or lesser God. Just like Loki was a trickster in Norse mythology, but was not nearly as strong as Thor or Odin and many other gods.

I suppose then hes a master mirror

Eredin*

Eredin wasn't really a mortal. He was an elf. His age could be 1000 years...

@@JudgeHolden2003 Immortal means you don't age (depending on the context). Elves, although they have massively larger lifespans than humans, still eventually die of old age. Therefore, they're not immortal.

@@notnero5280 if you Say So, looks like Witcher's elves aren't exactly the same as in LOTR.

moviefanperson When the DLC side quest is more interesting than the main story.

Bunch of boy scout that's what they are, nothing more than elves who spent 3 years in the gym before going for a world hopping trip. But O'Dim? He's on another level of intimidating.

He fucking makes the crones look like maggots

It's just a bunny until you need to use The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

True

He can't deal with Ciri's powers.

@@whatisbow2865 while that might be true all that was actually confirmed by that is he can’t deal with destiny which is a huge thing in the Witcher world

To be honest, I believe it was rather due to the fact that she was hidden on the Isle of Mists.

@@whatisbow2865 Not really, Ciri would give a good competition, but she's nothing in front of O'Dimm. He can just stop time, and slice her neck before she can even teleport. And he's probably gonna be able to predict where she would teleport to as well...

Its possible, but later in the Gwent trailer for the Master Mirror expansion, its pretty clearly indicated that O'Dimm sort of partially plays a part in controlling the thing we and several others in the Witcher universe call "Destiny". What I am thinking is that he probably didn't want to tell Geralt where she was, which is why he pretended to not be able to interfere in his business, despite possibly knowing ALL the events of the main game.

@Jabroni Destroyer u mean tutorials dress as campaigns

I think that fact that it's DLC increases the impact, just enough story to making you want more but still having a fantastic time with the journey. I kind of like the idea that this one thing Geralt can't put down for good and him still being clueless about what Gaunter is.

Seriously...HoS is one of the only times that Geralt lost...

@@patnolen760 Also it's like 25 hours long so it really is a full game compared to most games

>It was short This dlc is several times longer than any last call of duty, or some other shit. How can this be considered "short". A full playthrough takes 25 hours, more than most other games that cost $60-$70.

played us like a damned fiddle

@Adrian Gauterie Mirror of Gaunter O'Dimm - Mirror of GOD = The Devil.

@@alfonsocyrusjoshua9551 Ah, a man of culture.

@@alfonsocyrusjoshua9551 you can play me like a fiddle any time

I bet that one dude who bested O'Dimm that the professor tells us about was named Johnny.

Charles Burnham abd as Geralt once said, "moral victory, that's what counts"

Nicky Penn xD

Finally a character that can throw The Joker off the throne of crazy and creepiness.

Being so used through the game to thrust my sword through everything to deal with it, then coming across him.. I was like actually like, well fuck.. He is actually immortal and can control time..

O'Dimm is not insane. He's evil, yes, but not insane.

I know, right? He is evil incarnate, no two ways about it. But you would expect someone like him to stand out. Gaunter just looks like a guy and it’s terrifying.

Even in Gwent he is terrifying cause if you have the full set of his cards, you can get up to 14 points by playing him. That's only 1 point less than Ciri and Geralt's cards.

I dont think Eredin was a villain truly. He was just another actor in Elven politics, not cut out to be a true villain. He was just acting according to his interests and benefits thats it. You can even talk his generals out of the whole struggle. But the others were truly monsters. Especially O’Dimm, a monster among monsters.

Ok, maybe not villain, but definitely antagonist

Aye.. Gaunter O'Dimm, Dettlaff and The Unseen Elder easily outshine Eredin. The Crones ? Well, meh ! But they were such naughty ladies !

@@SiddharthSinghFiery69 detlaff was hard as fuck to beat but I figured out you just need to dodge

You know, I think I know the reason. Fear of the unknown. When we did not understand who was The Wild Hunt, we were afraid of them. We do not clearly know what O'Dimm and how MUCH he's capable of. Same goes for The Crones, although you can argue you do know what Dettlaff is capable of being a Higher Vampire.

