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Gonna give that old bastard a piece of my mind! |  | |
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Jerome Moreau was the son of Tomas Moreau and a witcher from the School of the Griffin. He was tall, thin, wiry, and, like all other witchers, covered in scars.
Biography[]
In 1087, Tomas Moreau was saved from monsters thanks to a witcher and when asked what he wanted as a reward, the witcher then stated the Law of Surprise. This turned out to be Tomas' son, Jerome, who was then taken to the School of the Griffin to become a witcher.[1]
By 1121 Jerome was a veteran witcher and had more than a few contracts already under his belt when he was offered a very lucrative contract in Toussaint where he was paid even before he got there. However, when he did arrive and met the contract giver he soon learned who the real benefactor was: Tomas Moreau, his own father. When this was revealed, Jerome flew into a rage and ran off to confront him.[2]
When he arrived at Mont Crane, Tomas explained to Jerome that he had been researching witcher mutations since 1102 in an attempt to find a "cure" for his son and turn him back into a normal man. However, Jerome had no love for his father and thus refused to undergo the treatment but his father refused to take "no" for an answer and, using a paralyzing spell,[3] transported his son to his laboratory and sealed him in a room that could only be accessed through a portal, believing that with time his son would come around.[4]
Jerome wasn't keen on submitting himself to experiments but his father did them anyways. Tomas supplied many mutagens in hopes of making Jerome human again, but unintentionally enhanced the witcher mutations rather than eliminate them. However, this didn't come without costs - Jerome was brought to the brink of death on some occasions, but rose again stronger and faster than before.
In the end, in 1122, Tomas gave up, coming to terms about his son being a witcher until the end of his days and decided to go back to Lydia.[1] However, Jerome's fate remained uncertain.
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game[]
Season of the Griffin: Jerome Moreau reward tree[]
- Scroll 1: In 1087, after saving professor Tomas Moreau, a witcher demanded that which the scholar already had, but did not know of. From this day forward, Jerome, son of Tomas, became one of the children bound by the Law of Surprise.
- Scroll 2: A few years later, the witcher came for young Jerome to take him to Kaer Seren, the home of the School of the Griffin. The boy was subjected to the usual physical training and mutations necessary to forge a witcher. Yet the process seemed mild to him as if he was particularly well suited for it.
- Scroll 3: As a result, he mostly resembled an ordinary man, leaving only his silver sword and Griffin medallion to prove the contrary. Strangers and friends alike treated him better than the average witcher, with many failing to realize the fact that a mutant stood before them.
- Scroll 4: Unfortunately, extraordinary resistance was to become Jerome's undoing. For professor Moreau did not forget about his lost son, keeping him under constant observation. His normalcy led to his father's belief that the mutations could still be reversed.
- Chest: For many years Jerome lived with his destiny, feeling no anger or regret about it, with no desire to reverse the mutations. Long had he felt his father's scheming shadow. So when professor Moreau lured him to Toussaint with a contract, he decided to put an end to this charade. Jerome confronted professor Moreau in 1121. After imprisoning the witcher using a paralyzing spell, he proceeded with mad and reckless experiments to free his son from the witcher's mutations. Utterly ignoring his son's contrary pleas for mercy. This process was not mild. Not at all. Brought to the brink of death on many occasions, he rose every time faster and stronger than before. And more... mutated. As a result of old Moreau's experiments and in spite of his determination, Jerome became less and less human. Until the eighth day of autumn in 1122, the professor finally gave up. He collected his notes and closed his laboratory. As for the remains of his failed subject... He just burnt them, unwilling to face what he had done ever again.
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Notes[]
- There's conflicting information in the game as to what happened to Jerome. Jerome's last notes indicate his father was never going to release him and he'd die in the holding room, but there's no body/skeleton to be found there. If his father released him after realizing his experiments failed, it leaves the question as to why he never recovered the grandmaster diagrams he left behind.
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