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thedemonofcat · 2 months

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Lettenhove doesn’t exist. As far as Geralt can tell, the place where Jaskier is said to come from doesn’t exist.

It’s not on any map, and as far as visiting there, Geralt has never been there, nor has anyone else.

Yet Jaskier still claims he’s from Lettenhove. It is obvious by the way he dresses and acts that Jaskier comes from nobility, so it’s not like he’s hiding that. Geralt can’t help but wonder why Jaskier would make up where he’s from.

Lettenhove does exist, but not in the world that Gerat currently lives in. Lettenhove is the kingdom of the Fae, and Jaskier isn’t just from there; he’s the Prince.

Jaskier, born Prince Julian Alfred Pankratz of Lettenhove, is heir to the throne and once one day set to rule all the fae. Only Jaskier didn’t want to take the responsibility of being a Prince, so he ran away, disguising himself as a human Bard.

Meanwhile, as Geralt gets closer to discovering the truth about Lettenhove, A guard of the royal family comes closer to finding the missing Prince

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dumbass---tm · 5 months

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Lettenhove has been independent from Kerack for several years at this point, long enough that when the kingdom itself fizzled out Lettenhove kept its independency.

The King and the Queen were genuinely loved by their people, and they made sure that their domain was a safe haven for anybody who needed it. As the years passed, and the lineage continued, the kingdom grew a bit, but not by much.

The city's traditions are simple. Children tie their hair back with embroidered ribbons, and match them to their trousers or skirts. Teenagers trade their ribbons as signs of friendship or infatuation. Courting gifts are commonly personalised ribbons and bouquets or flowers.

The reason the small kingdom is so bright, so colourful, is something quite weird for this certain world. While most of the world frowns upon anything, ehm, queer, Lettenhove celebrates it.

It celebrates everything that people have to offer. It celebrates all the kinds of love that creatures experience. It celebrates the joys that people find after hard times, and celebrates the hard times people go through.

They welcome all and any creatures who won't harm others into their kingdom, and celebrate the diversity of their kingdom throughout festivals.

So, all in all, Lettenhove is a good place to call home, and Jaskier is more than happy that he grew up here.

okay so as anybody who looks at my page has noticed, ive fallen back into my witcher fixation.

now, if youre @nachtwaechterin or @atwerrundo you know about the au ive been brewing up.

so heres the formal introduction to (what is hopefully going to become a full fanfic) the extended pankartz family!

(i know that kerack stopped existing as a kingdom a few centuries post canon please ignore this thank you)

(as much as i like being lore accurate this is an au)

(were also ignoring season 3)

#witcher #the witcher #the witcher netflix #jaskier #jaskier the bard #lettenhove #my write shit #the extended pankratz family #julian alfred pankratz #will end up as #yennskier #geraskier #yenralt #geraskefer #yee #they also adopt ciri

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dapandapod · 7 months

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Brave your neck to see the sun

Just another thing that lives in my head rent free that is half a fic, half an idea, that begs to be written, so here is the mix of it. And because who I am as a person, I slapped it on Ao3 as well.

(cw, lettenhove has fallen, sad stuff in general, loss of family, their spirits)

Because....

Cursed Jaskier.

I mean, he is immortal, and his home, Lettenhove, is but crumbled rock by now, and jaskier is tied to their ruins.

And maybe madness is threatening in the corner of his eye, maybe the past is talking to him, maybe the stones remembered what they looked like in ages past.

And Jaskier cannot leave.

Maybe this is where jaskier goes after the mountain, because when he last was home, it was still standing.

But the land is fallen, burned, ash on his tongue.

Maybe there was a curse put on the stones rather than him, keeping what remains of the family bound to the ground, for the dynasty to defend against an army should they return.

And Jaskier is caught in the ruins, and the remains of his family and his childhood.

