Rats, The: A Witcher Tale (2025)

[bunniefuu]

[suspenseful music playing]

[cartwheels rumbling]

[horse neighs]

[horse neighing]

[gasps]

[coughing]

[groans]

-[Leo] Aah.

-[sighs]

There we go!

There she is!

Rise and shine, She-Rat.

Welcome back to the world of the living.

We can't stay too long.

The Baron is expecting your friends

by the end of the week.

I would hate for them to spoil.

[Ciri] I had thought that a large force,

armed to the teeth,

was waiting for the Rats.

I had tried to get to Jealousy

and warn them.

In my wildest dreams,

it never occurred to me

that the trap was a single man.

[Leo] Aye.

Isn't that your girlfriend?

Mmm? Mistle!

Aye. [chuckles]

That was it. [laughs]

Who the f*ck names their child

after a parasite?

A plant that lives off its host,

sucks the life out of it

[Ciri] Nor did I have any idea

what kind of man he was.

[Leo] Although

it was you she ate up,

top to toe, wasn't it?

That's why you came flyin'

into that square to save the day.

'Cause you got sucked in

[hisses]

to her family.

Mmm?

[chuckles]

That was their fatal flaw,

the lot of them.

You know why?

'Cause you can't be a family

without loyalty.

And loyalty

ooh, loyalty rots the brain.

Makes you weak.

Gets you caught.

Or worse. [chuckles]

[Ciri] Whatever happened next

wouldn't touch me at all.

Not a bit.

It's not too late for you, though.

Mmm?

You've shed all that stinky dead weight.

And now, you can grow back,

stronger, tougher

[Ciri] All I had to do was survive.

Just don't make

the same mistakes they did.

'Cause you and me, our story,

it's just beginnin'.

Why are you doing this?

Why?

Well, that's a

that's a whole different story.

[dramatic music playing]

[chuckles]

But it's one I think you should hear.

[chuckles]

[plays wistful melody]

Aah!

Let the music play.

[shouting and laughter]

[loud cheering]

[woman] Leave the till!

Ah, folks.

Betting's almost closing.

Don't lose your chance to pick a winner.

And who do you think it's gonna be?

Will it be the fearsome doppler?

-[jeering]

-Boo!

Or is it gonna be

the bloodthirsty, heartless witcher?

Fight! Fight!

[thrilling music playing]

[cheering]

[music quietens]

-You're worried.

-[chuckles] I'm watching.

And wondering if he's got a knife

hidden behind that barrel.

Oh, yeah? How do you figure?

You still don't believe

I can hear your thoughts, hmm?

[barker] Betting's closed

and the fight is on, people!

It's showtime.

And right now,

it's the battle of the century.

We have the hideous havoc-wreaker,

the doppler.

[hisses]

[booing]

[woman 1] No, no, no!

[hissing]

-[gasps]

-[snarling]

Oh, he's vicious, all right.

But is he any match

for the silver sword

of the most vile mutant on the Continent,

the witcher?

[doppler hisses]

I don't know where he is.

[drinking] Hmm.

-[groans]

-[woman 2] What's he doing?

I said, the witcher!

[grunting]

[crowd cheering]

Yeah!

[man 1] Come on, give us something!

[doppler hisses]

[man 1] Come on! Come on!

My man is looking rough.

[barker] Here we go.

Twenty orens says

the doppler f*cking takes him.

You're on.

[woman 3] There he is!

[Iskra laughs]

-[guard] Uh-uh.

-Hey, man.

Uh, we were just looking

for some, uh privacy.

-[Iskra] Mmm.

-This room's closed to the public.

Oh, come on, mate. Don't be like that.

[Iskra shrieks]

-[thud]

-[Iskra giggles]

[guard] Stay here.

-[blows landing]

-[grunting]

-Too easy.

-Come on.

[woman 4] Come on!

[witcher groans]

Ugh.

This bet's bullshit!

If that's a doppler,

I'm a bloody rhinoceros.

-His face is sweating off.

-[Reef] Oh, sh*t!

[Reef giggling]

[witcher groans]

[man 1] He's wide open. Come on!

[whistles]

Oh sh*t. That's us.

-This fight is a fraud!

-Huh?

[Reef] This fight is a f*ck' fraud!

-Shut up.

-What a scam!

-[witcher] Shut the hell up.

-[crowd gasping]

What the f*ck, man?

I told you to stick to my left.

-It was an accident.

-'Cause you're drunk. Again.

-I want my money back!

-He's a fraud!

-Fraud!

-This is some bullshit, man.

[man 2] Oi! That's my--

Right, you! Out of here!

No!

-[man 3] Come on! I got it!

-[clamoring]

-[woman 5] It's mine!

-[man 4] Give it back!

[witcher] Hey, you little punk.

-[women yell]

-[witcher] Don't touch that!

-[guard groans]

-[woman 6 shrieks]

-Get off!

[woman 7 screams]

[man 5 yelps]

Hah!

-[man 6] Hey! Oi!

-[woman 8 yells]

-[grunts]

-[woman 8 yelps]

-[man 5] Come here!

-[witcher] Hey.

Hey!

-[man 7] Gimme back my money, witcher.

-[grunts]

[Mistle] Come on, let's go!

Hey, get back here.

[man 8 groans]

[screams]

[echoing] Juniper!

[gasps] Please.

-Don't leave me.

-[crow screeching]

[sound muffled]

[witcher yells]

-That's my paycheck you're stealing--

[Reef grunts]

[Reef] Mistle, snap out of it! [grunts]

-[man 8] Come on, you, fight for it now.

-[man 9] Hey!

[man 10 groans]

-Mistle, come on! Mistle!

-[witcher groans]

You gotta be f*cking kidding me.

[yells]

-No! No!

-[Giselher] Asse, time to ride!

-[Iskra] Let's f*cking go!

-[witcher] f*ck you!

You Rat!

[Mistle] Almost.

-[click]

-[Mistle] Aah. Got it.

[creaking]

[Iskra] Ooh!

-[Reef] Wait, what the f*ck is this sh*t?

-[Asse] You said it was full of gold.

-[Reef] Well, some of it's gold.

