Letho in Witcher 3? (Spoilers)

[TP Potatosalad]

Letho was at the center of the plot of the Witcher 2, one of the "Assassins of Kings" referred to in the game's title. His survival is player determined, and Witcher 3 will apparently allow decision imports from past games, so his return is not out of the question. Letho has a very unique look, gigantically muscular with a sleeveless outfit, so you can see what definitely looks like his arm at about 38 seconds into the E3 2014 Trailer.
The possibility exists that this is some kind of flashback/recap. What goes against this is that Geralt is wearing the same armor he has been in all of the Witcher 3 footage, and the scene itself contains five people, whereas in the Witcher 2 there were four of them pursuing the wild hunt (Geralt, Letho, Serrit, and Aukes).
What do you think, is his return hinted at? Am I reading way too much into this? Please discuss.

 

[Fireaxe]

Letho was a unique looking character?

I would've have thought gigantic hulking bald dudes were exactly unique. This said, I wouldn't be surprised if he showed up in a flashback and perhaps in the game if you let him live (like Siegfried in Witcher 2).

 

[MysticSlayer]

He might appear if we let him live, but I doubt he'll make a huge impact on the story. The Witcher 2 may have implemented choices from the first game, but most them were only very brief mentions of what happened. In some cases, they even pulled the Mass Effect problem of occasionally making stuff up to prevent any significant changes:

Spoiler: just one example

The Witcher 2 doesn't care if you chose to romance Triss or Shani in the previous game. It puts Geralt and Triss together, and as far as I know, gives little change to their relationship. How is this possible? The only explanation I've found is a brief journal entry that mentions that Shani's relationship with Geralt was hard for her, but the exact details are sketchy and don't really seem to reflect Geralt's character when his relationship with Triss is taken into consideration, especially when taking certain player choices into consideration. At the very least, there are more questions presented than there are answers given, but it mostly seems like a poor excuse to justify why Geralt has to remain with Triss regardless of player choices.

Overall, I'll wait to see just how much impact Letho has on the story. I'd imagine a brief mention and maybe a couple appearances (if he lived), but I don't expect him to really be a major player in the story, especially not at the level he was in The Witcher 2.

 

[Fireaxe]

Spoiler: just one example

The Witcher 2 doesn't care if you chose to romance Triss or Shani in the previous game. It puts Geralt and Triss together, and as far as I know, gives little change to their relationship. How is this possible? The only explanation I've found is a brief journal entry that mentions that Shani's relationship with Geralt was hard for her, but the exact details are sketchy and don't really seem to reflect Geralt's character when his relationship with Triss is taken into consideration, especially when taking certain player choices into consideration. At the very least, there are more questions presented than there are answers given, but it mostly seems like a poor excuse to justify why Geralt has to remain with Triss regardless of player choices.

Spoiler: On your spoiler

The original Witcher doesn't care if you chose to romance Triss or Shani either, if you romance Shani it becomes very obvious in the fourth chapter that it won't continue, there's a fairly long cinematic about it actually.

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

Even if you spared him (I did), it wouldn't really make much sense since he made it quite clear that he was going south, back to the School of the Viper, where he'd no doubt make preparations on rebuilding it with finance from Nilfgaard and training a new generation of Witchers. I think he's beyond caring of what happens in the north at this point.

So unless it's a flashback sequence, I doubt he'll be in the game unless he somehow changes his mind, which seems unlikely seeing as the School of the Viper was the sole reason for doing what he did in Witcher 2 anyway.

 

[MysticSlayer]

Spoiler: just one example

The Witcher 2 doesn't care if you chose to romance Triss or Shani in the previous game. It puts Geralt and Triss together, and as far as I know, gives little change to their relationship. How is this possible? The only explanation I've found is a brief journal entry that mentions that Shani's relationship with Geralt was hard for her, but the exact details are sketchy and don't really seem to reflect Geralt's character when his relationship with Triss is taken into consideration, especially when taking certain player choices into consideration. At the very least, there are more questions presented than there are answers given, but it mostly seems like a poor excuse to justify why Geralt has to remain with Triss regardless of player choices.

Spoiler: On your spoiler

The original Witcher doesn't care if you chose to romance Triss or Shani either, if you romance Shani it becomes very obvious in the fourth chapter that it won't continue, there's a fairly long cinematic about it actually.

Still, regardless of how things were presented in the first game, The Witcher 2 presents it as an issue that occurred between the two games. The problem for me arose in that the description of why Geralt and Shani broke up didn't go together with the choices I made in both games. For me, Geralt was actually loyal and dedicated to whoever he had a serious relationship with be that Triss or Shani. The Witcher 2 presents it as him having trouble dedicating to a relationship, which didn't merge well with the choices I made both in the gameplay and in dialogue across the two games. As a result, it was a moment where I felt I was playing a different story than the game was telling.

Granted, Triss is normally who I had Geralt romance in the first game, so it isn't a huge deal for me. Regardless, it still feels like a moment where the developers are so dedicated to their story that it clashes with the one the player is experiencing.

 

[Fireaxe]

Still, regardless of how things were presented in the first game, The Witcher 2 presents it as an issue that occurred between the two games. The problem for me arose in that the description of why Geralt and Shani broke up didn't go together with the choices I made in both games. For me, Geralt was actually loyal and dedicated to whoever he had a serious relationship with be that Triss or Shani. The Witcher 2 presents it as him having trouble dedicating to a relationship, which didn't merge well with the choices I made both in the gameplay and in dialogue across the two games. As a result, it was a moment where I felt I was playing a different story than the game was telling.

Yeah, the Witcher 2 did a very poor job of representing what happened in the Witcher 1 to actually cause the issue. During the Witcher 1 if you go down the Shani path Geralt pretty clearly reaches the conclusion he can't reconcile a relationship with Shani (and what he thought she deserved from a relationship) with who he is and what he does.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Why would Letho show up? His whole intention was to preserve his school in Nilfgaard and fuck around with the mages. He achieved his goals, and he likes to get away from the chaos that follows his actions. He has no reason to be wandering the Northern Kingdoms while the black ones are on the march crushing all resistance and persecuting anyone not fully human.

Letho was at the center of the plot of the Witcher 2, one of the "Assassins of Kings" referred to in the game's title. His survival is player determined, and Witcher 3 will apparently allow decision imports from past games, so his return is not out of the question. Letho has a very unique look, gigantically muscular with a sleeveless outfit, so you can see what definitely looks like his arm at about 38 seconds into the E3 2014 Trailer.
The possibility exists that this is some kind of flashback/recap. What goes against this is that Geralt is wearing the same armor he has been in all of the Witcher 3 footage, and the scene itself contains five people, whereas in the Witcher 2 there were four of them pursuing the wild hunt (Geralt, Letho, Serrit, and Aukes).
What do you think, is his return hinted at? Am I reading way too much into this? Please discuss.

Those were the Witchers from the first game. They were at Kaer Mohren at the beginning, nursing Geralt back to health.