Thaler

Bernard Ducat known as Thaler is a supporting character in The Witcher and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. He is a Temerian spy and the Chief of Temerian intelligence working with King Foltest. Currently, Thaler is a conspirator against King Radovid V under the guise of a shoemaker.
He is voiced by Peter Marinker, who voiced Zoltan Chivay in the first part of The Witcher game.
==Appearance==
Bernard Ducat is a thin, tall, middle-aged man with pale skin. He is bald in head, has a wrinkled face, thin nose, sunken cheeks, sharp chin, light eyes with light eyebrows, and wears a glass monocle with a chain on the right side of his eye. Ducat is dressed in quite discreet clothes, he wears a long, very worn coat in dark gray or beige, he has a light shirt tied with a string of simple clothes to keep himself secret.
==Journal entries==
===Witcher (2007)===
In the Temple Quarter of Vizima lives a fence named Thaler. He has many things that belonged to Berengar, and also deals in illegal goods. The fence is a repulsive man and uses particularly foul language.
During the day he can be found in his store, which is located in a house in the Temple Quarter.
Thaler put Berengar's witcher equipment up for sale. I wonder how he acquired these things.
The fence's circle of influence is really wide. It also includes city guards.
For a fence and a thug Thaler has surprisingly extensive contracts, not only with thieves, but also among the affluent.
There was a lot of circumstantial evidence suggesting that Thaler was working for Salamandra, yet he proved to be innocent.
To my surprise Thaler the fence was invited to Leuvaarden's reception, at which only the rich and influential were present.
It turned out that Thaler is the chief of Temerian intelligence and his fence guise is simply one of many assumed personalities.
:If Geralt stays neutral when Count de Wett and Thaler are in the courtyard:
When Count de Wett accused Thaler of treason, I did not object. The former head of Temeria's Intelligence Service was summarily executed.
:If Geralt defends Thaler from Count de Wett in the courtyard:
Thaler is interested in the political situation in Vizima. He's also investigating an important case involving forgeries.
:not actually in the game:
I met Thaler again in the chambers of the royal castle. Foltest seems to be satisfied with the doings of his master spy, and Thaler is pleased with our collaboration.
===Witcher 3: Wild Hunt===
Geralt was not expecting to meet Bernard Ducat, former head of Temerian intelligence, in such circumstances. Their relationship went back a long ways, to the time when Ducat was leading an espionage operation in the Vizima Temple District disguised as a fence named Thaler. Thaler the fence was known for his gruff manners and extremely filthy tongue.
Much had changed since those days, but Clogs the cobbler (as Ducat now called himself) was as rude and vulgar as Thaler had ever been.
His exact role in the attack on Radovid was not clear, but considering his experience and professionalism, one could hardly expect him to share that information, not even with an old friend.
Spycraft leaves no margin for error, sentiment or dropping one's guard...
: If Geralt chooses to intervene and fight Dijkstra:
...Thaler should have known this, but instead he left himself exposed and only escaped death thanks to Geralt's intervention, his life saved by the witcher's departure from his usual neutrality.
: If Geralt chooses to not intervene and lets Dijkstra kill Thaler:
...Thaler died in a violent bout of political maneuvering when it turned out his plans conflicted with the greater good of Redania.
==Trivia==
*Even though Thaler did not appear in the second installment of the game series, we can still meet his messenger in the second game.
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