Geralt might be nearly a century old by the time The Witcher 3 happens but he apparently still has much to learn. He’s not exactly a perfect or wise character for his age and has committed many mistakes and have slighted many people peasants, nobles, or even monsters alike. Well, that depends on your choices as a player too.

Still, the old witcher manages to balance things out by doing helpful acts and deeds with dramatic results ranging from freeing a city to saving the multiple dimensions. You could say that Geralt has more than made up for the bad things he’s done. To prove that he can be that complex of a character, here are five times he wronged people and another five where he helped tremendously.

10 HELPED: ‘FREEING’ OLGIERD VON EVEREC

Turns out Geralt wasn’t the most tragic tortured anti-hero in The Witcher 3. That title belongs to Olgierd von Everec of the Hearts of Stone expansion. He’s a noble who made a deal with the devil and paid for it dearly, destroying his family and making him immortal.

Geralt can either choose to lift off Olgierd’s immortality or let Gaunter O’Dimm have his soul. Either way is helping Olgierd; if he dies that’s justice served and if he lives, he does so under the guilt of his own failures. Gaunter wouldn’t bother anyone else too either way.

9 WRONGED: THE WHISPERING HILLOCK

Here’s where the situation becomes a lose-lose for Geralt. By freeing the Whispering Hillock in Velen, he gets to save a bunch of orphans but lets a village of adults get slaughtered. If he doesn’t do that, the villages live but the Crones will eat the children.

Either choice is harmful because of the consequences and there’s really nothing to gain since it’s all a grey area. In the end, it’s up to you to weigh down which among the two choices is the lesser evil and Geralt usually handles that well.

8 HELPED: TAKING DOWN WHORESON JUNIOR

If there was one person Geralt wouldn’t regret killing, it likely would be Whoreson Junior. He’s one of the underground crime lords in Novigrad who secretly control the whole free city. Whoreson is the worst of all of them (you can guess by the name) because he has a diabolical secret.

The man has a violent fetish and is notorious for killing and torturing prostitutes. Whether you kill him or just teach him a valuable lesson, it’s safe to say that Geralt is doing the world a favor. Whoreson Junior apparently becomes a mere beggar if you spare him.

7 WRONGED: BETRAYING ROCHE/DIJKSTRA

One of the hardest split-second choices you have to make in-game happens in a side quest called “Reason of State.” It’s where you’ll finally get the chance to assassinate King Radovid. Sadly, the quest also gives you a choice whether to kill or betray Dijkstra or Roche, no other way around it.

It’s another lose-lose situation for Geralt sadly, as both of these men are close friends of his and both have helped him in a pinch. Either choice means you’re betraying the other and it’s really tough to kill and interesting utilitarian like Dijkstra or and stalwart ally like Roche even if you haven’t played The Witcher 2.

6 HELPED: HELPING TRISS SAVE THE MAGES

One look at Novigrad’s town square and you’ll know something is horridly wrong with the city. It’s all but ruled by the Order of the Eternal Fire who carries out Radovid’s hate-filled witch-hunts. To make matters worse, most of their victims are innocent mages.

No one was doing something about until Triss Merigold seized the initiative to save them. Geralt helping Triss with this noble task was one of the most altruistic things he can do in the game and he even did it all without the promise of a reward. Unless you count rekindling his relationship with Triss and all the loot.

5 WRONGED: WAGERING AERONDIGHT

When the legendary Lady of the Lake from the Arthurian mythos grants you an equally legendary sword and tells you not to lose it, the message is pretty clear. Besides, this Lady has a history with Geralt that transcends friendship back in the previous games.

But then, Geralt basically just wages the said legendary sword on a mere card game– if you let him. Whether you get to keep it or not depends on how well you play Gwent if you committed the mistake of wagering it. Surely the Lady will take an offense that time around? It’s only the best silver sword in existence.

4 HELPED: HELPING WITH SKELLIGE’S SUCCESSION (OR NOT)

It may not seem like it but The Witcher 3 does have its fair share of quests that end in a win-win situation. That is, regardless of which choice you make for the quest, it all works out well and one notable quest in that regard is “Brothers In Arms: Skellige.”

If you don’t help either Cerys or Hjalmar vie for the throne, then Svanrige Tuirseach will take it and as it turns out, he’s actually a solid dude. He will also unite all the clans against Nilfgaard. Of course, you still can’t go wrong with either Cerys or Hjalmar.

3 WRONGED: AFFAIR WITH FRINGILLA VIGO

By now, you’ve probably noticed that Geralt has a habit of forming intimate liaisons with sorceresses. It’s not only with Triss or Yennefer but also with Fringilla Vigo and this was way back before the games. Geralt slept with Fringilla after assuming Yennefer betrayed him.

The two had an intense love affair that lasted months and Fringilla fell for him. Come The Witcher 3, the affair was long over but it seems Fringilla hasn’t moved on. By starting this affair and eventually abandoning it, Geralt wronged both Yennefer and Fringilla.

2 HELPED: FINDING CIRI

Anyone who’s finished the game will surely conclude that without Geralt’s help, the world of The Witcher 3 would have become a giant refrigerator. Ciri was the key to stopping the White Frost apocalypse of legend.

However, it was Geralt who was instrumental in stopping such a world-ending event. He’s the one who kept the Wild Hunt from getting to Ciri. It’s his greatest help to everything that has a life, even his enemies.

1 WRONGED: DENYING JUSTICE TO DETTLAFF

The Blood and Wine expansion was filled with conundrums upon conundrums of grey areas but it would seem that the math was pretty simple. Was Syanna’s life really worth putting the civilians of Toussaint at risk? All Dettlaff wanted was some classic vengeful justice.

Instead, he gets the short end of the stick. If you do let him have Syanna, then that’s after he already attacked Toussaint and sicced his vampires on everyone. Thankfully, it’s not just Geralt to blame this time.

NEXT: The Witcher: 10 Times Geralt Messed Up Big