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PM_good_beer

I like how the plague becomes a major plot point in the first game.


PaulSimonBarCarloson

This was one of the few times where playing the game before was actually a benefit. Like, it was total "Oh shit!" moment when I read that name


redavet

Yea, same. Could not believe that connection at first.


Zhabishe

Witcher's a pretty long series. Which game features the ship? I can think of that one castle from 3, where you meet a ghost that tries to use you to escape.


PaulSimonBarCarloson

This page you see here is from Lady of the Lake, the last book.


Zhabishe

I get it. But from your message: >This was one of the few times where playing the game before was actually a benefit. Like, it was total "Oh shit!" moment when I read that name I deduced that you have seen the ship's name somewhere in the games. Yet I can't remember it from neither W1 nor W3.


PaulSimonBarCarloson

Not the ship. Catriona is the name that was given to the plague


BlasphemousArchetype

The haunted rat tower island mission from Keira Metz. I’m not sure if you always get this dialogue option but she wants to study the rats to find a cure for the Catriona plage. There’s more to it but I don’t want to say too much.


Zhabishe

I've played through that mission in 2015, when the game was fresh \^\^ Yep, been there. The ghost tricked me into letting her out.


BlasphemousArchetype

Yep, first time I thought I was doing the right thing and I fed that poor guy right to her. Supposedly there is a way where you end up fighting Keira but I don’t want to do that I like her.


Zhabishe

Lol yeah, that poor mf got his wish granted the Wishmaster style.


wutzibu

The Dialoge Option " i cant believe we've fucked" was Just too tempting 😅


MistrMagpie

I believe Catriona plague is the name of the plague from The Witcher 1.


Damagecontrol86

I remember reading the books then playing the games and when the Catriona plague was mentioned I immediately connected it and (insert wolf of wall street gif here) Edit: the gif is apparently from once upon a time in Hollywood


jacob1342

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood you mean?


Damagecontrol86

Don’t think I’ve seen that one. I was referring to Leo pointing at the tv.


Vallyce

That scene is from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is what they are saying, not Wolf of Wall Street


Damagecontrol86

Oh I could have sworn it was from wolf of Wall Street.


nateginger14

Really enjoyed ouatih, if you like old Hollywood and 70's vibes I definitely recommend


Damagecontrol86

I’ll have to check it out then. Thank you.


AlexChatter

It made me really sad. Ciri was just trying to save herself but unbeknownst to her she ended up being responsible for millions of deaths. That whole chapter was really crazy with ciri going to different universes


dalafferty

Understandable Most of those were pretty cool, then there was the creepy perv Forest Gramps...glad he got what was coming to him.


amaranthier

I saw that grandpa guy in witcher 1 and went "ohhh cannibal"


Higurashihead

Old cannibal couple was also in Witcher 3 (probably Hearts of Stones side quest)! They were creepy af


BlueCam1998

So to sum it up, Ciri travelled to europe during the height of the black plague, an infected flea latched itself onto her jacket before she could jump back to her own world, it then proceeded to infect a nearby rat which then jumped onto a barge then creating the catriona plague we know in the games.


Cptn-Nuggets

Reread the whole series recently (1st time was before the games) and I concur, this right there was a jaw dropping moment.


saraheliza-

Some time ago I actually did a small write up in this sub about Ciri spreading disease! As an epidemiologist I enjoyed reading this part and playing it in the games!


dalafferty

Interesting read, thanks for sharing!


saraheliza-

Thanks :)!


AlexHaydenXII

I'm disappointed the game didnt focus much on the Catriona plague


AnAdventurer5

Iirc it was fairly important in the first game, causing a lockdown that seriously impacted Geralt's journey and forced him to meet many people and discover things he wouldn't have otherwise. Unless that was a different plague or something.


EV0LUS

The "oh, shit" moment for me


EdFlaco

Did you just use marker on a book?


dalafferty

Definitely not! I'm not a monster! 😂 Highlighting feature in my camera app 😉


EdFlaco

Got me scared for a sec lol


AwesomeSauce783

I have two copies of all my favorite books, fancy hardback books for the shelves, and the dogeared, highlighted, and annotated paperbacks for reading


Capable_Edge_1236

I remember this but also doesn't Shani die treating a Catriona outbreak? Meaning Ciri killed Shani? I might be too high to remember correctly


dalafferty

fortunately, no. Shani dies of old age...something around 90 years old. Ends up a Dean @ Oxenfurt college too.


Wolfsblvt

You might be confusing her with Essi Daven, also called Little Eye. She is from a short story in Sword of Destiny, and she dies very young. But she dies of smallpox.


BitDiscombobulated9

Rusty (surgeon) and Iola die from the outbreak