Geralt finds Ciri, and she dreams of Yennefer, yes, but she cant' stop dreaming of a land that was, and she feels herself pulled there, but it is too dangerous, because it is on the other side of the army following her.

When they finally go, the survivors in the gathering of houses on the outskirts of Lettenhove speak of a ghost, of lights as the darkness is falling, of the sound of crying, and singing, sometimes laughing.

It takes time for them to make it up there, the magic fighting them every step of the way, making it treacherous and dangerous.

Jaskier can hear them coming, but they are not the first ones attempting to seek the treasures of what once was, and he hides.

They find a lute, broken in what seems in a fit of rage against the stones. some of the strings are still connecting the neck to the body, and Geralt feels a pang of fear when he recognizes it.

Jaskier has had time to make many hiding spots, a routa of sorts, of small camps. There are weeds growing around the cracked stones, sticking up defiantly, baring their necks to see the sun.

Eventually Geralt finds Jaskier, hiding in one of the crumbled rooms, a half burned painting propped up against the wall, a little girl with one eye covered with yellow locks looking out, holding the hand of her older brother.

Jaskier holds his dagger out, until he realizes who it is.

Geralt doesn’t know how to break the curse, and it hurts Jaskier to leave. They can’t stay with him, and to not raise suspicion they have to leave him behind.

Jaskier watches them leave, and he knows that he won’t see them again. Why would Geralt come back after all, now that Jaskier finally can’t follow.

He waits until he can’t see them anymore, until he believes they can’t hear him anymore, and he screams out his frustrations, voice echoing against the stones.

Eventually Yennefer finds him, and she has the solution. Not a pleasant one, but one that allows him to leave.

His bloodline is tied to this place, imprinted on him when his fathers father brought him underground and a small child, and put his blood among his ancestors.

What Jaskier thought was madness was instead shattered remains of a spirit.

With the witch’s help, Jaskier’s mother’s spirit wakes, and she cries when she sees her son.

“Where were you?” She asks, she grieves, she screams, until her rage has run its course.

More spirits rise, and Yennefer keeps them safe in the middle of the courtyard.

The curse can’t be lifted, but they learn that Jaskier can be freed, can move on from his past if he lifts his imprint away from the stone.

A grave hag has taken residence below, her cackling and grunting traveling up the stairs, and Yennefer too must leave Jaskier, to bring a witcher to help.

Her magic is still fragile, and she places her hand on Jaskier’s cheek as he takes her goodbye, leaving him with the spirits of his family.

Eventually it is Eskel who kills the hag, keeping Jaskier company when he laughs a little too loudly, his eyes a little too wide with unrest and grief.

When Yennefer finally returns, she brings Geralt and Ciri once more, and they are surprised to see Eskel by Jaskier’s side, the hag dealt with.

Yennefer presses Jaskier’s cut palm against the cold stone of his ancestors, chanting as she recalls his blood, distangles his past from the stone.

Above, the ruins creak and groan, the spirits growing agitated. They shriek and they trash and they try to protect their home from the intruders.

When they emerge, Jaskier is quiet. He is quiet as he tests his first steps outside the ruin grounds, and he is quiet when he looks back to what was his home, and then his prison.

The ground is covered in weeds, slowly dancing in the wind, the spirits keeping their own company.

Lettenhove is no more, and the ruins remain unbothered.

Sometimes Jaskier returns, just to speak with his sister. Sometimes he sings to his mother, and talks about the worldly affairs with his father.

Jaskier is not tied to the stone anymore, but his spirit will not rest until his family does.

Ciri doesn’t dream of the ruins anymore, but sometimes she gets a faraway look, takes Jaskier’s hand, and asks if he would take her to the coast.

Geralt and Yennefer never reconnected after the djinn. and eventually finds another djinn to break the wish.

She finds her own way, even if it is connected to Ciri’s, and she finds her own destiny in the shape of a Merigold.

It takes time for Geralt to build up what he broke. Takes time to figure out how friendship works, and even more so when Geralt figures out his own feelings towards the bard.