Outstanding move

Comment like this make reading comment section so interesting.

That's literally what I did the first time I played the witcher 3. I havent done that for any other game.

My choice for four years straight. And for years to come.

I'm on the B&W DLC now. When I finish it, I will make a new game . Got that urge since I finished the Bloody Baron questline.

Considering the guy broke a spoon as the first part of his curse, that's probably the truth.

i just played that part and yes i heard that creepy theme again yes mate well done

no need for assumtions. The notes in the house refer to a begger and vagrant that cursed her. Even her dialogue all but confirms it's Gaunter o' Dimm

Oh my god that makes so much sense

I don't remember where into the quest it happens, I think Marlene herself speaks the words "master mirror" or something like that when she tells you what happened to her while she works at Corvo Bianco. To me it was obvious who cursed her from the spoons and there are letters you can find in the house.

Canon Witcher Ciri confirmed.

@@drondasgupta9378 ciri would get slaughtered as empress the plotting there and amount of politics there will reduce here to a puppet figure mostly

Giving the keys to the good ending of the game.

Basically the steps to good ending.

To be honest ,only antagonist close to him is Pagan min . (I dont include Eredin since we dont see much of him really)

+Ace IsTheShit eredin was a joke, his generals got more screentime than him and seemed more like villains...

The only gripe I have with CDP is the handling of Eredin. I was expecting more from the charismatic and attractive elf. In the game he was rather generic and looked pretty.....of I would say. Also expected more interactions between him and Cirila, considering she was interested in him and he had plans for her.

I think CDPR even admitted that the Wild Hunt was quite lacking as villain.

One of the main problems is that the Wild Hunt's strength is, mostly, in numbers. They were big, bulky and had super human strength and only few could freeze everything. That's it. Gaunter could single-handedly, instantly, wipe out the Wild Hunt if he so desired. Detlaff was one of the more powerful vampires, and he could probably rip those giant, slow, armored elves a new one with vampiric agility. Hell. Detlaff and Regis could probably wipe out the Wild Hunt albeit not was easily as Gaunter.

Never realised that o'dims theme played during this quest...now that's creepy.

her own fcking fault greedy and arrogant bitch got punished hahahahah never sawn a better punishment than this , you dont fck with the devil

He's mentioned in a few letters in that quest too

It was Gaunter o Din who did that, check wiki fandom, the books, youtube and other sources, it was him who cursed that woman

The beggar was selling mirros

I had totally forgotten about him at the start of the game, when I started playing again after this dlc I almost shit my pants when I saw him in the beginning. The unseeming ones scare me the most...

Kan Kanenas just like gael

I always knew that there was something odd about him from the first time Geralt meets him.

+Adam Bz gael is a vampire , I killed him

+Adam Bz 'Best Fucking Boss' in the whole Souls franchise!

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you toss this fly in my soup?!

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CDPR seems pretty adamant about keeping their two franchises separated lore wise though. They've been asked about Gaunter and Ciri both several times and each time has been met with firm answers.

An advert with his leitmotif. A bloodstained wooden spoon. An archaic looking mirror. Broken glass. Many ways you could subtly reference him without outright putting him in.

A small Easter egg wouldn't do any harm, and would generate much fan buzz and good will.

@@Crichjo32 actually, a police man from the beginning of the game LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE GAUNTER,and he even says like "long time no see" to V

@@relax2885 care to mention the path and etc? Gotta see this for myself

You should do a replay and save him. You'll get a sword you'll never change again, after you played HoS

@@dodid0 *coughs in Aerondight*

@@Da1337Man Aerondight is a silver sword though. The one Olgierd gives you is steel.

@@glub1234 if I let olgierd die do I get the viper swords? or I have to loot it from the o dims realm?

@@ozymandias9450 I think you have to loot them from O'Dimm's realm.

Where did u find him??

The Mysterious Stranger all over the place man. During a play through, take your time and look around for him. He can be found up above in a set of rafters, under some floor boards, in a hole in a wall, markets, etc.

There are some npc's that look similar? Are u sure it was him? Like did he say something when trying to interact?

