I agree after the 2nd game I have no sympathy for the Lodge. All the talk about Radovid and how bad he is but every time I think "with how the Lodge did things it makes sense that two power hungry entities would be inclined to kill each other" the lodge was constantly playing with fire and it backfired hard.

because they're a bunch of attractive women whom geralt can sleep with

Originally posted by hemingslay:

because they're a bunch of attractive women whom geralt can sleep with

Lol. That is true.

Since Yen had sorta joined the Lodge and Triss was a former member. That means Geralt had slept with a vast amount of them, barring two, and that's not including Philppa's student, turned spy in The Witcher 2.

Obviously current and former members of the Lodge or its allies don't necessarily view the Lodge as villains despite all the harm they did for the magical community, earning hate and fear from royalty, nobility and commoners alike. Witchers made similar mistakes in the past when interfering with politics and is one of the many reasons Witchers are now an "endangered species".

Since Geralt is in a similar situation and has personal ties with them, he's sympathetic to their existence being threatened now. But that doesn't mean he likes all of the members or their decisions and in fact Geralt's opinion of the Lodge as an organization is negative. Geralt isn't blind to its history of deceit, exploitation, manipulation and self-serving actions. Not to mention, Geralt has a very personal reason to dislike the Lodge, their interest in using Ciri to their own advantage, like how they wanted to use her to create a 'magical kingdom' by forcing her to marry and produce an heir, exploit her Elder Blood, her magical potential and destiny for their selfish reasons.

And since you specifically mentioned Yen, Yen turned away from the Lodge for what they intended to do with Ciri, she even worked against them to stop them from carrying out their plans. Unlike Triss who believes the Lodge's goals are for the greater good and is loyal to the Lodge, over her personal connections to Ciri, Yen and even Geralt (whom the Lodge has also repeatedly manipulated successfully and unsuccessfully).

Despite their differences, it's in their best interest to stop Radovid. Because he seeks to kill all mages and sorceresses, not just members of the Lodge (particularly Philippa). Elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, (non hostile) dopplers and other relatively peaceful creatures like godlings would all be in danger with Radovid alive. Which of course includes, Witchers.

Originally posted by asarokk:

Obviously current and former members of the Lodge or its allies don't necessarily view the Lodge as villains despite all the harm they did for the magical community, earning hate and fear from royalty, nobility and commoners alike. Witchers made similar mistakes in the past when interfering with politics and is one of the many reasons Witchers are now an "endangered species".

Since Geralt is in a similar situation and has personal ties with them, he's sympathetic to their existence being threatened now. But that doesn't mean he likes all of the members or their decisions and in fact Geralt's opinion of the Lodge as an organization is negative. Geralt isn't blind to its history of deceit, exploitation, manipulation and self-serving actions. Not to mention, Geralt has a very personal reason to dislike the Lodge, their interest in using Ciri to their own advantage, like how they wanted to use her to create a 'magical kingdom' by forcing her to marry and produce an heir, exploit her Elder Blood, her magical potential and destiny for their selfish reasons.

And since you specifically mentioned Yen, Yen turned away from the Lodge for what they intended to do with Ciri, she even worked against them to stop them from carrying out their plans. Unlike Triss who believes the Lodge's goals are for the greater good and is loyal to the Lodge, over her personal connections to Ciri, Yen and even Geralt (whom the Lodge has also repeatedly manipulated successfully and unsuccessfully).

Despite their differences, it's in their best interest to stop Radovid. Because he seeks to kill all mages and sorceresses, not just members of the Lodge (particularly Philippa). Elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, (non hostile) dopplers and other relatively peaceful creatures like godlings would all be in danger with Radovid alive. Which of course includes, Witchers.

Meh, they're a sacrifice I'm willing to make