The bard is not the same man, how could he be, but he grows anyway. Grows like a defiant weed in the cracks of a stone, baring their neck to see the sun.

#whump the bard i guess #cursed!jaskier #geraskier #the witcher #lettenhove #julian alfred pankratz #i'm not saying he left his name behind #but maybe he did #this almost took a very darker turn i just need you all to know this #dapanda writes #geralt of rivia #cirilla of cintra #witcher eskel #yennefer of vengerberg

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fangirleaconmigo · 3 months

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Do you have any notion of where Lettenhove is supposed to be? I’ve heard people say it’s anywhere from Redania to Touissaint! And if there is no canon location for it, where do you headcanon / prefer it to be?

Hi Nonny! Thanks for the Jaskier ask :D

I have gotten that ask, here is that post.

There is no explicit canon for it, but fans make good cases for Redania, Kerack, and Touissaint, all using the text for support.

My linked answer lays out the case for Redania and Kerak and in the rbs, someone give their case for Touissaint! So definitely go into the reblogs for that.

I usually place it in Redania, but much like everything else, I play with it. I think in my last fic I placed it in Kerack. Basically, I don't have a hard preference, so whatever feeds the plot at any particular moment.

#the witcher #thinking about the witcher books yet again #thinking about dandelion yet again #lettenhove

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spielzeugkaiser · 9 months

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Kind of a second part to this - inspired by a convo I had with @panur in the replies! Ciri comes to them for cuddles and at this point Geralt is 100% awake, but Jaskier handles it all rather well.

#the witcher #geralt of rivia #geraskier #jaskier #geralt x jaskier #ciri #the witcher netflix #if this really was lettenhove Jaskier this might have been a touch darker but I love to imagine that 🥺#but Jaskier and Ciri being softe!! I do think she plays with Geralt and hugs him and she goes to _#Yennefer because that's her dad and her mum #but there is something that hits the spot with Jaskier cuddles #because he gets some things that the other two do not

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underpreparedbard · 1 year

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#the witcher #witcher #jaskier #dandelion #julian alfred pankratz #witcher netflix #viscount de lettenhove #joey batey #the witcher netflix #witcher fandom #the witcher season 2

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amethysthollis · 1 year

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11 frames of jaskier in the s3 trailer

👌😌👌

#i underestimated them #last time it was only 7 frames #jaskier #joey batey #julian pankratz #dandelion #julian alfred pankratz #viscount de lettenhove #witcher #the witcher #my gif #mine #viscount of lettenhove #geraskier #that eyeliner too...

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throuple-tournament · 8 months

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#throuple #tournament #polls #the witcher #yennefer of vengerberg #yennefer #geralt of rivia #julian alfred pankratz #viscount de lettenhove #jaskier #geralt #pirates of the caribbean #jack sparrow #captain jack sparrow #will turner #elizabeth swann #elizabeth turner

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all-or-nothing-baby · 10 months

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with you, i am enough.

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thedemonofcat · 5 months

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On the run from Niflgaard, Geralt and Ciri use glamour to change their appearance. The only thing they need now is to jump, which is where Geralt finds in Lettenhove that the Viscount has put out that he needs a new worker.

When Geralt sees him, he suddenly remembers that Jaskier is, in fact, the Viscount of Lettenhove. Ever since the mountain, Geralt hadn’t seen Jaskier, but now, with the Glamlour on, Jaskier doesn't recognize Geralt.

Jaskier does not know Geralt is his new stablehand, and Geralt refuses to tell the bard the truth. The relationship between Geralt and Jaskier becomes very different.

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viking-raider · 10 months

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Can I ask?

Are we not talking about what they did to Filavandrel's lute last season? Are you not telling me; Jaskier, Julian Alfred Pancratz, Viscount de Lettenhove, (thank you Codringher for bringing that up) wouldn't be 'oh woeing!' the destruction of that Lute all across the Continent and back???