-[Kayleigh] Gold sh*t we can't fence.

[Reef] Or eat. I'm starvin'.

[Iskra] Mmm, I'm on it.

[humming]

[Reef] Hee!

-Who bets an axe at the barrel table?

-[Kayleigh wolf-whistles]

Come to Papa.

How many people you reckon

the King of Gemmera

k*lled with this thing?

Nah, that sh*t's from Vicovaro.

-Well, the King of Vicovaro, then.

-Vicovaro had imperators, not kings.

The f*ck' Imperator of f*ck' Vicovaro.

-How many?

-None. That's a ceremonial weapon.

Oi, pipe down. I love this song.

-[humming]

-[Reef] What song? You f*ck' lunatic.

Just 'cause you can't hear the voices

doesn't mean they aren't singing.

-[humming]

-[laughs] You aren't psychic, babes.

-You're psycho. [laughs]

-[Iskra scoffs]

Watch your step.

-[blade rings]

-[Reef yelps]

[grunts]

[laughs]

[Reef] Lucky guess.

How'd we do?

Well, once we re-up on food and supplies,

we should have enough left

to last a couple of days.

A couple of days?

Is it me, or are your jobs gettin'

more dangerous and less profitable?

[sighs] You've seen

what's goin' on out there.

Nilfgaard's up everyone's arse right now.

I mean, what do you want me to do?

Do you want me to write a letter

and voice our concerns?

"Dear White Flame, your w*r's makin' it

harder to steal sh*t. Please advise."

-[Reef laughs]

-Shut up, Reef.

[Giselher] You're right. The money's sh*t.

But what's dangerous, Mistle, is you.

Spacin' out in the middle

of a rip-and-run, again.

This ghost you keep seein'?

You need to get over it.

You know?

Before you get us caught or k*lled.

We can't keep goin' like this

forever, can we?

Yeah, well, Issy can see the future.

Tell us if we survive.

[ominous music playing]

-[groaning]

-[Leo] This is how you die.

Doesn't work like that.

We survive on coin.

It's that simple.

We need a cash guarantee.

Psychic bullshit won't feed us.

[intriguing music playing]

Maybe it could.

[thrilling music playing]

[children laughing]

[Reef] Whoa.

[woman] Welcome.

The spirits told me that you were coming.

Oh, it's you.

[Mistle] Been a minute, ain't it, Orla?

Business looks slow.

People finally figure out

you're a sh*t psychic?

Where the hell have you two been?

Oh!

Before Emhyr rolled his arse through here

and conscripted them into his damned army,

the kids in town were my little strays.

And these two were the best,

until they traded up for you lot.

I'd send them to go and find birds' nests,

and they'd bring back the eggs.

Turns out, you don't need a third eye

to know who's scamming,

who's skimming.

[whispers] Orla knows all.

-Exactly. We're looking for a job.

-Something with a big score.

-And no trinkets.

-Well, maybe some trinkets.

-Make it good. We'll pay you for it.

-[coins jingle]

Hmm. I'm moving up in the world.

[horse neighs outside]

Well, I heard

of an inheritance down in Tyffi.

[Kayleigh chuckles]

Or there's the bar witch in Glyswen

who runs some really shady deals

with the Nissir g*ng.

[Iskra laughs]

Not good enough.

[suspenseful music playing]

I don't know. There's one last thing.

It's big, but

it's dangerous.

You ever heard of Dom Houvenaghel?

Who hasn't?

Guy runs the biggest fight ring

this side of the Yaruga.

That's the one.

Rumor is he's branching out,

opening a new arena over in Amarillo.

You can bet that grand opening

will be the bloodiest night yet.

[Giselher] Holy sh*t.

If it's anything like

the one in Claremont,

then that place will be packed

with warlords, arms dealers,

the wealthiest, most depraved people

in the city.

Oh, you haven't seen depraved.

The guy Houvenaghel has hired

to run this arena,

he's bad news.

He's a mercenary.

Led the massacres

during the Ebbing Rebellion.

Enslaved hundreds. k*lled even more.

He used to have a chokehold

on the border brothels

and all the girls to stock them.

Now he's moving up in the world.

Sadistic piece of sh*t by the name of--

Bert Brigden.

[coins jingle]

Tell us everything you know.

[Giselher] So,

from what your girl Orla said,

we've got three major issues.

Okay, the first, we're on a clock.

The fight's in a fortnight.

The second, it's invite only.

It's at some beach compound

by the old Amarillo port garrison.

-What's that?

-A fortified prison.

What? I've been in enough prisons

to know what the f*ck garrison means.

What it means is our options to infiltrate

are limited as sh*t.

What's the third problem?

[suspenseful music playing]

You.

[Giselher] We aren't stupid, Mistle.

You clearly know Bert Brigden.

So start talking.

I met Bert Brigden two years ago

on the day before my wedding.

[boys laughing]

[Mistle] I was the blushing bride-to-be

of Lord Genzier of Ebbing.

He was leading

the rebellion against Nilfgaard,

and I would rule by his side when we won.

My life was perfect.

My family was proud.

I didn't love him, but it didn't matter.

Because I had her.

Your ghost.

Juniper was her name.

[gasping]

She was a servant.

And my best friend.

I loved her for as long as I can remember,

and we had our own plans for the future.

Does Daddy know

you're f*cking your girlfriend

before you marry an old geezer?

[Mistle] Hmm.

Jealous?

-Ouch!

-Yeah.

[Mistle] No biting!

You need to take care of me.

I will take care of you, milady.

I promise.

We'll take care of each other.

[distant shouting]

Always.

I promise.

[Mistle] I thought

I had it all figured out.

-[woman screams]

-[man 1 yells] One last thing!

[Mistle] I was wrong.

We need to go. Now.

-[man 2] k*ll the men.

-[man 3] Keep the women.

Emhyr used Brigden to infiltrate towns.

Sniff out rebellion.

And quash them.

[screaming]

[man screams] No!

[woman] No! No!

[man 4] Let's get them out!

-Mercenaries.

-[Juniper gasps]

[Asse] Nilfgaard found out

about our rebels.

[sobs] If if they get you,

don't don't fight.

[poignant music playing]

My sister fought, and

I hid.

