Ge’els

An Aen Elle elf and Eredin’s viceroy in Tir ná Lia, who turns against his king once he learns the truth about Auberon’s death.

Ge’els is an elf of the Aen Elle and, together with Imlerith and Caranthir, one of Eredin’s most trusted lieutenants. Unlike the other two, he does not ride with the Wild Hunt. Eredin has little interest in the business of governing, so while the king leads the Red Riders, Ge’els rules the Aen Elle world as his viceroy from the Palace of Awakening in Tir ná Lia. Intelligent, composed and hugely charismatic, he was respected by his people and trusted by the old king, Auberon Muircetach, which is why he kept his high office when Eredin took power. He is a skilled schemer, yet power was never what drove him. He is loyal and has a strong sense of right and wrong, and Avallac’h sees exactly that as a weakness worth using.

Ge’els in The Witcher 3
After Imlerith dies at the sabbath on Bald Mountain, Avallac’h starts to believe the Hunt can be beaten, provided Eredin loses another of his pillars. Ge’els admired Auberon, and Eredin had poisoned Auberon. In Through Time and Space, part of Final Preparations, Geralt and the Sage cross a chain of portals and hostile worlds to reach Tir ná Lia.

They find Ge’els in his garden, painting an elven woman in a strikingly cubist style. Instead of calling the guards, he hears them out and agrees to return with them to Novigrad. There, with Ciri present, the oneiromancer Corinne Tilly reveals in a dream how Eredin murdered Auberon. That is enough for Ge’els. He advises them to fight Eredin in their own world and to lure him there with the Sunstone on Skellige, and he promises the king will get no reinforcements if he calls for them. Avallac’h then helps him return home.

Why Ge’els matters
Eredin relied on his viceroy for reinforcements, so Ge’els’ quiet change of heart weighs heavily on the outcome. When the Naglfar is lured to Undvik in On Thin Ice, the King of the Wild Hunt faces the final battle without the aid he might have summoned.