Because I think the biggest drama queen, besides Valdo Marx, fucking would!

#the witcher #witcher #Jaskier #julian alfred pankratz #Viscount de Lettenhove #Filavandrel's Lute #Genius Bard #joey batey

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dapandapod · 1 year

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For Mermay:

Geralt/Jaskier underwater singing

YES PLEASE and thank you for indulging me. I had to stop everything to write this, right now and immeadiately. I hope you enjoy! <3

Send me a pairing and a word, and I give you a fic?

On Ao3 here

Jaskier scoffs but doesn’t say anything when the witcher starts explaining different beasts to him that the first year they travel together.

His beastiarity about Mer is so fantastically outdated, and one would think someone as well traveled as Geralt would have a bit more updated view of people below water.

But correcting him means offering up a piece of Jaskier’s past that he is not sure will be well received, so he keeps his mouth shut.

The monsters in Jaskier’s songs that first time they met, they do exist. They are just not from the surface world. In his childhood, Jaskier remembers dark shadows from above, diving down and with sharp fangs reaching for his siblings.

Kelp can be a great cover, but there are beasties that know them even better than Shore Mer.

There is a reason you can’t find Lettenhove on a map. Well, technically you can, and it is a acknowledged county in books of old, but it is a lake. Was a lake, now a part of a river leading to the shore. They are still there, forgotten by almost everyone.

It is Deep Mer who has fish tales. Beautiful women from the depths with their beautiful voices and glistening skin and scales, luring fishers with them into the darkness, that is how the world thinks of Mer. There is only one type of human too, right?

No, Jaskier will not correct Geralt.

He is tempted that one time when he sees his witcher whistle, communicating in ways of old with the Deep Mer.

He is tempted again, when he refuses the lord, but holds back when all is said and done.

The secret is not only his to keep, and with Essi now exploring the surface world too, he keeps the words locked behind his teeth.

Still, Jaskier needs water sometimes. When the weather is fine, he bullies Geralt into swimming with him in a pond. He spends almost more time than Geralt in a bath, and when apart, he finds ways to submerge in rivers and lakes and sea alike.

Shore Mer are different, adapted for a life of both. While dry, his smattering of scales retreat, his feet less flat and flipper like.

They are not Selkies, no, those are something else. Drowners too, are nothing alike a Shore Mer, except for owning legs and having a similar swimming pattern. It’s unavoidable, given how you need to move in water to get anywhere without looking, well…. Like Geralt currently does.

Geralt didn’t join him to the coast after that blasted mountain. Didn’t even mention the presence of a hot spring, despite the middle of winter making the halls of the keep barely bearable.

He did, however, trail behind Jaskier on his way down the lake below Kaer Morhen, snow and ice slippery under their feet. Jaskier never heard him, never saw him, just felt the pull of the water, the intense need to Change.

Jaskier didn’t notice Geralt was there until he was below the ice with him. Cold water never bothered Jaskier much, his body regulating itself to keep him alive, but Geralt, noble, stupid, idiot Geralt, did not know this.

He dove into the water, clothes and all, attempting to save a bard that did not need saving.

In the end, it was Jaskier who had to drag a nearly hypothermic Geralt back up to the keep, and only then did he learn of the fucking hot springs.

When Geralt finally looked and felt like an icicle, there was a long, long conversation, bordering on argument.

Terse silence ruled for almost a week, until Geralt finally caved, the stubborn fucking idiot.

Not only for Ciri’s sake, they lingered well past spring.

Jaskier finally braves correcting the witchers about Mer, lecturing them about how the information is for their ears only. They, out of all people, should know the dangers of being seen as different.

On a spring day when the sky is startlingly blue, Jaskier invites Geralt to swim with him. With the help of the Killer Whale potion, the witcher manages to mostly keep up with him.