[shudders]

-[distant screaming]

-[Asse whimpers]

-[Juniper] Come on, Mistle.

-[sobbing]

[Juniper] Come on! Mistle!

[women screaming]

[screaming fades]

[Mistle] The conspirators had

a price on their heads.

My family was a high-priority target.

We went back to try and save them.

You heard Asse. We need to run.

Not without my family.

Please, don't leave me.

-[woman screaming]

-Please.

[breathing shakily] Please.

Find your parents. I'll get your brothers.

Hold on to it.

Look at me.

If anyone comes for you, k*ll them.

Father. Mother.

Father, wake--

Juniper.

Lex. Demitri!

[threatening music playing]

[Mistle panting]

If it isn't the bride-to-be.

I've heard of you, petal.

Oh, it's true what they say.

Now,

let's have some fun, shall we?

-[snarl]

-[echoing scream]

Those girls Orla was talking about,

the ones he funneled into his brothels,

we were among them.

-A noble c**t is still a c**t, sweetheart.

-[woman screams]

[Mistle] That night,

my perfect life became a nightmare.

But Juniper fought

every step of the way to protect me.

[Bert] She is a pretty little thing.

-[Juniper shrieks]

-No!

-[Juniper] No!

-[Bert] Feisty, too.

-[Juniper] No!

-[man laughs]

[Mistle] As I watched Brigden beat her

to death, something inside me broke.

-[screams]

-No!

[Juniper] No!

[Juniper screaming]

[Mistle] I see her everywhere now.

[Juniper screaming]

[screams fade]

[poignant music playing]

I don't know how long I was there.

In his cellar.

But I figured out how to pick the lock.

Worked that thing until my fingers bled

and made it to Loredo, half-dead.

Which is what I'd be if Asse

hadn't found me and taken me to Orla's.

[sighs]

I don't know, Mistle.

When a job gets personal,

it gets reckless.

We all agreed when we started this g*ng

to check our feelings at the door

and keep the past in the past.

You're really telling me

you don't think about them?

The arseholes

that forced you and Reef into the army?

Or your people,

who abandoned you to save their own skin?

f*ck who tortured me

into selling out my parents,

got 'em hanged for treason.

[Kayleigh sighs]

There's a million guys

like Brigden out there

who use this w*r to take what they want

and crush anyone who gets in their way.

And guess what?

They're all gonna be at that fight.

So how about we take something

from them for once, huh?

It would feel good. Just this once.

Right, Giz?

[intriguing music playing]

If we're gonna do this,

it has to be enough

to just take his money, Mistle.

Okay? You can't be distracted

by some fantasy of revenge.

We can't afford any mistakes.

No mistakes.

No mistakes.

[Giselher] Okay.

We start with recon.

Here's what we know.

Houvenaghel's arenas all run the same.

Twelve fights.

Six in the first half, six in the second.

Everyone checks weapons at the entrance.

The only people armed are the guards.

And there'll be plenty.

All bets go into the money boxes.

And the money boxes

are emptied into the vault.

Problem is, we don't know how

to access the vault or how it's secured.

We need to figure out their setup,

find a way into the vault,

and plan our exit route.

Once we're done, meet back at the horses.

[Kayleigh grunts]

Ugh. No one said anything about a boat.

Aw, is Kayleigh scared?

-Are you scared?

-I can't swim.

[laughs]

[man 1] Get the bowl up!

[man 2] Get out the way.

Coming forward here.

If they're usin' the well to move

the money, then it's gotta be this way.

[Kayleigh] Hmm.

Looks like an exit route to me.

-What do you think?

-[Reef sighs]

I think my butt cheeks are wet.

[laughs]

[heavy footsteps above]

Oh! Come here. Sh, sh.

-[man 3] Put 'em over there.

-[man 4] Come on, get up. Go on, hurry up.

What are you thinking?

Thinking you need to keep

your ear covered.

No, about the plan.

I have a bad feeling.

Feelings don't dictate. Strategy does.

I think we can pull it off.

[Bert] Fight night is the best time

to showcase our creation.

The Jalowik has to be ready. No excuses.

Having my intestines ripped

from my as*h*le isn't an excuse.

Stop being such a chickenshit, Til.

[Til] I'm just saying.

Houvenaghel gave us specific instructions.

[Bert] Ah, f*ck him.

We'll sell the Jalowik, get our money,

and be long gone

before he even knows what we're up to.

If the boss learns we siphoned off

money for our creation,

who do you think he'll send after us?

You want big reward,

you have to take big risk.

All I know is that Emhyr will pay a mint

to take control of this Continent.

But when his warlords and his emissaries

see what our little creation can do,

that mint will be ours.

Fight night is my chance

to play with the big dogs,

so you make sure

that my monster is ready to fight.

[suspenseful music playing]

[man 5] That's it, come through.

[Mistle] This looks like

the way down to the vault.

It was brave, what you did yesterday.

To tell everyone what happened.

I know you don't wanna talk about it.

That's why it was brave.

We don't live in the past,

but it kind of makes us who we are.

[Mistle] I

I guess sometimes I forget

I'm not the only one Brigden hurt.

[poignant music playing]

Every day,

I think to myself, uh, I should've

k*lled him when I had the chance.

Before Dulcie

You did everything you could.

Which was nothing.

That's what made me who I am.

A coward.

[keys jingling]

[clanking]

[wind gusting]

[gate hinges squeal]

[gate clangs]

[wind hissing eerily]

[soft, echoing moaning]

[low creaking]

-[soft fluttering]

-[Mistle] Look. There's the well.

[Asse] They'll collect the bets up there.

-[breathing echoing]

-[Asse] Lower them here.

It's a vault, all right.

Yeah. Except the lock

on that gate is pitiful.

Yeah, but nobody works in this part.

It's empty.

[echoing hissing]

And really scary.

-[rasping breaths]

-Sh.

[creaking]

[ominous music playing]

[shuddering and chittering]

[growling]

[Mistle] Go on!

[creature snarling softly]

[squeaking and chittering]

[Asse] Mistle, let's go.

[low, creaking groaning]

[crunching]

[wheezing]

[screeching]

-[thud]

-[creature screeches]

-Ow! Mistle!

