Keira Metz

A witty, luxury-loving Temerian sorceress hiding in Velen as a village witch, whose fate depends entirely on Geralt’s choices.

Keira Metz is a sorceress from Carreras and a former advisor to King Foltest of Temeria. Short, blonde, sharp-tongued and fond of fine clothes, she loves luxury and hates dirt and the outdoors, which makes the place Geralt finds her in The Witcher 3 all the more surprising. Because she joined the Lodge of Sorceresses, she was condemned to death along with its other members after the murders of Foltest and King Demavend, even though nothing shows she had a part in them.

Keira in The Witcher 3
To escape the witch hunters, Keira hides in Velen, posing as a village witch who treats the locals, who in turn keep her secret. Geralt tracks her down in Hunting a Witch and finds her bathing in a hidden magical chamber in her hut. She tells him about an elven mage who came asking about an ashen-haired woman, and in Wandering in the Dark they explore his hideout together, close portals to the White Frost and fight Nithral of the Wild Hunt. Keira then asks Geralt to lift the curse on Fyke Isle in A Towerful of Mice. Later she treats him to a dinner under the stars, which can end in bed, before putting him to sleep with a spell and slipping away to steal the mage Alexander’s notes on the Catriona plague.

What happens to Keira Metz?
In For the Advancement of Learning Geralt catches her leaving the tower with the notes, which she plans to trade to King Radovid for a pardon. If Geralt demands the notes or refuses to let her go, they fight and Keira dies. If he lets her leave, Radovid laughs at her offer and has her impaled in Novigrad, and Geralt can later help Triss recover her body in A Final Kindness. To save her, you must suggest Kaer Morhen during that conversation. She then fights in The Battle of Kaer Morhen, rescues Lambert from the Hunt’s warriors and leaves with him afterwards as his partner.

In the books
Keira appears in The Time of Contempt during the coup on Thanedd Island. She helps arrest the mages loyal to Nilfgaard, punches Artaud Terranova with brass knuckles, and is later thrown out of a window by him, landing right on Geralt. With a broken leg and ribs, she has the witcher carry her while she shows him the way. Afterwards she joins Philippa Eilhart’s Lodge of Sorceresses, and in The Lady of the Lake she and Sabrina Glevissig are sent to seize Ciri, only to find that Geralt had fed the Lodge a false location.