@@themysteriousstranger4530 yeah gaunter check up on your progress through the entire story, he can be found at alot of points in the story, including the auction dressed as a merchant in the background, he is a redanian crossbowmen during the heist. and alot more moments.

@@BlackViperMWG holy shit i finished the hos 3 days ago and now i'm creeped out

Why da fuck didn't you banish him. I didn't even consider leaving Olgierd to an eternity of possibly suffering. I mean he isn't supposed to be the greatest person in the world but still.

Snooch Mangoosh I think some people didn’t interfere because they were scared shitless of Gaunter haha

Manu J. yeah but honestly Gaunter’s rewards are not all that. The ya re good but a bit game breaking for me. Plus I wanted the Silver Venom Sword and that other dude’s glowing Red Saber more (I’m obsessed with swords).

Jonathan Irizarry The thing I always do is in the firs play trough i choose the saddle and in the second one (ng+) i save olgierd. That way you can have both.

Manu J. Fair enough

I know I'm picking on an older comment here, but one of the great things about O'Dimm is that he has a solid amount of lines and scenes, but not too much (in comparison to other well-written characters like Solas from Dragon Age or Kreia from KoTOR 2). He is amazingly presented, but I'm not sure if "well-written" is the most fitting term here. Us not knowing much about him, about the details of his personality, powers and story/lore make him so much more exciting and menacing. We get hints, and our fantasy fills the rest with stories about evil we encountered in other media. On the other hand, I guess them knowing when to stop giving exposition, when to stop writing, also counts as "well-written".

really? was it?

Yes.

It was hell lot more interesting.

well, you can't really top the Devil, he's the ultimate antagonist. Except of course Super Devil, he's always better.

I agree the Wild Hunt, and specially Eredin were weak villans

Whited Out I did it with a sign build recently and it’s the worst thing ever because they’re immune to fire forcing you to use your incredibly low damage swords

Hervis Daubeny just Yrden the hell out of every specter you see in the painting. It did the trick for me lol

Merchant? No. Mage? No. Djinn? No. Ah, I see now. He is SATAN.

@@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770 he is God Of Darkness, G.O.D

​@Romance Dawn As the Witcher is heavily based on polish/Slavic mythology, I wonder if he's a take on chernabog, the Slavic God of evil and darkness.

You're quite right - a terrific game with superb villains throughout

Dettlaff wasn't really a villain. Poor guy was a victim and tbh even Syanna was a victim but her motives were far darker and that made her the real Beast of Beauclair. Gaunter O'Dimm : Such an intriguing character and pure evil. Also, I liked how he could judge people by their true nature.

@@SiddharthSinghFiery69 that's why I called him an antagonist, not a villain, bro. You are right, both are different things.

whats an anthagonist?

@@gregtronica3569 a main villain

100% possibly the best "final boss battle" i've ever done in a game too. so intense! so unique.

that's a good one :)

God dammit barb

Good one man

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Guanter o'scheme

What does that even mean? It doesn't make sense

@@hamedm9241 It means that Gaunter knows what a person wants when they wish for something, the problem is he enjoys dealing with rotten individuals the most and when doing so he fucks them over purposefully by playing around with them. Olgierd for example wanted immortality and riches in the end he became an emotionless wreck and lost everything dear to him for he was a vile human being and Gaunter knew that. Gaunter takes pleasure in ruining humans lives but he has his reasons for it. Unlike Geralt someone with pure and noble intentions was indeed sought out by Gaunter to be his aide in this Quest, at the end when you wish something from him he will grant it without any catch or contract; it is a gift for his honesty which Gaunter must've appreciated. He might be Evil Incarnate but atleast we can see that he does things by a certain code.

@@hamedm9241 it is simply means he gives you what you literally asking, not what you really want, trick in the formulation

@@wrewrwrewtre3 yeah, even himself when says that when he meets geralt near the end of HoS "I dont have the fault that they are not happy of their wishes, is the fault that they poorly formulate" Gaunter always like the "little words" in their contracts, like in thronebreaker in an easter egg that is a contract with him it says "when the sun rises in the dark of the night in Lyria, the pact will be done" but never say what kind of sun need to be, and we know that the contract was fullfil. Why? Because Nilfgaard invade Lyria and Rivia during the night...and Nilfgaard has a sun in his flag God, O'Dim is a genius of contracts

Every wish that he has granted has major setbacks, ever noticed?