-Come on, Asse.

-[creature shrieking]

-[Asse yelping]

[Mistle] Help! Come quick!

Come! Hurry up!

[both groan]

[Mistle, panting] Are you okay?

Asse! Oh, Asse.

Go to the horses

and grab my waterskin, quick!

[Giselher] What happened?

There there was something down there.

A creature attacked us.

Brigden's monster.

Did you know about this?

No! Brigden's a glorified gutter pimp.

He doesn't have access to sh*t like that.

He's got new ambitions.

-[yells]

-[Iskra] He's got a mage now.

They're pulling one over on Houvenaghel

using the fight to showcase

some thing called a Jalowik.

-A Jalowik?

-[Iskra] Yeah.

They think it will change

the tide of warfare.

-[Reef] Wait. What? How?

-[Asse groaning]

Does it matter? We need to call it off.

I'm telling you. I've seen this.

Asse's injury, a girl with green eyes.

-No money's worth dying for.

-No!

-No! No, he doesn't deserve to win!

-[Asse panting]

This was the deal, Mistle.

It's not about your revenge.

What happened to taking one back

from these arseholes?

Yeah, I meant money.

And there will be money. Lots of it.

Come on, Kayleigh.

Fine. If we could pull this off without

being mauled by a monster or apprised--

Apprehended!

Whatever.

We'd be set for life.

You wanna f*cking survive and have a life?

You're not a mage!

You're not a witcher.

We can't do it, guys.

We can't k*ll a monster.

Unless we had more help.

[goat bleating]

Oh, gods' sakes, friend.

You could wilt a flower.

-When's the last time you bathed?

-[sighs]

[belches]

You wanna take a bath together?

All you gotta do is ask.

There's not enough liquor in the world.

And you should know.

You've bought about half of it.

-That will be 50 orens.

-[sighs]

-Put it on my tab, honey.

-No.

Come on, Sonora.

It's not my fault this time.

The Black Hand got robbed.

Word on the street is

you got your arse handed to you

by some pipsqueak with a cue stick.

-It was a dice rake.

-Mmm.

-And I was holdin' back.

-Well, so am I.

Now, you can keep one bottle of rye

and that meat stick

you already slobbered all over.

And when you've paid me back for that,

you can pay me for the rest.

Hey.

Consider our bath date cancelled.

-No.

-[kicks table]

[birds calling]

[clattering]

[intriguing music playing]

[witcher] You little shits have

a death wish,

and I'm in the mood to grant it.

We've got a job for you.

I already have a job, one I quite enjoyed,

until you lot came along

and blew up my spot.

[both grunt]

Hey, give me that.

I don't know, man. Kind of seemed

like you were half-arsein' it.

Like, I legitimately would've asked

for my money back

if we weren't already stealin' it.

-[yells]

-[all laugh]

[Giselher] All right. Look, arsehole,

we need you to k*ll a monster.

So let's just skip the theatrics, yeah?

You've gotta show up, sober.

Stay with us. Get dried out. Get it done.

-Those are the demands.

-[witcher laughs]

Here's my demand.

Eat sh*t! [grunts]

[glass smashes]

-Are you replacing that?

-[Mistle] Look.

We'll give you a thousand orens up front,

and 20 more after the job is done.

I don't work for Rats.

You get to k*ll a real monster

for real money.

Then you never have to see us again.

Out of curiosity,

what's your target?

Dominik Houvenaghel's new arena.

[chuckles]

You idiots do have a death wish.

Well, good luck. Godspeed.

And give me the f*ck' money you stole.

-What are you lookin' at?

-You're scared.

Of you? Hardly.

Of failing.

I see a girl in pain.

A princess born under a curse.

I know that story.

A striga.

King Foltest hired three witchers.

The first ran off with all his money.

The second was k*lled by the beast.

The third, Geralt of Rivia, he saved her.

That's not how it went down.

And the White Wolf's a c**t, so--

Someone you cared for died

because of your cowardice.

That's when the whole world

started hating you.

I was a witcher.

The world always hated me.

[sighs] That's the first time

I agreed with them.

We don't hate you.

We need you.

Please.

[inspiring music playing]

[grunts]

[joints cracking]

Fifty thousand orens.

And I want my pick of beds.

This place is a mess now anyway.

-[clattering]

-Because of you.

Shitheads.

-[clattering]

-[witcher groans]

Thank you.

[sighs] He's our best shot

at getting out of this alive.

[groans]

[witcher] Are you just gonna keep

staring at me or what?

Right?

Damn. Where'd you find all this sh*t?

[Kayleigh] Five-finger discount.

[scoffs] Oh, you still overpaid.

-[Giselher] Listen up.

-[clattering]

We know our route once we're inside.

Now we just need to get in.

-We need to look like we belong there.

-[Kayleigh] Why don't we just sneak in?

-[Giselher] We need freedom to move.

-[Reef] Yeah, unarmed.

How's Gramps gonna

do his job without a sword?

[Giselher] I'm workin' on it.

Kayleigh and Reef,

your way in is with the boxers.

We need someone

to look like a legit fighter.

And every fighter requires two squires,

so Asse, you're in.

f*ck, yeah. Put me in the fight ring.

Uh yeah, you're not our fighter.

-Asse is.

-What?

[Reef laughs]

Chill, man.

He's jokin'.

You're joking?

I'm a trained military combat fighter,

and Asse

Asse

You stand knee-high to hog nuts, dipshit,

and you probably weigh half as much.

Big-money arenas is all about uniformity.

You'll never make weight

in a sanctioned fight.

[Giselher] Look, Asse is the only one

that's gonna look legit on paper.

Speaking of, you're gonna need papers.

[lively music playing]

-[sighs] What the f*ck is this?

-A government uniform.

The decree of athletic commission

I can forge, but the seal has to be legit.

I need you to go to the Amarillo

prefecture and get it stamped.

[Reef] Giz has lost his damn f*ck' mind.

How the hell am I supposed to make him

look like a believable fighter?

It's the same play

we've done a thousand times,

just with a new bonehead prop.

