Olgierd von Everec

A ruined Redanian noble turned immortal bandit leader, whose pact with Gaunter O’Dimm slowly turned his heart to stone.

Olgierd von Everec is the ataman of the Redanian Free Company, a band of rowdy mercenaries who would ride through fire for him. Unlike his men, he is well educated, loves art and holds to a noble code, yet something about him feels hollow. As a young noble he was deeply in love with Iris. When the banker Horst Borsodi bought up the family’s debts and seized everything they owned, Iris’s parents promised her to an Ofieri prince instead, and in his despair Olgierd wished the prince would turn into a monster. The wish came true. To win Iris back, he made a pact with Gaunter O’Dimm. His fortune returned and he married Iris, but the price was his brother Vlodimir, who died the next day. His wish to live as if there were no tomorrow made him immortal and slowly turned his heart to stone, until he felt nothing for anyone and walked out on his wife.

Olgierd in Hearts of Stone
Geralt meets him in Evil’s Soft First Touches after taking Olgierd’s contract on a sewer monster, which turns out to be the cursed prince. Later, at the burning Garin Estate, Geralt sees Olgierd shrug off a fatal wound, and O’Dimm reveals that the witcher must now grant Olgierd three wishes. The first is Maximilian Borsodi’s house, which Geralt steals in the heist of Open Sesame! at the Borsodi auction house. The second is to show Vlodimir the time of his life, which Geralt does in Dead Man’s Party by lending the ghost his body for a wedding. The third is the violet rose he gave Iris, which takes Geralt through Scenes From a Marriage, past the Caretaker and into the Painted World of Iris’s memories.

What happens to Olgierd von Everec?
His fate is decided in Whatsoever a Man Soweth. At the Temple of Lilvani O’Dimm uses a moon mosaic on the floor to meet the pact’s final condition. If Geralt does nothing, O’Dimm claims Olgierd’s soul and he withers and dies. If Geralt wagers both their souls and beats O’Dimm at his own game, Olgierd becomes mortal again and his feelings return, bringing a flood of regret. He gives Geralt his family sword and sets off to start a new life.