Hubert Rejk Secondary Characters

Journal Description

The wave of religious and racially-motivated killings that swept through Novigrad in the spring of 1272 coincided with Hubert Rejk’s term as coroner at the city morgue.

Because of this he was overworked and additionally had to bear the harassment of his dislikeable superior, Reverend Nathaniel. It is thus no surprise that he came across as unpleasant and sarcastic when Geralt and he first met.

Furthermore, it was clear there was bad blood between him and Joachim von Gratz, a fact that did little to improve the already rather stiff atmosphere at the morgue. Nevertheless, having learned the reason for Geralt’s unexpected visit, Hubert made it clear Geralt and Joachim could count on his help.

It turned out that Hubert had once been Von Gratz’s teacher and mentor. Yet when Von Gratz’s involvement in the student movement led to bloodshed, Hubert felt he had no choice but to denounce his advisee in order to avoid an escalation of violence.

Hubert proposed to help the witcher perform an autopsy on the serial killer’s latest victim, which revealed valuable new clues.

Rejk might have succeeded in shifting the blame to another suspect if not for the witcher’s perspicacity. Geralt had already figured out Rejk was the true murderer, but was shocked to learn he was also a powerful vampire.

Luckily Geralt had considerable experience and a honed skill set to draw on for fighting such a creature. He killed the beast and ended his twisted moral crusade.

When it turned out Rejk had been behind the murders from the very start, Geralt could only curse his short-sightedness and stupidity. It was too late to repair his earlier mistakes. The crazed fanatic escaped justice and left to continue his sick moral crusade elsewhere.