We stoke the crowd, all hell breaks loose,

giving the guys cover

so they're not apprised--

Apprehended.

[laughs] Um, f*ck, no.

Come on, man.

When we held up that tavern in Mayton,

I had to wear that f*cking sweaty,

Nilfgaardian ball-sack armor for hours.

We agreed. Next time, you do the dress-up.

You sh1tting words out of your mouth-hole

does not equal a deal.

I agreed to nothing.

-You do look smart in 'em.

-Really?

Yeah, sure thing. You look proper nice.

Yeah, look. Oh, wow.

Now, remember,

you're Commissioner of Sport.

You're really fancy.

But not that fancy. Give me your sword.

-I am not going anywhere unarmed.

-Swords are forbidden since the rebellion.

-No one follows that.

-[Reef] Law-abiding citizens do.

Besides, you got me outside.

Just whistle if anything goes wrong.

[scoffs] But nothin's gonna go wrong.

-[panting]

-[Kayleigh groaning]

-Wh whistle!

-[clattering and thumping]

-Whi whistle, whistle, whistle!

-[man] Come here! Yah!

-[Kayleigh] f*ck.

-[man grunting]

-[Reef] Which one?

-[Asse] Uh, I don't know.

[Reef] f*ck.

[groaning]

[man] Oof! Get off!

[Kayleigh] Ah, ah, ah!

Seriously?

[man yelps]

[thud]

And that's why I should be

in the g*dd*mn fight ring, Giz.

Did you just k*ll a guy with a book

for a seal of wax?

Apprehended, b*tch.

Giz! Giz, I can't fight.

[Mistle] It's okay, Asse.

You won't have to.

[Giselher] We'll be on the boat

before you have to.

It's just about giving us cover to escape.

[Mistle] When guards are busy

keepin' a mob under control,

they aren't seein' us jack their sh*t.

[witcher] I saw you jack my sh*t.

-That's my f*ck' chair.

-What are you doing?

Ingredients for witchers' elixir.

It's cooking sherry.

What's more pathetic?

That you can't go a day without drinking,

or that you can't make up

a half-decent lie to cover?

Have you always been

such a devout little as*h*le?

I converted later in life.

[Iskra] Enough, you two! Stop bickering!

So, how do we get in?

We are gonna get invited.

-[moaning]

-[blows landing]

Our cover story is that

we're newlyweds looking for some action.

Our mark is a high-end brothel in Rocayne.

I know the owner,

an old friend from my army days.

Miss Skret.

[Miss Skret] Up jumped the devil.

Ooh.

The things I could do with that mouth.

Miss Skret, this is my friend, Iskra.

Iskra, Miss Skret.

-Pleasure.

-Is that my guy?

-You see

-[Miss Skret] That's the Baron.

You need an invite, he's your man.

The cute one. In the leather.

-He's your--

-My heel. Got it.

Leave his pretty face, though.

Sure.

Mmm!

-[yelps]

-That's my mother, you prick.

-Oh! Stop it!

-I'm gonna pull your teeth out.

-[Baron] Stop it!

-[Giselher] Get off him, you arsehole.

You know, I've offered that boy

every pleasure under the sun.

And nothing turns his head.

But he sure breaks his neck

looking at you.

[blows landing]

[Giselher] Once he takes the bait,

you come help me charm him.

-[Baron whimpering] Oh, oh!

-Darling?

You promised me,

no brawling on our honeymoon.

-My poor lamb. Are you all right?

-[gasping]

[Giselher] He invests

in Houvenaghel's arenas.

[Baron] You saved my life.

Please, let me repay you

for your assistance.

[Giselher] An invite from him means

unlimited access on fight night.

[stamps]

Et voil.

If you will excuse me.

[Giselher] Now for

the tricky part of the plan.

How do you k*ll a monster?

[sighs] Depends on the monster.

I'm gonna have to do some research.

Mind-numbing,

excruciatingly boring research.

And when I say I, I mean you, partner.

-Now, where can we find some wild herbs?

-[Iskra] Oh!

[waves breaking]

[Mistle panting]

These too, Rat.

We've been at this for hours.

My fingers are pricked to hell.

What's even in witcher elixirs?

What makes you go fast

and see in the dark and sh*t?

Oh my God.

You don't even remember, do you?

I remember, kinda.

The details have just gone

a little, uh fuzzy.

What other vital knowledge

have you lost to liquor?

[gull calling]

Talk to me about this thing that sliced

your boy's leg open. The Jalo-what's-it.

Jalowik.

It was dark and that thing was fast.

I didn't get a good look.

But when I first caught sight of it

before it attacked, it made me think

It looked like a human in the darkness.

Keep lookin' through that book.

I'm tellin' you,

there's nothing in here about a Jalowik.

Best I've got

is monsters don't like silver swords.

-So do that.

-You want your money, right? Huh?

If I'm gonna k*ll the damn thing,

I need answers.

So keep lookin'.

[Mistle] Fine.

You still remember

how to swing a sword, though, right?

You keep up your whining,

and we'll find out.

And don't forget those herbs either.

[Giselher] We only have five days left.

We need a big distraction

for when it's time to escape.

But more importantly,

we need Brehen to be ready.

The research, the elixir, we still don't

have what we need, so get it together.

-[Reef] Come on. Come on. Yes!

-[Asse] One, two.

-Three, four

-Duck!

[Asse winces]

-Watch it.

-If he dies, it's your fault.

Do you think I don't know that?

Okay, Asse. Let's go again. Hands up.

-[Asse] Oh, I don't wanna.

-[Reef] To your face. Combo.

Let's go. One, two, three, yeah?

Right, from the slip.

-[Asse] What?

-[Reef] The bit you keep f*cking up.

-[Asse] From the slip?

-[Reef] Yes. Okay. Body. Body!

-Take the back. The back!

-[Iskra humming]

-[Asse] What do you mean?

-[Reef] Let's go! Come on, today.

-One, two.

-[Asse] One, two.

[Reef] Duck. Again.

-Now, come on. Combo. Two, yes.

-[Iskra humming]

[sizzling]

[Reef] Duck!

-[Brehen] Mother--

-[Giselher groans]

-This is a delicate process, numbnuts.

