Vserad

Vserad (Polish: Wszerad) was a former lord of Velen who fled with his daughter, Anabelle, and the rest of his court from Crow's Perch during the Nilfgaardian invasion, taking shelter in the mage Alexander's tower on Fyke Isle. He was killed when angry peasants stormed the tower.
== Journal entry ==
: News of the Nilfgaardian army's approach led nobles of all ranks and orders to pack up their silver and flee posthaste to safer harbors, abandoning all thoughts of defending their patrimony and leaving their lands at the invaders' mercy. Lord Vserad was no exception to this rule. The magnate had ruled much of Velen from his base at Crow's Perch before fleeing with his family to take shelter in a tower on Fyke Isle.
: The safety he sought there was not, however, to be found, and the massacre in which he was slaughtered became the source of a great many ghastly rumors and legends.
: According to one of them, Vserad, unmoved by human suffering, had his mage poison starving peasants who had come to him to beg for food. A hideous tale, yet one that sadly seemed plausible given the desperate conditions in the land.
: Yet the truth turned out, as is its wont, to be much simpler. Vserad was murdered by his traitorous former subjects, who were driven by greed, jealousy and the base jackassery that is all too widespread among the human race.
== Associated quest ==
* A Towerful of Mice
== Trivia ==
* Vserad is influenced heavily by the story of Prince Popiel II,The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Artbook a 9th-century ruler of the West Slavic tribe of Gosplans and Polans, who supposedly met his end in a similar manner. A cruel and corrupt ruler, caring only for feasting and fornicating, he ruthlessly murdered his twelve uncles and cast their bodies into a nearby lake. Facing rebellion, Popiel and his wife took refuge in a tower near Lake Gopło. Having consumed the corpses from the lake, a horde of ravenous mice chewed through the walls and ate the couple alive.
== Notes ==
* A book titled "Vserad's journal" exists in the game files, but with empty contents and it was clearly removed intentionally from gameplay.
== References ==
ar:فسيراد
de:Vserad
pl:Wszerad
pt-br:Lorde Vserad
ru:Всерад
uk:Всерад
Category:Humans
Category:The Witcher 3 mentioned-only characters