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The Witcher 3 Blood & Wine is hiding a great Game of Thrones Easter egg

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There's plenty of thematic crossover between The Witcher 3 and Game of Thrones, what with all the political intrigue, sex, and violence in a fantasy world. But apparently developer CD Projekt Red hid a more overt reference in Blood & Wine, the final expansion for the game.

If you want to save the surprise for yourself then navigate away now. Otherwise go ahead and scroll past Roach as she demonstrates her high-level water drinking technique.

Ok, here it is.

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Her brother gave her a sword named Needle, she fights left-handed, and she's been known to dream about being a wolf, hm? As the faceless man might say, a girl is clearly that other girl.

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