-No sh*t.

-[Asse] Reef, I can't do better.

-[Reef] Get ahold of yourself.

-[Kayleigh] Can't get it to stabilize.

-[Giselher] There's no time.

-Focus on your work.

-[clatters]

-[Kayleigh] sh*t.

-[Reef] Come on. Look at me.

-Go again.

-[Asse] sh*t, Reef.

-[Reef] To your face.

-[Iskra humming]

-Protect yourself.

-[Asse] I'm protecting myself.

[Reef] Body. From the bit

you keep f*cking up.

-Take the back. Take the back!

-What do you mean?

-[Reef] For f*ck's sake!

-Aah!

[yells]

[roars]

[panting]

Gah!

-[Asse gasps]

-[Brehen] Out of my way.

No money's worth this.

f*ck' kids.

[yells]

How can you stand it, all this bullshit?

I'd rather live in a den of vampires.

Vampires, of the classification

succubus immortalis.

Highly intelligent and sensitive beings.

You wouldn't last a week.

-I'm not really good with people.

-No sh*t.

What's your deal?

The School of the Cat,

where I came up, it was

It was a nightmare.

Any connection was deemed

a weakness, a liability,

so they kept us isolated.

Even from each other.

[poignant music playing]

So, after that,

all I could feel was rage.

That's why you drink.

To numb it.

That feeling, like you're on a fire.

I had someone

who helped me numb it. Juniper.

After she died,

it's like

everything just burned all the time.

What happened with the striga?

You heard the story.

I ran off with the money.

Left that cursed girl

to butcher the village.

You might be a terrible witcher,

but you don't strike me as a crook.

Like I said, I'm

I'm not good with people.

[sighs] But the job doesn't help.

Then one day, I met this guy.

Remus.

He was a witcher like me.

He came from the School of the Wolf.

They treated each other like brothers.

That's the way he treated me.

I didn't know it could be like that.

He saved my a*s on a job in Kovir.

We start travellin' together, and

splittin' jobs.

Watching each other's backs.

King Foltest offered to double our pay

if we could save the striga

instead of killin' it.

How can you save a monster?

She wasn't a monster. She was just a girl.

A girl who'd been cursed. Used.

That's what I said

to talk him into takin' the job. [sighs]

I didn't give a sh*t about that girl.

I just wanted the money.

Got him k*lled for it.

[intriguing music playing]

A malediction.

What?

It's a mixture between a curse

and an alchemical experimentation.

What if Brigden used one of his girls

to make this thing?

-The Jalowik.

-Malediction?

[laughs] Of course!

We have to counter the magic

infused in its body.

We'd need an extraction tonic for it.

Subdue the curse,

the monster becomes vulnerable.

I can k*ll it.

Good job, Rat.

Thanks.

After your girlfriend died,

what helped you numb it?

The burning?

Them.

At that Lammas festival in Geso,

that's where we met.

A bunch of orphans of w*r.

But we made a blood pact

to stick together.

See?

The truth is,

you can never really numb it.

All you can do is find the people you want

to go out in a blaze of glory with and

light a match.

[inspiring music swells]

[music fades]

[wind gusting]

Get dressed.

[birdsong]

[Reef] No offense, Grandpa.

What makes you think

you can teach Bonehead how to fight

when I've already rocked your sh*t twice?

Who said anything about teaching?

I'm tryin' to get back

into fightin' shape.

Let's see you go three for three, dipshit.

You should know

I'm sober now.

[flies buzzing]

[Reef laughs]

-[Reef grunting]

-[yelps]

[chuckles]

[exciting music playing]

[groans]

-[cracking]

-[groans]

Sobriety isn't so much

of a superpower as you thought.

-Huh, Gramps?

-[yells]

[both yelling]

[Reef grunts]

[both panting]

Hey.

Come up here.

Look. The secret to fighting

isn't forgetting your fear.

It's embracing it.

Fear means you're alive.

And if you're alive,

you're already winning.

Come up here.

All right. Come on.

Plant your feet. Square your shoulders.

This way. This way.

This way.

Okay. There you go.

Give me a jab.

Come on. Snap it up. Snap it out!

Right hand. Right hand.

[thrilling music playing]

[panting]

Come on, man.

[Brehen grunting]

[inaudible]

[Reef laughing]

-[Reef] Yeah, look at that.

-[Kayleigh] f*ck' hell.

[Reef] Okay.

-Ah!

-[Kayleigh] No!

[Reef] One more time. One more.

-[Kayleigh] Not again. No!

-[Reef] Yes!

-Pay up, b*tch!

-[playing mournful tune]

[Reef] Give me your money. Come on.

[laughing]

[Iskra humming softly]

[Reef] I'm smashing it today.

You're sh*t at this.

[Brehen] Ahem.

Feeling good about your plan?

Yeah. Yeah, I am.

Went over it, like, a thousand times?

Know every move you're gonna make?

Yep.

Then why the hell aren't you

over there dancing with her?

[Iskra humming]

I really need to focus.

You know, if this goes wrong tomorrow,

then that's on me.

Look, kid, uh I get it.

You know, you wanna be in control

of every bad thing

this world could throw at you

'cause the other option, like,

destiny's in charge, is so much worse.

But trust me when I say that tomorrow

doesn't give a f*ck about today's plans.

So go dance with the girl.

[intriguing music playing]

-[blade rings]

-[music fades]

[insects chirping]

[emotional music playing]

Brehen.

We've got a problem. Hurry.

-Happy Lammas!

-[all] Happy Lammas!

[Kayleigh] Whoo-hoo!

[Reef laughing] Yeah!

Happy Lammas, old man.

Well, since we might die tomorrow,

might as well live it up tonight,

right, Gramps?

[Kayleigh laughs]

It's not every day

that we get to be monster K*llers.

Feels like something to celebrate, right?

[sighs]

We will.

Tomorrow.

After we finish the job.

Well,

we gotta mark the occasion somehow.

It's a Lammas tradition.

Hmm.

You Rat.

[all laughing and cheering]

-[Reef] Yeah!

-[Kayleigh] Whoo!

[Reef] Come on, guys. Let's party.

[playing wistful tune]

[Mistle] Asse, what's that tune?

