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Geralt of Rivia first met the sorcerer Dethmold on Thanedd Island, where the first Council and Conclave that governed the actions of mages fell apart in a bloody coup. At that time Dethmold tried to remain neutral in the events, along with his brother Drithelm, both of whom served King Esterad of Kovir. This effort was futile, and Drithelm was killed as the coup wracked the mage community. Dethmold fled, and since then his feelings of insecurity have escalated into full-blown unscrupulous paranoia.

Dethmold now serves as advisor and court sorcerer to King Henselt of Kaedwen. He is willing to go to any lengths to serve Henselt’s interests and to ignore every rule that once governed the practice of magic, even proving himself willing to practice the dread art of necromancy. Dethmold is fearsome as the de facto leader of Henselt’s secret police and investigator of all secrets. Dethmold takes any threat to Henselt’s power personally, and his wrath has all the flamboyance and cruelty that has made sorcery feared and hated throughout the kingdoms of the north.