He would prefer to have less attention anyway.

Nah Ciri first man

How about Geralt?

@@raravind1395 geralt would make no sense. Ciri can travel through space, Gaunter O'Dimm is immortal and his powers seem limitless, Geralt is a man who can live for a few hundred years.

Hi i am coming from the future i can confirm O Dimm is in Cyberpunk 2077. Enjoy!

Maybe, after a year, it is interesting for you. In the game "The Sinking City", there is a mirror-maker with lastname Gaunter and an...familiar....looking picture of him.

I know right?

That would have been the most terrifying reunion. But O Dimm is mentioned in Blood into Wine DLC as someone who placed a curse.

SAME

It's o'Dim who finds you, not the other way. Can't see this working out.

I mean Gaunter O'Dimm is involved for the Spotted Wight's existed, there's a diary journal/Diary that even says something in the lines of "A man who sold mirrors came by", which is what Gaunter is accociated with in terms of description

Ah, yes. Shitty pants moment.

With a wooden spoon. Just in case.

It’s too bad that the netflix adaptation sucks and they’d ruin the character if they touched it

@@elkpants1280 Netflix adaptation is good. You can't appreciate it if you've never read the books.

@@Sailormoon-moon cavil is the only decent actor, the nilfgaardian soldiers are literally designed to look like a cock and balls according to the creators, tons of SJWlite shit going on, race bending of original characters, WAY too much shot/reverse shot for dialogue makes it feel like a cheap sitcom. The directors have no idea what they are doing. So no, it is trash.

And the realisation he's been watching you since the very start of the game. After playing Heart of Stone, O'Dimm's presence forever lingers over the whole game, even on subsequent playthroughs. They nailed this character, definitely one of the most unnerving characters in a game of recent memory.

Yep. Realizing you're working for the literal Devil

Panuska There are also children singing his tune at the crossroad where he tells you to meet him.

And then it returns near the end, and you finally know it's not all children's rhymes but something else... "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, give what I wish for most above all." and the Man of Glass shall grant your wish.

Yeah same. I was like hmmm this a creepy song about.....Gaunter. Then the reprise to outsmart him in his world. And I was like goodness

I remember! A few weeks ago I came across that. At the time I just stood there and heard them chant. Didn't know what it was about. Though when Geralt met Gaunter all was clear.

I was walking by them, and heard them singing. I also stopped to listen, and was pleasantly listening along. As the song got darker and darker, I remember slowly backing my chair away from the screen, and ran from that town as fast as I could. Every time I heard that song I fucking up and left whatever I was doing, and usually went back to Novigrad. I recall that I slept with the light on for two weeks initially.

I just don't go into other games expecting Witcher's level of writing, nothing comes close.

MrXxsesshomaruxX Unless it's MGS 4.

I was never able to get into the MGS series.

*****​ That's because the story takes a lot more time to understand.The witcher 3 is pretty straightforward.

Really? N A N O M A C H I N E S brother. I love both games and I think we shouldn't compare them but appreciate them for the masterpieces they are.

"bah! I delt with immortals before. Get in line."

Norsie true af

I'd have paid 180$ for the entire game with expansions. Not joking, every penny would have still been worth it.

Reminds me of Morrowind or better yet, Oblivion with it's expansions. Still I think Witcher 3 tops those.

It’s funny how this DLC is ten dollars and has so much content and an incredible story and then you have all these other games charging up to 40 dollars for boring low quality dlc that has minimal effort put into it.

@@STUNTSTHEREALONE *cough* sims *cough*

MrKoval92 They didn't simply change "Rome" to "Moon" though. According to the legend, as the devil was taking Twardowski's soul to hell, Twardowski prayed to virgin Mary. Mary then forced the devil to drop Twardowski's soul and it landed on the moon, where Twardowski still lives to this day. The attention to detail by CD project Red is amazing

Faust is also an inspiration.