What's that tune?

[sighs]

[emotional music swells]

[Kayleigh] Here we are.

-Here.

-[Reef] Come on, Mistle!

[cheering]

[lively music playing]

-[fighter grunts]

-[man] Yeah!

[barker] You know the rules, people!

Twelve fights,

and only one possible outcome!

-Finish him!

-[barker] Victory or death!

We have champions

from all over the Continent

and even from beyond!

Who will take it all?

She's good, jacked with vile root.

I pity the poor b*stards

you're planning to feed to her.

Well, I'm so glad

you've finally stopped pissin' your pants.

'Cause when this works,

no one will care how we got here.

Only that we sold 'em

the weapon that won the w*r.

[man] Mr. Brigden.

-Commissioner.

-Emperor Emhyr sends his regards.

[guard] Invitations, please.

[audience cheer]

[Giselher] Big turnout.

-Looks like it'll be an exciting night.

-Indeed. A night to remember.

Duke.

[crowd cheering and yelling]

[trainer] Seven. Eight. Nine.

Lovely. Keep going.

Enjoy that beak while you can, gorgeous.

My boy here? He's about

to beat it off your f*ck' face.

[Reef giggles]

[laughing loudly]

-[fighter chuckles]

-[Reef sniffs]

Smells like a f*ck' loser to me.

[Reef and Kayleigh laughing]

[Reef] Loser!

You're dead.

[chuckles]

[guard] Have a great evening, sir.

Invitation and weapon.

[man] Come on! k*ll him!

Ask me that again.

[guard] Beggars aren't welcome here.

Fool!

Mr. Bonhart, what a surprise.

Please, allow me to show you around.

[barker] Halftime is almost over, folks.

[Bert] Your cousin made a smart choice.

This location is excellent.

And as you can see,

we've got it all under control.

[woman 1] Final chance to bet. Sir, madam?

Tell you what,

why don't I have one of my girls

take you to me other enterprise?

[woman 2] Place your bets, please!

-Soft beds. Even softer company.

-[woman 2] Last chance to make a bet!

You mistake what kind of action

I'm interested in.

Besides,

Dom's got a lot invested in this.

I would hate for him to think

that I wasn't being supportive.

Yeah, course. Yeah.

Yeah.

Right this way, Mr. Bonhart.

-[woman 2] Last chance!

-[woman 3] Final call for bets.

-[bell ringing]

-Final call, everybody. Final call.

Final call for bets.

Showtime.

[barker] And the bloodbath continues

for our second half of the night.

[Giselher] After halftime,

our clock starts.

That's when the guards

will be the busiest.

First we smuggle that silver sword in,

southern style.

A Gemmeran horse, like the casino.

-Exactly.

-Oh. Come here.

[Giselher] This time, we'll be doing it

from Brigden's back office.

[Bert] This room is off-limits.

-[Giselher] It will be lightly guarded.

-Hi.

-I'm sorry--

-I'm looking for Bert Brigden.

[Giselher] Armed guards make sure that

no one can get close to the bet boxes.

Except the money girls who carry them.

They are our ticket to the vault.

We'll have less than half an hour

to k*ll a monster and steal the money

before Asse's fight starts.

Once we're out the vault,

Kayleigh and Reef will cover our escape.

And this time, no distractions.

Asse cannot get into that fight ring.

Whoo!

Come on!

[crowd yelling]

Let's go.

[cheering]

[laughs]

[music fades]

[key turning in lock]

-[Mistle grunts]

-[gate clangs]

-[Mistle] We're in.

-We ready?

Remember, it's only vulnerable

once I give it the extraction tonic.

Then I'll k*ll it.

Kayleigh said to give you this.

Just in case.

[wind gusting]

[Brehen sighs]

[eerie barking echoing]

[gate hinges squeal]

Stay out until I tell you.

[hissing]

[wind gusting]

[dramatic music playing]

[echoing calls]

[hissing]

[snarling]

[crunching]

[strained wheezing]

[screeches]

[moans]

[shrieks]

-[Brehen yells]

-[Jalowik snarling]

-[Brehen yells]

-[Jalowik shrieks]

[roaring]

[spluttering]

-[shrieks]

-[Brehen grunts]

[screeching]

[Brehen grunts]

Come on.

[Giselher] Come on. The clock's ticking.

[Jalowik wheezing]

[Mistle gasps]

[snarls]

[squelching]

-[hisses]

-[Giselher yelps]

[Brehen roars]

-[screeches]

-[panting]

[hisses]

Juniper?

[hisses]

Juniper.

[echoing] Juniper

[poignant music playing]

-[Brehen roars]

-[snarls]

-[yells]

-[Mistle] No!

[Brehen] What are you doing? [yells]

-[yells]

-[screeches]

-No! It's Juniper!

-What?

She's alive. You can't k*ll her.

Mistle, you're seeing ghosts again.

[Mistle] It's her.

There must be a way to save her.

What the f*ck?

[Brehen] All I've done is

weaken the curse.

To remove it completely,

it has to be transferred to someone else.

[Giselher] We have no time.

We have to save her.

Please, Brehen.

She's just a cursed girl who's been used.

Tell me what to do. Tell me.

[sighs]

[barker] Humongous is

taking them out quickly tonight!

[fighter] Yeah!

[Kayleigh] I'm telling you,

they'll be out any minute.

-[fighter] Now, who is next?

-[Kayleigh] Calm down.

[barker] And now, a special word

from our esteemed hosts.

[Til] Ladies and gentlemen,

we have a special surprise

in store for you this evening.

An exhibition fight

with a new kind of fighter

that will stop the waste

of your precious combat resources

and allow the real cleansing

of our great Continent to begin.

Make sure you stay till the end.

-You won't regret this.

-[crowd cheering]

[foreboding music playing]

[crowd clamoring]

[chanting] Fight! Fight! Fight!

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

A special surprise?

-Hmm.

-[Leo] Hmm?

-Well, that one's always goin' off book.

-[man] Hey!

[Bert] Let me find out.

-[fighter] Rah!

-[man] Come on!

[cheering]

[Til] It's Leo Bonhart.

I told you it was a bad idea.

