Regis

Story and background

Who they are

Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy is an ancient Higher Vampire over four hundred years old who lives among humans as an intellectual, herbalist, and barber-surgeon. Following an incident where he was decapitated and buried for roughly fifty years, he regenerated and permanently renounced drinking human blood. He commands supernatural abilities typical of his kind, including immortality, rapid regeneration, superhuman strength, and the capacity to transform into mist or a giant bat-like creature. Regis delivers the permanent deathblow to Dettlaff van der Eretein at the ruins of Tesham Mutna because only a Higher Vampire can permanently end the life of another Higher Vampire.

History with Geralt of Rivia

Regis is one of Geralt of Rivia's closest and most loyal confidants, having first met the witcher in Fen Carn cemetery during the Second Northern War. He joined Geralt's fellowship alongside Dandelion, Milva, Cahir, and Angoulême to rescue Geralt's adopted daughter, Ciri. During the assault on Stygga Castle, the sorcerer Vilgefortz incinerated Regis into a column of melted glass and stone, leading Geralt to believe he had perished permanently. Regis was later rescued by Dettlaff van der Eretein, who used vast amounts of his own vampire blood to restore his physical form, forging a sacred blood bond between them.

Role in the story

Regis reveals himself during the quest Blood Run inside an abandoned warehouse in Beauclair, intervening just as Geralt duels the Beast of Beauclair, revealed to be Dettlaff. Operating from his hideout in Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery, Regis acts as Geralt's investigator, brewing the Resonance potion during La Cage au Fou and gathering information across Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away. He accompanies Geralt to Dun Tynne Castle during Capture the Castle and participates in strategic choices during The Night of Long Fangs, guiding Geralt through either the Land of a Thousand Fables or the Unseen Elder's cave in What Lies Unseen. In the quest Tesham Mutna, Regis joins Geralt at the ruins to confront Dettlaff, and later gathers with Geralt to drink and reflect in Pomp and Strange Circumstance or Burlap is the New Stripe.

Possible fates

If Geralt defeats Dettlaff in combat at the ruins of Tesham Mutna, Regis delivers the permanent deathblow to his savior. Following this act, vampire society condemns Regis as an outcast for patricide, forcing him to flee Toussaint and head south to Nilfgaard. If Geralt allows Syanna to die without obtaining the ribbon in the Land of a Thousand Fables and chooses to let Dettlaff walk free instead of fighting him, Regis avoids taking the life of his blood brother. In this outcome, Regis departs Toussaint safely without being hunted, condemned, or exiled by fellow vampires.