Ronzalt

Ronzalt was one of the members of the witcher "School of the Shades", where he trained and helped train other witchers.

## Personality

Ronzalt went through all the mutations and came out of it with only the bare minimum of emotion. And since he's never had a love of his life, it's safe to say no one has ever seen him show any true emotion. Nor could any other member of the school see it, since Ronzalt, along with Grodlick, is the oldest member. So Grodlick might know what Ronzalt was like before the mutations, but it's certainly not something one would ask. Anyway, even without emotions, he has some defining characteristics. He's very precise and patient, but he's very stubborn and arrogant, which makes him an impossible partner. It's true that Witchers tend to work more independently, but sometimes it happens that help is needed with a stronger monster.

## Journal Entries

### Missing Family Members

*Date of entry: 15th of November 1297, 1st age.*

*Damn contract turned into a mess. I thought it would be straightforward, a simple creature, probably a Leshen lurking in the woods, but it turned out to be a convoluted nightmare. The village near Bawres was desperate, a wife grieving over her missing husband and two sons. I was to investigate. The mother and the remaining child spoke of a creature made of wood, as if the very forest had come alive. That got my attention, but I've dealt with my fair share of false leads before. Still, I went into the woods, determined to find any trace of the supposed monster. Days turned into nights as I searched, following every trail, every suspicious sound. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find anything though. I crossed the entire forest several times over adn the only thing I found were carcasses of game and other pest. I was starting to think that this never happened at all. That the husband simply wanted a new life, probably already had a different woman he looked towards. And so he took two of his sons and simply vanished. Of course, his original wife was too in love to ever admit that was a possibility but that wasn't my problem. Still, I searched for a few more days before ultimately giving up. The only weird thing I found in that forsaken, stupid forest were plenty of small, needle like splinters around random trees but that never led me anywhere. They were nowhere to be found and that's it. I don't feel guilty for never completing this contract. It was an impossible task. The mother will have to live with the truth I gave her. Her husband didn't want to be found, sometimes life is harsh like that.*

##### Additonal notes

*Date of entry: 5th of March 1305, 1st age.*

*Grodlick just accepted a new kid for training. His body accepted the mutagens pretty effortlessly. Commendable. At first I didn't realize who it was but it struck me later. It's the same kid that I encountered during this contract those years back. I didn't feel bad about never finishing it back then but I've changed a bit and looking that kid in the eyes is hard. I don't even fully believe what I wrote back then. Maybe I wasn't right and I should've searched harder, tried harder but maybe I was right, and the husband truly just ran away from his wife and his third child. Nonetheless even if the latter option was true, I should've found them. What a joke of a witcher was I, if I couldn't do that. Brandon, the new kid; doesn't seem to remember me or recognize me. I'll hope it stays that way, I don't want to engage in a conversation about times past. I'm sure he will become an exceptional witcher because unlike most of his kind, he has a strong and real motivation to be one. I think Grodlick can expect great things from him... Unless he dies on his first contract, that would be pretty awkward.*