MrKoval92 also a few Stephen King characters

MrKoval92 He's also inspired by the Stephen King character "Walter O' Dimm" who goes around to different worlds and plays with people's lives.

And, also Rumplestiltskin or whatever his name is.

He’s not if you use odim trickery he dosent know exactly everything

He probably has meta knowledge or something like that

Also, God backwards is dog, and he's know as Master Mirror, so if you mirror God, you get dog, so Gaunter probably chose those initials and the mirror detail to mock God.

Red Riding Wolf Thank you for this explanation as I think it best captures the intention of CDPR and their basis in Slavic folklore.

So Gaunter is a dog?... mindblown

Well when you think about it he does tell you everything when you sign a contract so rly he isn't tricking you but you'r just being foolish thinking he won't be able to fulfill the contract by doing what olgierd did saying he will only be able to take his soul when they are on the moon. His intentions might not be great but it's your own fault for signing the contract. So why is he called the devil?

Here in Italy we always say that God is a Dog in fact... xD

The epicness really lies in the fact that he is not portrayed like the classic devil... But someone immensely more powerful, old, alien and badass!

He is classic devil, trading power for your soul.

Lambert I meant like the one, with horns, and stuff.

Tell me, would you trust a guy if he had horns and stuff xD in the end he started to take his true form, demonic form when he was defeated. His human form is just diversion to make people trust him :D:D

Or is it Gaunter O' Dimm (G O D) ???

I think this virus is exist because of this fucking kid .D

This comment deserves many likes.

More like "I wish i could be sick for couple of days so i dont have to go to school"

@@mychamycha27 now its creepy with the theme in background tho xD

Aaaye it must've been this way...

He is a demon or even Satan himself , you can see that at the final when he transforms , i think he is Satan himself in human form

GO'D is not the only devil here.

Pretty sure a devil or demon can't stop time or drive people insane with just knowing what he is. I'd say he is at least an expy of Nyarlathotep. Some sort of extradimensional eldritch horror.

you're delusional

the witcher 3 is another universe, it has its OWN universe, probably satan or demons could stop time if he was indeed one. Who are you to say that demons or satan cant stop time? Lol

which quests?

He’s hiding about during a lot of HoS quests, for instance when the soldiers are outside the auction house he’s one of them.

@@chalis6270 hell yeah i just noticed it, damn this must be the best DLC i've ever played, then again they say B&W has a next level of content, gg CDPR

King Faisal just started B&W, it’s amazing. A whole new world which doesn’t feel as miserable as velen or novigrad yet still feels like the witcher

@@sangay9361 can't wait to play it, sadly my new semester is started soon tho xD

Main story < b & w < HoS

the main game was not really good because of the main story, but the side quests and the vibe

fapnawb

fapnawb I find ur lack of faith disturbing

Nah nah nah but definitely one of the

Solas From DAI though

@@vico4981 Beerus is not a villain

God you just make my biggest fantasy right now

"You saw that dude right? With the weird clothes and wooden spoons? He said he was a merchant of mirrors, a man of glass. Yet I didn't see any mirrors or glass.. I'm not one to be spooked, but that did it V"

Take way the "beat him" part ( I let him have the soul ), and that would be soo freaking cool... and creppy as fuck. Would take that over Ciri"s cameo any moment

Holy shit that would be a spooky jumpscare

If that’s happen imma pray very hard even though I’m not really religious and I’ll try to buy as many versions of the game as possible because they made a damn good job.

Apparently, you can also find him spying on you as you do Hearts of Stone missions disguised as different NPC's. And I can swear I saw him disguised as a pesant in Velen, then a merchant in Oxenfurt, then a Guard in Novigrad and a fisherman in Skellige. I just taught they used his face for random NPC's but after seeing what he's capable of, I'm not so sure anymore...

@@0-Templar-0please tell me it’s outside of HoS, I want to see this now!

Eredin is a threating for a mortal because of his unmatched swordsmanship, but Gaunter is the devil incarnate, he can do what ever he pleases.

After him comes the unseen elder....

H3ADSH0T DUDE No. He is not the devil incarnate, since his power is very limited

Samsunganer Oh

Eredin is a poor warrior, he has no swordsmanship skills.