-What is he doing here?

-f*ck you.

And everything is under control.

We're gonna stick to the plan

and cut him in.

To go against his cousin, our boss?

-I'll have you remember he's a--

-Money speaks, you simpleton.

The only thing that speaks to Leo Bonhart

is t*rture and death.

I'm out.

[Mistle] Brigden!

[yelps]

-[shrieks]

-[roars]

[gasping] You sick f*ck.

What did you do to her?

Aah!

-The bride back from the grave.

-Aah!

I shouldn't be surprised

to see you here today.

Juniper's big debut and all.

You didn't think I'd waste

such a pretty little thing, did you?

[Mistle shrieks]

-[panting]

-[Bert groans]

Oh, petal wants to play.

-[Mistle gasping]

-[Bert] Well, let's play then, shall we?

[wind gusts]

-[Bert] Who the f*ck are you?

-[Mistle] Now!

[Giselher grunts]

[wind gusting]

-[screaming]

-[crowd yelling]

[barker] Shockin' shocks!

Humongous bites the dust!

Where the f*ck are they?

I don't know, man.

-[Bert snarling]

-Mistle, we need to go.

Asse's running out of time.

-[Mistle] I know. But I can't leave her.

-[power gusting]

-[hissing]

-[Brehen gasps] I can't hold on.

[screeches]

[Mistle] Brehen, transfer the curse.

-[Giselher] We need to get to the boats.

-Giz

[dramatic music playing]

That's not happening.

[wind howling]

[Brehen wails]

[power dissipates]

-No!

-[Juniper hissing]

[screeches]

[snarling]

[screeches]

Juniper!

[Iskra] Mistle, it's too late. Let her go.

-[Leo] Oh, you've been busy, Brigden.

-[Bert gasping]

-Dom will be very disappointed.

-No, no. It's all good.

It's, uh I didn't wanna tell you until--

[barker] We have a newcomer tonight,

the Babyface of Thurn!

-And his stats are impressive!

-[fighter laughing]

[Leo] What do we have here?

[Bert groans]

Oh, look at that. The School of the Cat.

[blade rings]

I don't have one of those yet.

[Brehen] Stay back, kids. [groans]

Evening wasn't a total waste, though.

-[crowd yelling]

-[laughs]

-[barker] Fighters, in position!

-[fighter growls]

-[fighter laughing]

-[Reef] Oh

[barker] Will the Babyface of Thurn

be up to this ultimate duel?

[Brehen yells]

[dramatic music playing]

[groaning]

Phew!

[Juniper hissing]

[screeches]

[yelps] No!

[Iskra moans]

-[Giselher yells]

-[Mistle] No!

[shrieks]

-Mistle! We have to k*ll her.

-I can't.

f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck!

I'm doin' it!

-Hey, Beak!

-[man 1] Get off me, you little sh*t!

-[fighters grunting]

-[crowd gasping]

[Reef] Run, Asse. Run!

[yelling and screaming]

[Juniper shrieks]

[yells]

No!

[screams]

[music fades]

[Juniper] Hold on to it.

Look at me.

If anyone comes for you, k*ll them.

I don't think I can do it.

[echoing] Yes, you can.

And if anyone comes

for your family, you will.

I love you love you

-[screeching]

-[blade swooshes]

[gasps]

[roaring and hissing]

[poignant music playing]

[gasping]

[Mistle breathing shakily]

[Juniper wheezing]

Mistle.

I'm here.

Remember?

[echoing] We'll take care of each other.

Always.

I'll take care of you.

Let me take care of you.

It doesn't hurt anymore.

No. [whimpering]

[sobbing]

[groans]

[Brehen grunts]

[tense music playing]

You know, I don't know

what's gonna be more satisfyin',

keepin' you alive

knowin' that you failed her

or killin' you.

[shuddering]

[sobbing]

-No!

-[Asse] Mistle, come on.

Mistle. You did everything you could.

[Leo] You got a little more in you?

-Gimme some more. Let's go.

-[Brehen groans]

[yells]

[groans]

[gasps]

-[Brehen] Let's go.

-[Giselher] Take the money to the boat.

[Iskra] Keep going.

[groaning]

[groans]

[melancholy music playing]

-Brehen, no.

-[panting]

[Mistle] What are you doing?

f*ck you. Open this gate.

-[grunts]

-[power humming]

[groans]

[Mistle] Open this.

Sorry, Rat.

I gotta work.

Witcher!

It's you and me now.

Take care of each other.

[Leo] You know, they can run,

but I will find them.

[dramatic music playing]

I always do. [chuckles]

[Brehen roars]

[power surges]

-[Leo groaning]

-[panting]

[wails]

It's admirable how long you lasted.

I do appreciate it.

[Brehen groans]

[somber music playing]

[stone ringing]

[music fades]

[horse neighs]

Look at all that money. [chuckles]

We couldn't spend it all

even if we f*ck' try.

And look at you all,

sittin' here cryin'

like a bunch of f*ck' babies.

[giggles]

[sobbing]

[poignant music playing]

[Iskra sighs]

[Reef sobbing]

Come on.

[sighs]

To family.

[sighs]

All seven of us.

[sighs]

To Brehen,

the worst witcher we ever met.

[laughs]

To bein' alive.

'Cause if you're alive,

means you're already winnin'.

To the reignin' champion of Amarillo.

You were good in there, brother.

[sighs] To Juniper.

To the possibility of a future.

[laughing]

We survived.

What now?

This city will be hot for a while.

Dom Houvenaghel's gonna be out for blood.

-Let's not stick around and wait.

-Yeah.

I'm not scared of any of that sh*t,

'cause I've got you guys.

But it's time

to say goodbye to the ghosts.

For good.

You know, I hear things are hoppin'

in Glyswen right now.

[Giselher] I heard that too.

The Nissir g*ng's got all kinds

of crazy deals that we can exploit.

Let's go.

[Iskra] Let's go!

[lively music playing]

[Reef] Shotgun!

[music fades]

[Leo] And that is how the Rats survived

their blaze of glory

long enough to join forces with you.

But as you now know, Falka,

in the end

[sighs]

I always win.

[thrilling music playing]