Dettlaff, as a normal vampire, has a highly mobile psyche that, like any normal psyche, needs to be given a rest. However, Dettlaff is not an ordinary vampire in every way. He is, so to speak, in vampire terms, with some inborn peculiarities…. No, Geralt, we're not using the words you want to say, and I don't even mean them. His… emotionalism is not a whim, and it takes a tremendous amount of energy that must be restored somehow. And by food, as we discussed with you earlier, and by sleep. Dettlaff sleeps many times more often than the average vampire, but these sessions are unlike how the rest of us sleep, and don't take about 25 years. He sleeps after every emotional upheaval he needs to get through, so…. oh, don't grab your swords! You, Geralt, flinch too, when transitioning from one phase of sleep to another, it's just that Dettlaff makes it a little more noticeable. Believe me, it's not the least bit annoying. Oh, no, of course he won't wake up from that, he won't wake up from any stimuli at all… except when you, Geralt, were sharpening your blade, yes, yes, but I must admit that I too am unnerved by such sharp and high sounds. On the other hand, such deep vampire sleep has its advantages - even if I want to put Dettlaff in a saddle or load him into a cart, nothing will wake him up at all. No, he won't be sleeping until he's blue in the face; I'll just wake him up. It's your speech, it's like-- no offense, but it's like an annoying barking in my ear. We always hear vampiric tongue. Always.
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I’m always eager to find irl people to use as references for Regis and Dettlaff (since shots of them from different angles are often scarce), and to me this guy is like a direct mashup of both of them. His name is Antonio Gades, and he was a Spanish dancer.
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"What do Emhyr, Regis, and Dettlaff have in common? Besides being hot old men? Gorgeous aquiline noses!"
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Gwent: The Witcher Card Game | The cards that could’ve been 76/?
Syanna (Stéphane Robert) (Ilya Dykov)
Dettlaff (Lilia Anisimova), (Kateryna Shpak)
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I have several theories as to what might have left Dettlaff so scarred.
And the first one is that Dettlaff, especially as a young man, was severely lacking in the ability to keep his mouth shut
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