He is a demon= evil djinn

@@Smoos54 Gaunter O' Dimm - GOD he is a mirror reflection of god himself, he is one of a kind.

The most exciting dialog line in the game after endings in the elf tower I have ever heard in this game.

Smoos54 i think he’s a mixture of Nyarlathotep and Satan. They both fit his description perfectly.

He's a penguin.

Did you shit yourself also ?

In the name of the eternal fire

XD

hours later: *OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD. I'M SCARED AS FUUUUCK*

I suck at Gwent anyways, he would beat me normally, without cheating

Colin Kerwin everybody loves gwent, i hate it so i play as little as i have to in this otherwise great game

prepare for spy and decoy strats

Proceeds to play 6 Avallachs.

geralt told him to play but not to fight coz he already knew that he can never win against gaunter o dimm as he has some extraordinary abilities and powers.... fucking thing is that he can stop time.

MD Except for a few like Dark Souls 3.

Ancient Veritas or God of war 2018

It will be better. In 2 or 3 years

Dark souls/ BOTW for gameplay, witcher 3 for story, done.

Red dead 2?

Agreed , the HoS is a creative masterpiece that I will remember for a long time . I loved it

The best hobo ever, though :)

With a spoon

Had me on the first half ngl.

Haha! thank you for the laughter:)

Eredin isn't immortal though, it's just elves have much longer lifespan compared to humans

Bindair Dundat It's more creepy when you replay the game and meet him in the tavern

Dragos363 where I finished the game completely

Sovereign was WAAAAAAY more intense than Harbinger right? Or is that just me?

You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it.

Yep, that's precisely what made Sovereign so damn scary and the way it was revealed. You're set up to believe that Saren is the main villain and the biggest threat and then out comes the Sovereign-conversation from nowhere and you realize what you're actually up against. IF even a fraction of what it was saying was true how the hell would anyone stand a chance against something like that? Harbinger just... didn't live up to the air around Sovereign. It's hard to put a finger on what it was, it's just no contest between them.

Harbinger was more badass, but Sovereign was more frightening. With Sovereign the threat of the Reapers is very new and they have no idea what Shepard and friends are capable of. To Sovereign, he/she is just another organic ready to be squashed. Harbinger is fully aware of Shepard's threat and thus treats him/her as a more personal enemy. He is not as coldly attached as Sovereign was. Hence the overall lack of menace compared to Sovereign.

Morgan Mailhiot Yes he was but I think the reason why Sovereign was more frightening was the fear of the unknown, you knew what you were getting into with Harbringer and knew "they die same as anything else!"

That's because he can.

He could wipe out out the Wild Hunt easily. Knowing what we know from the DLC, he could just Thanos Snap The Wild Hunt away

I don't think there's any limit to what O'Dimm could do, so yes, he certainly could exterminate the Wild Hunt effortlessly.

If you were not finished with the original story,you can ask him to locate siri and he either can't or doesn't want to grant you that wish.

@@MsDeathGuy considering its gaunter o'dimm we're talking about, I highly doubt he can't find ciri. Hell, he could probably teleport ciri to you and then just head on out like nothing happened.

I definitely hate him with my whole being

@@armintargaryen9216 I fear him and respect him. Hard to hate something you barelly understand ( my view )

Yes although the main villian is Olgeird gaunter had just pulled his strings from before they met geralt to bring Olgeird to become the vile man he is in this dlc

@@armintargaryen9216 I don't. I didn't help Olgierd when he was taking his soul.

I hate him as what he is, I still love how he was written

excuse me, villain????

But was he actually the villain? That’s the catch...

