Netflix's The Witcher casts its first game-exclusive character with a Witcher 1 deep-cut who Geralt first took care of in the 2007 RPG

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Season 4 adds a game-only character that'll make everyone go "Oh, him?"

A screenshot from The Witcher 1, showing Geralt slashing at a hairy beast
(Image credit: CD Projekt Red)

Netflix's The Witcher Season 4 is finally bringing a character exclusive to the games into its cast.

CD Projekt Red's The Witcher games have pretty handily passed the popularity of their source material from Andrzej Sapkowski's books at this point, but, despite their mega-impact, Netflix's streaming series has more or less shied away from adapting anything game-specific aside from the occasional reference, like the bath scene, most notably.

Roderick doesn't have a huge role in the original RPG – he's a Nilfgaardian Count, has a small part in a few quests, gets on Geralt's bad side enough to die by his steel sword, naturally, and will, most memorably, hand over stacks of gold if Geralt beats him at dice poker.

Dear old Roderick never rears his head again after the original Witcher game – because, again, Geralt put him to sleep – but CD Projekt Red is remaking the very first Witcher game using The Witcher 4's tech, so we might see him again all in HD.

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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