Ves

Ves is a member of the Blue Stripes and is well know for her attractive looks that tend to make her stand out. She first appears in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and plays a small role within the story if Geralt chooses Roche's path.
Ves is voiced by Laura Rogers.
==Appearance==
Ves is an attractive young women with blond hair and blue eyes. She wears a unique sense of cloths with her shirt halfway open in which show a bit of her chest and a tattoo. Ves holds the symbol of Temeria on her necklace, tattoo, and armband.
==Biography==
===Assassins of Kings===
Ves is first introduce during Geralt's interrogation in the dungeons and helps Vernon Roche with anything that he needs. Roche mentions that he rescue Ves from the Scoia'tael, whom attack her village and killed her parents. Roche saw potential in her and convince her to enlist into his group. After Geralt's escape from La Valette castle, they all head to Flotsam in order to investigate the Scoia'tael, who are involve with Foltest's death, and deal with the town's commander, Bernard Loredo. Roche suspects Loredo of treachery and plans to investigate once they get information on Letho.
In the side quest "Hung Over", Geralt is ask to compete with Ves in a knife throwing competition with an oar, ham, a map as targets. All of a sudden, locals start to barge in and ask the soldiers for retribution on the account of defacing a statue of a local god. Roche gets involve with an argument until one of the locals call him a whoreson, which angered Roche and decided to torment one of them. Ves ask Geralt to stop Roche before things get worse or he can simply walk away. If Geralt failed to calm Roche down then he will enter a fist fight with him. Ves will then tell Geralt that Roche hates the word Whoreson since he was called that when he was a kid since his mother was prostitute. Afterwords, Ves will ask Geralt to arm wrestle two of the soldiers. If Geralt wins then he gets a new sword as a prize. When Geralt continues drinking he will black out and gain a tattoo, which is optional to remove. Geralt will be lead to Ves and discuss what happen that night and the story behind his tattoo. Ves will then guide Geralt to a chest filled with his belongings.
By the time of "Death to the Traitor!" quest, Roche has Ves disguised as a prostitute to lower Loredo's guard while Geralt sneaks into the house to help her. But by the time he gets there Geralt is attack by Loredo by manage to kill and release Ves from her shackles. They found out that Loredo has tormented an elf name Moril, who was kidnapped by him and pregnant with his child. Ves decided to help her get out of the house until her water was leaking so she tells Geralt to help Roche while she deals with Moril's pregnancy. Afterwards, Ves managed to help deliver the baby but was shock when she witness Moril commit suicide. Later on, they go on to assist King Henselt since he is one of the last remaining kings of the north that may be a target for Letho.
When the game progress King Henselt and Dethmold order the execution of the Blue Stripes due to suspecting them to be involve of a conspiracy against the king. But Ves tried to intervene asking Henselt to spare them if he had any honor left. Afterwords, Henselt rapes her and destroy his promise by going along with the execution which traumatize Ves. She tells Roche and Geralt about it but tells Roche to not go after Henselt since Dethmold is trying to anger him but they head to Vergen to confront the king anyway.
If Geralt choose Iorveth's path, the plan to kill Loredo fails with Ves almost risking her neck in the experience and flee from Flotsam. Later on, Ves and Roche meet Geralt again when he crossed the mist to enter Henselt's camp to gain royal blood and find Triss. When Geralt was about to be executed by Shilard's mage Ves and Roche intervene and assist him in fighting the remaining Nilfgaardins. Ves and Roche would create a distraction so Geralt can see Henselt but that would be the last time they see the Witcher.
===The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt===
In the quest called "An eye for an eye," Geralt helps Vernon to deal with Ves before she causes more damage towards Nilfgaardins in her reckless behavior. Geralt meets Vernon under the hanged tree and saw Ves attack a group of Nilgaardins soldiers they join in on the fight to stop her. After the fight, Roche starts yelling at Ves for making such brash decision until they notice a survivor. Since Roche took her sword Geralt is left with the choose to kill or spare the survivor. If Geralt takes Roche side, the soldier will thank them recognizing their mercy but Geralt side with Ves, the soldier will be killed. If Geralt and Vernon did not save Ves on time, she will die in battle trying to save the peasants from the Nilfgaardin soldiers.
After completing that quest Geralt can ask Roche to help him defend Kear Morthen from the Wild Hunt in which he will bring Ves along. Near the end of the quest, they will mourn at Vesimir's funeral. Ves will join Vernon in rescuing Geralt from Radovid during the "Reason of State" quest, in which Geralt help assassinate King Radovid. After successfully killing Radovid, they will celebrate the victory until Dijkstra betray them so he can become king and restore the north to defeat Nilfgaard. If Geralt stays then he help kill Dijkstra and his thugs but if he choose to leave then Ves, Thaler, and Vernon will be killed by Dijkstra.
==Journal Entry ==
===Assassins of Kings===
:"The fair-haired Ves stood apart from the rest of Vernon Roche's unit, and not only in that she was the only woman in an elite formation of hardened cutthroats and swashbucklers. Her girlish face and shapely body would stand out even if a uniform did emphasize them. For there is something in soldier women that attract a man's gaze, and Ves was no exception. The reader should not, however, be mislead by this description - one does not earn a Blue Stripes membership with good looks, but with skill, determination and, at times, ruthlessness. Anyone disregarding Ves would pay dearly for misjudging this young woman."
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:Because of her gender, Ves would sometimes receive assignments where her beauty was more important than her combat abilities and efficiency. Roche had used Ves as his trump card more than once. Ves had a steady hand and sure eye, making her the best sharpshooter in the unit. Not many could match her at throwing knives either.
=== Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt===
"Ves was a veteran officer of the Blue Stripes and the only solider from Roche's former unit to have survived the war. After the Blue Stripes were decimated and officially disbanded, Ves remained at her commander's side to continue with him the seemingly hopeless struggle for Temerian freedom.Energetic and tough, Ves had always impressed with her skill with crossbow and sword alike, outshooting and outshining all the men in her unit to a laughable degree. Though usually well-disciplined, Ves refused to heed Vernon's command and set off alone to face enemy forces. Ves' rash move landed her in a horrible pot of trouble that only Geralt's sword could dish her out of."
If Ves lives and join the fight in Kear Morhen: Even had Ves not owed Geralt her life, she would have come to the defense of Kaer Morhen all the same, for she would follow Vernon Roche into the very bowels of the abyss.
If Ves dies and does not appear in "Reason of State" quest: Ves had been a soldier all her life, a fact which made her unfortunate death during a political intrigue even bitterer. At least one part of her death matched her life: she fell at her commander's side.
== Trivia ==
* If Geralt continue to refuse Roche's help he will try to attack him with Ves shooting him in the back with a crossbow.
==Gallery==
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