Below the surface, the light is murky, particles glimmering where the rays of sun pierce the darkness.

Singing under water is… different. Vocal cords sound different with water instead of air.

It’s been a while since he felt safe enough to sing below the surface, because of both land and water creatures, but with Geralt with him, there is no doubt.

The lullaby he starts with is soft, lapping like waves against the shore, dancing with the currents of the sea. He sings of the stars, only visible to him if he leaves his world.

In his own tongue, he sings of a wolf. There technically isn’t a word for wolf, but that one time he sang it for Essi, she understood.

All the while, Geralt is watching him. Eerie and beautiful as his hair fans around him like a white crown, eyes of a predator. Every once in a while, he has to go and breathe, and when he returns, Jaskier has lost himself in the movements of his song.

When they heave themselves up on one of the big rocks by the edge of the lake, Geralt is quiet. Jaskier stretches out on the rock, letting the sun dry his skin back to the smooth planes he is now more used to.

The witcher watches him, but Jaskier doesn’t feel threatened.

He closes his eyes, and doesn’t open them again until a shadow closes out the sun. Geralt’s hair is dripping with cold water, his thumb coarse against Jaskier’s cheek, but his lips so infinitely soft.

Geralt kisses him like he can’t help himself, and Jaskier kisses him back like he has only ever dreamed of.

“I’m sorry I made you feel you had to keep this from me,” Geralt murmurs, knocking their foreheads together after some good long moments. Jaskier’s breath comes short, and he smiles.

“If it were only my secret to tell, I wouldn’t have.” Jaskier whispers, and Geralt scrunches up his forehead in that adorable way of his when he is concerned.

“You still look like a drowner when you swim.” Geralt says, ruining the moment completely, and Jaskier shoves him back into the water as punishment.

When Geralt gets out of the water, he traps Jaskier under him, cold water dripping over sun heated skin.

Laughing and kissing under a pale spring sun is just a new step on the path they walk together. A path that always calls for a witcher and his bard.

#mermay #geraskier #the witcher #mermay 2023 #jaskier #geralt of rivia #all the canons i could find and remember #and some of my own mer lore because why not #essi davens #lettenhove #kaer morhen #fluff #getting together #idiots in love #kissing #dapanda writes

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fangirleaconmigo · 2 years

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We know Jaskier is from Lettenhove, but do they ever say where Lettenhove is located? Like what kingdom it's in? I'm wondering how much of a trek it is from there to Oxenfurt

Thanks!

Hi Nonny,

They never say where Lettenhove is. It is possible that it is not a place, but a family name. There was a post here by a Polish fan that I cannot find at the moment who said that this is possible. I am totally ignorant about naming conventions from medieval eras in different cultures so I can’t speak more to that. (But if anyone can find that post pls drop the link and I’ll rb.)

But Lettenhove isn’t specifically stated as a name vs a location in canon. And it is never placed. So, if you wanted to play with the concept of Lettenhove as a kingdom, it would be in the North, because we know for sure Jaskier is a nordling.

But we don’t know anything more specific. There are two dominant fan theories. They are as follows:

1) Lettenhove is in Redania. Jaskier spies for Redania and he claims explicitly that it is out of patriotic duty. Here he is infuriating Djikstra, his employer:

"I am not one of your subordinates." The poet puffed up with pride. "And I don't have to comply with instructions and orders. I help you sometimes but I do so out of my own free will, from patriotic duty, so as not to stand by idly in the face of approaching changes--"

(Blood of Elves, pp199)

So whether that is an accurate representation of his motivations, it does place the kingdom or city of Lettenhove in Redania, which is a whole ass realm containing several cities like Tretogor, Oxenfurt, and Novigrad.

Now, of course Dijkstra dismisses this, saying Dandelion will "spy for anyone who pays you." But that doesn't change the fact (whether you believe Dijkstra or not) that Dandelion claims Redania as a patriotic duty. (I wrote more about Dandelion and Djikstra here)

That is as specific as Dandelion ever gets, so it makes sense to place it there.