Syavich If he is described as “evil incarnate” there is a good chance he isn’t very benevolent

not a villain he only bring miss fortune apon the bad

Gaunter is exactly like the Satan in Master and Margarita- he is dark and terrible and will not hesitate to deliver judgement, even going so far as to encourage people to commit evil so he can punish it. However, he doesn’t go around committing evil for the sake of it or for his own benefit. I recommend reading Master and Margarita, one of the greatest philosophical books of the 20th century, and you will understand to a much greater extent what Gaunter represents. Whether you think Gaunter is good or evil probably depends on what you think represents justice. Olgierd (spelling?) is about as vile as a human can get, but at the same time he is full of regret... Does he deserve to lose his soul for his cruelty, or does his repentance excuse him from a lifetime of evil?

anagram, not acronym mate

@@chosenundead4856 An anagram is new words formed from a prior word, aka "Silent" is "Listen". An Acronym is formed from the first letters of words, like Gaunter O Dimm = GOD.

Phalanxia Theroan you just proved yourself wrong. Gaunter is an anagram for ungreat, not an acronym

@@phalanxiatheroan863 that is correct

@@jamesze2363 I just realised that Hahaha, I believe I meant to have the God acronym then the anagram Gaunter. You ae all absolved and I stand corrected. XD

Mighty Tigah what if he becomes a recurring CDProject villain? Like he appears as a dlc villain in other CDP games? Would be very badass

well he is already in the Gwent game and i think he will come back in The Witcher 4

V meets a strange man who seems to know too much about him/her. When V challenges him and asks who he is... He asks V if they'd really wish to know. If they say yes, he shrugs and says ill do you a favor and not grant that wish

@@xillex819 unfortunately, CD Project confirms no more The Witcher games (at least, no more concerns to Geratl or the main characters).

@@Griever88Gryphus they confirmed a new The Witcher game,but not with Geralt. And yes a The Witcher game,not a game only in the Witcher world like Thronebreaker

At least Geralt banged.

doesn't matter, had sex

Yeah, that's was a nice moment. I couldn't refrain myself from rescuing her definitely.

more like Gaunter O' Dim G O D not satan

ssuo ben No, as CDPR bases their monsters, etc. on real Slavic folklore, Gaunter O'Dimm represents the devil. It is a common Christian motif that the devil seeks to mock God in any way possible, so the acronym may be symbolic of that; there are also ideas floating that the name is a mixture of two Stephen King characters.

Mirror Gaunter O'Dim. Mirror GOD.

So...DOG?

I wanted unfinishable whine thooo

Bones Doonny Well, I saved Olgierd in order to take his badass sword, Iris.

Infinite food carried me throughout the whole game

the crones are pretty good too

+Hazardous Material The Crones theme still gives me the creeps and makes me feel like I might hallucinate any moment.

I could go on for hours appreciating every single track in the main game and in both DLCs...

Gabriel Gonzales the crones theme is the creepiest for me

bel air indeed!

I enjoyed Blood and Wine a little more but Hearts of Stone is still my 2nd favorite video game dlc imo.

Blood and Wine brought a whole new scenery to explore and a giant map with plenty of exploration, plus some pretty cool quests. But Hearts of Stone kept me intrigued from start to finish, all the time, I could not lay off that DLC.

The fact that is was short is the reason why this expansion is a master piece. They didn't made more quest FedEx to keep to player playing. They preferred tell their stories and end at the good moment, without force to player to play quests that he doesn't want to do like Bethesda is doing. Witcher 3 is an excellent make, but he would have been better without the FedEx quests and the Skellige sea objectives. But the DLC, them, were true Masterpiece

Love how much discussion transpires regarding his existence. The reason I love fandoms. You fans of creative media are awesome! 👍

Like in a mirror u se ure image reversed from right to left soo is Gaunter's name thas genius

Doggy : )

imagine you live in Witcher universe, you pray every night, for your soul and the soul of your love one, and then die only to be greeted by Gaunter...

Hybrid Spektar gaunter is the master of mirrors, he is merely a reflection of the person he is interacting with, it why he is fond of Gerald because he has very little in his heart

Gotta get the Viper Sword real quick first, of course.

*desperately trying to salvage the gold from the cave

haha xDD

But humans are inherently greedy

I would tell him up front I dont want to have any wishes granted just want to talk because I think it be an intresting conversation. Then wish him well on his travels.

@@demi-fiendoftime3825 You realise you just made a wish right?

@@warden9757 Fuck

Fancy seeing you here beckett

Everyone did

Hahahahaha...Children! *RUN ROACH!*