#The witcher geralt full#

Not even one which, when summoned, would never stand helpless in front of a seemingly easily surmountable obstacle, such as a low fence or stray piece of timber. In truth, though, he was very attached to her and would never trade her for any other horse.

#The witcher geralt full#

Geralt would grow annoyed and curse whenever Roach panicked and tossed him in the middle of a battle, as well as when she would suddenly turn a different direction that he wanted while he was riding at full gallop towards some urgent destination. Perhaps this had just been the first word that came to his head? Roach, for her part, seemed to accept the name with no reservations. When asked, Geralt would dodge the question or give an evasive answer. Geralt named his every mount Roach, though no one really knows why or what Geralt had in mind with this name. Additionally, many a witcher has talked over the nuts and bolts of his current contract with his horse while staring at the stars shining above the lonely road, though few would ever admit to this. After this event, whenever Roach is called, a black horse appears instead of the original bay mare.īlood and Wine expansion Journal entry A horse is more to a witcher than merely a means of locomotion - just ask any bandit who has taken a well-aimed hoof to the head during combat. If Geralt visits Emhyr after he finds Ciri, and does not accept the coin offered, when he leaves he is granted a black Pure Bred Nilfgaardian thoroughbred stallion. In a contrast to the previous games, trophies gained from contracted monsters appear tied to Roach's saddle instead of on Geralt's person. Saddles let Roach gallop full speed longer, saddlebags increases Geralt's inventory limit, and the blinders decreases the rate that Roach's fear level rises. There is a number of equipment available for Roach: saddles, saddlebags, and horse blinders. The horse Geralt owned throughout the game is named Roach. In the Polish version of the third game, this is brought up during Broken Flowers if Geralt beats Morvran Voorhis in a race, who will praise him by saying 'Impressive rider skills from someone for whom every horse is a small fry.' In this meaning the name becomes gender neutral, thus can be used for a stallion as well.

However, 'Płotka' has another meaning which is 'small fry'. The tender tone as well as the gender of the name is lost in the translation. Moreover, the Polish word is female gendered which corresponds with Geralt's preference for mares - it would be odd for a stallion to be called 'Płotka'. Diminutives are endearing in Polish, so a more direct translation would have been something along the lines of 'Roachy' or 'Roachie'. It's worth noting that the original name for the horse in Polish is 'Płotka', a diminutive form of the word 'Płoć' (meaning 'roach'). Though the English term for the fish ('roach') does in fact share its origin with 'Roche': both terms come from the French word for 'rock'.

It has nothing to do with the cockroach, and nothing directly to do with the either the French given name 'Roche' or the character Vernon Roche. The name refers to the roach (Rutilus rutilus), a common European fresh water fish.