The Netflix series The Witcher stayed true to the books and video games with how some characters looked, and totally changed their appearance for others. Whether a Witcher character looks exactly the same to their pixilated counterpart, or completely different, the show managed to bring the fantasy world of monsters, knights, princesses, and political intrigue to life.

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But, there are some nitpicks here and there with how certain characters looked that wasn't quite right.  Most of the time they were easy to look past and forget, but for the fans of the books or games, some things were too hard not to notice.

Geralt

Geralt of Rivia in the show looks a lot like the Geralt of the video games and there is nothing wrong with that. When you have Henry Cavill playing the hunky monster slayer, you aren't going to get many complaints. But the disgust that Geralt gets from the normal townspeople he meets always seems unwarranted in the show and the games. Even though he might be feared as a mutated abomination of nature, he's still an extremely handsome hunk of a man even with all the scars. Something feels just a little off.

This makes more sense in the books because Geralt is described as more menacing, more severe, more fearsome. His stature is more like a sinewy grim reaper, and less medieval superman. The literary Witcher warrants the fear and disgust that Geralt receives more often than not. On the show, it seems strange to be horrified by the most handsome person on the Continent.

Cahir

Australian actor Eamon Farren was a great casting choice to play Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach, or just Cahir for short. Cahir is a very important character from the books and is the black knight adorned with a "bird of prey" helmet that haunts Ciri's and Geralt's dreams.  There would be nothing for fans of the books to nitpick about him except for one costume accessory that stands out.

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His helmet is a little off. It's rather large.  It also seems like a glaring omission that the aforementioned bird of prey that should be at the crest of such a monstrosity of a headpiece seems to be missing.  The character in the show also seems to be dramatically different from the Cahir in the books, so maybe the missing bird is symbolic of these changes.

Mousesack

Mousesack, also known as Ermion, is an advisor to King Bran Tuirseach of Skellige, as well as Queen Calanthe of Cintra. He was also trusted with protecting Princess Ciri. Adam Levy is fantastic as the intelligent and loyal Druid. Something is missing though and it might be a problem with wearing proper attire while in the king's court.

He's in the court with the king and queen for his scenes and Mousesack is properly dressed in fine clothes. But he is also a druid from Skellige. Meaning, he should look more like a hermit from the Sherwood forest decorated with leaves, dirt, and animal bones. He can't be walking around a castle looking like that though, but he is still a druid and that should be shown. A crystal necklace or an animal skin fanny pack perhaps? Give the fans something.

Renfri

Renfri during her fight with Geralt in Blaviken

Renfri's story is like a darker, grittier, sadder Snow White. A princess who was almost assassinated then banished from her throne. She ends up being the leader of a gang of bandits and might also be a cursed being that will bring the end of the world (long story). She is also the reason Geralt has the nickname "Butcher of Blaviken." Renfri is supposed to be the same height as Geralt and casting 5'11" Emma Appleton was a good move. It would have been nice that they stuck to the book description and kept her as a "blonde with blue-green eyes" though. The lightness of her looks would have been a great contrast against her shady moral character and the muddy roads of Blaviken.

Torque

Geralt of Rivia pins Torque the thief

Torque is a sylvan who Geralt and Jaskir come across in their travels. Sylvans are an intelligent race of people with goat-like attributes, who are known to be pranksters. The Witcher books and videogames have interpreted them in different ways.

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But the Netflix series decided to introduce sylvans with Torque, whose appearance takes a second to get used to. Torque's looks didn't seem like a finished product. He looked more like a Picasso painting rather than a pan flute playing half goat half man. Fantastical creature or not, The Witcher series had a chance to be creative here but fell short.

Jaskier

Jaskier grimacing in The Witcher.

Jaskier in the Netflix show is spot on with the Dandelion from the books and video games. Just because he has a goatee in The Witcher III video game, doesn't mean he has to on the show. But he does have to age. Reminder: Witchers and sorceresses age a lot slower than normal people. So Geralt and Yennifer should look the same throughout the years that the first season covers. Normal people like Jaskier should age accordingly. But apparently, he doesn't age a day in the show.

Duny

Duny was the prince cursed to look like a hedgehog during the day. And In The Witcher when he showed up he definitely had hedgehog-like features. But in this fantasy setting where all forms of monsters and fairytale-like creatures reside, Duny's curse didn't look that bad. He still looks good as a mater-of-fact. Duny's curse should have looked uglier, in a way people would not be able to handle. That would explain his exile and shame more succinctly. Maybe it just comes down to the fact that hedgehogs are really cute.    

Filavandrel

Filavandrel looking at someone in The Witcher

The King of the Elves, Filavandrel, has had a hard go of it. Not really king of much after humans massacred his people, he's just trying to survive and maybe start another uprising. The King of the Elves is supposed to be the embodiment of all elvish kind: tall, slender, beautiful, and otherworldly. Filavandrel in the Netflix series just comes up a little short. He is supposed to be a bit hagrid, and worse for wear, but he should still exude his elvish and royal stature. In comparison, Ciri was on the run the entire first season, but she never lost a certain royal uniqueness that Filavandrel never really had.

Villentretenmerth/Borch Three Jackdaws

Borch Three Jackdaws, or also known by his dragon name Villentretenmerth, is one of the more interesting characters Geralt runs into in the books and show. He's an ancient shapeshifting golden dragon that takes a liking to Geralt because Geralt doesn't like killing dragons. Borch helps showcase Geralt's inner conflict, and reveal that he isn't a just heartless monster killer. Geralt actually has a moral and ethical code.

In the Netflix show Villentretenmerth is a shapeshifting golden dragon, that when he chooses to pose as a human, for some unknown reason, he looks like an old, retired knight. A little too old for the character of Borch. In the book, he is described as a roguish well-fed knight. A good character, just miscast in the show.

Vilgefortz

Vilgefortz looking over his shoulder in The Witcher

Netflix is taking a different path with the Vilgefortz character, making a lot of changes from the books. Vilgefortz might still become a force to be reckoned with, whose shadow looms over all of the Continent. He is supposed to be dashingly handsome, and actor Mahesh Jadu fits the bill. But if in later seasons he is supposed to become some big baddy for the show, they are going to have to make him a bit more menacing. The Netflix Vilgefortz doesn't create a feeling of dread like he is supposed to, but perhaps they are taking the character in another direction.

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