2) Lettenhove is in Kerack. Jaskier (Dandelion’s) cousin Ferrant de Lettenhove is a royal instigator in Kerack, a northern kingdom on the coast, just south of Redania and Temería.

That of course implies his family has status in that kingdom and is trusted with an official appointment. Also, when Geralt is arrested there, Ferrant says he will be treated fairly because—

“Julian—I mean Lord Dandelion-vouches for you.” (Season of Storms, pg 59 in e-book)

So, given that his family has status and a government position there, some people place Lettenhove in Kerack, and his comment about Redania and patriotism they see as a broader sense of loyalty to the North. After all, Dandelion does say that he is trying to stand against "approaching changes" by which he means Nilfgaard and imperialism, which affects the entire north. So, you can do what you will with that.

Of course, as we know, we can do anything we want in fic. But those are the canon tidbits if you want to build on them.

#asks #jaskier #dandelion #the witcher books #lettenhove #thinking about jaskier yet again #thinking about dandelion yet again #thinking about the witcher books yet again

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teatitty · 28 days

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Here's the thing: there's a lot of really god theories about where Lettenhove is - from Kerack to Redania to Toussaint. I don't think Lettenhove is a place. Lettenhove is used mainly as a family name by Dandelion and Ferrant and only as a Viscount position when Dandelion is in Toussaint. So my theory is that "Lettenhove" is the family name for a specific bloodline of nobles who are spread around the continent, and Dandelion simply inherited his family's estate in Toussaint which in turn gave him a title. This would also explain how Ferrant can use the name "Lettenhove" despite having no title and yet be the royal instigator for Kerack

So: The Lettenhove's are a family of nobles with ties to multiple courts acoss the continent and have no specific county or land that they belong to. Dandelion was likely raised on a family estate in Toussaint which he inherited at some point in his adult years but doesn't seem to actually care all that much about and Ferrant lives and works in Kerack which means the family probably own some kind of land there too

The only thing we know for certain about Dandelion and Ferrant's family is that they're cousins through the paternal line. My intense headcanon for this is that they're directly related to the royalty of Kerack, since King Belohun is said to have had eight unnamed daughters and two illegitimate unnamed sons. I believe these two sons are Dandelion and Ferrant's fathers but that the Lettenhove name comes from Dandelion's mother, who herself has ties to Toussaint [this does not necessarily mean she was born there simply that she has sway over there]

As an illegitimate heir, Ferrant could not use the name of Belohun's lineage and so took on the moniker of Lettenhove instead and worked his way into the position of royal instigator to bring honour and respect back to his father without drawing attention to the covered affair [I also think, given that incest isn't unheard of among nobles in the witcherverse and irl, that Ferrant's mother is one of the unnamed daughters and also an illegitimate heir. But we're not here to talk about my made up political drama and family scandals lol]

#the witcher books #dandelion #ferrant de lettenhove #meta post #long post #I mean it's not *that* long but juuuuust to be safe #anyway yeah I have many thoughts about dandelion's family based on the very bare bones knowledge we're given about them #which is: he's a viscount in toussaint. ferrant is his cousin. he does not get along with his mother #a total of three facts and you can do So Fucking Much With Them #I'm not here to bore you with all that though so I'll stop here uwu

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underpreparedbard · 10 months

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god DAMN

#the witcher #witcher #witcher netflix #jaskier #dandelion #julian alfred pankratz #viscount de lettenhove #joey batey #Witcher season 3

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nephilimeq · 9 months

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This is absolutely something that Jaskier would do, without a doubt! I need to write a fanfiction where he has a sword and he does this and Geralt goes feral for it 😁

#jaskier #the witcher #slutty little wrist #swords #slutty swords #julian alfred pankratz #viscount de lettenhove #slutty jaskier

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