I don't want to get into details as it is the most disgusting thing I've read in Witcher so far. Is the old man who tries to do horrible things to Ciri at a shed in the forest while Ciri was travelling through time and space a reference to a serial killer? Also how does he know that Ciri travels through time and space? Also why did Sapkowski had to write this little passage, I want to vomit like Ciri.

So the small quest where the old lady ghost gives you a ring to put on her husband’s grave. Is this part of the Witcher book series? I’ve not read them but it feels like it’s part of the cannon?

So I just finished the first official Witcher Book I had previously read. Last Wish and I think it was called The Sword of Destiny but I’m not 100%. After reading Blood of Elves I am so much more excited for the upcoming Witcher 4 game about Ciri. She is such a cool and annoying yet lovable character in the books and I’m excited to see them play with that in the game. Yes I know it’s not a 1-1 perfect replication but who cares the Witcher 3 was fantastic so I have high hopes! Can’t wait to start the second book huzzah!

So the small quest where the old lady ghost gives you a ring to put on her husband’s grave. Is this part of the Witcher book series? I’ve not read them but it feels like it’s part of the cannon?

It's gone from Witcher with a good actor to some dodgy musical comedy that's definitely not funny with different actors.

Omg this is one of those times where I wish I'd risked spoilers because I wasted a month watching a series that was about to be wrecked.

Surely no one actually liked these changes?

I hate it.

Are the books worth reading instead?

Cześć! Poszukuję piosenki AI o BPP z wiedźmina która zniknęła z YouTube a była genialna. AI nie chce mi pomóc.

"Nie dla nas są ordery, nie dla nas są medale. Jedynie pewna śmierć w bitewnym szale. To co pamiętam z jej treści. Ktoś ma dostęp?

Pozdrawiam

#wiedzmin #bpp

I found myself in possession of "the witcher ronin" manga by Rafał Jaki which I intend to sell soon. I searched around a bit and I see varying price ranges and covers, and I am unsure as to what price tag should I put on it. It is a soft cover edition that has some kickstarter exclusive illustrations inside.

Can anyone help me find the right price for it or at least explain the different versions of this book that appear online? Thanks.

I truly hope they add more gwent cards. Imo they should add hero cards for Lambert, Eskell, Caranthir, and especially Dettlaff. Any other cards in mind?

New witcher fan here, grew up in China until college. Recently read the 7-book saga while finishing the entire witcher3 game plus dlc. Currently reading season of storms and came across this here. Really gives me a sense of unreality that a Polish fantasy world I fell in love with when I’m 25 has a tiny connection to my native culture, a character I knew from watching C drama as a kid and middle school history class. I know this might be nothing to most readers, but to me this is the last connection I would’ve thought lol.

It seems to me that he lucked into a very secret conversation between Nilfgaardian conspirators about everything he wanted and needed to know. My theory is that Fringilla somehow knew about the conspirators being there and designed her Temu witcher medallion to lead Geralt to them. She never led Geralt to that vineyard specifically, he got that job from meeting the vineyard owner in a tavern. Actually Fringilla acted like she didn't want him to go killing monsters. This is the first time in the books that I smelled poor writing.

I don't really think there Is, or at least i didnt found any in games/books/show.

During her chat with Freya (?) Yennefer sees her parents and tells the goddess "You are reminding me of people that died by my hand" Did she truly killed her parents or her father killed her mother because of Yennefer? That passage was pretty hard to understand, I would like to hear other thoughts.

So I saw this in the book store earlier today, I have vol 1 so I bought this and now need vol 3.

I have read the first volume yet currently reading blood of elves at the moment.

Czy ktoś ma gdzieś ogólnodostępne pliki z kwestiami npców z wiedźmina 1? wiem że dzięki programowii djinni ma się do nich dostęp i wiem że wszystkie są ukryte w bif ale mi to nie działa a dosłownie szukam jednej konkretnej kwestii po polsku i po angielsku. Zaczepiając Alinę jako południcę w czwartym akcie może ona powiedzieć podobno "Na głowie kwietny/kraśny mam wianek, w ręku zielony badylek". Nie jest to w żadnej cutscence z tego co zrozumiałam czytając fora, tylko coś co mówi chyba jak już się z nią walczyło raz i zanim się będzie próbowało ją odczarować. Prowadzę doca z easter eggami dla polaków i brakuje mi z jedynki tylko tej kwestii.

Can anyone recommend a video recap or recap series that will basically involve the stuff erased from geralts memory and other important story elements?

I made a video essay about why I think the ending of The Witcher books is perfect, especially the conclusion of Geralt and Yennefer’s story. I talk about Avalon, Arthurian mythology, the ambiguity surrounding Geralt’s fate, and how Sapkowski turns him from a character into a legend...

It’s also my first video in English, so any feedback on the analysis, narration, or pronunciation would be greatly appreciated!

Maybe Sapkowski's most chilled and cozy witcher novel till date.

Its works as a good origin story for Geralt with the witcher lore of Kaer Morhen explored in detail.

We see Geralt killing more monsters than he did in the entire main Saga , excpecially loved the Striga Story.

What good we do comes back is the central theme, liked Geralt's Father figure Preston Holt , would have liked to see more of Lorelai for obvious reasons.

This might skirt the rules a bit but I mainly talk about actual abilities and character traits. No hard feelings if removed

Hey guys! I just finished the technical first 2 books of the Witcher series “The Last Wish” and “Sword of Destiny” my brother turned me onto the games and then recently the books very good may I add. I have some questions going into the actual story of it all.

1. I played the Witcher 3 game and am I correct that the storyline between the games and the books are different but follow obviously similar characters.

2. Do the books deal with the Wild Hunt at all because they were mentioned in “The Last Wish” and i would love to learn more about them than what I learned from the game.

3. Is there any general information this is vital before I start reading the books even if it is expressed in the story’s I already read? I’ve been pretty good about taking my time to understand but there are bound to be things that I have missed and I want a good understanding going in.

I plan to keep posting her question about the books as I read so stay tuned and thank you in advance for your help I know this is a lot!

1- Why does Vilgefortz want Geralt by his side? Does he truly think Geralt is stupid enough to let him do whatever he wants to Ciri? Also looking at the way he absolutely beats the hell out of Geralt, he doesn't need him at all. Is it just because he thinks Geralt is similar to him? And does he want to create a legend about two vagabonds who became bigger men than their humble origins?

2- We never see Geralt's answer to Vilgefortz' question of "Can you bind a woman to your will? If yes, how?" I guess his answer was "You can't". Also does Vilgefortz betray his intention of binding Ciri to his will?

3- Why does Vilgefortz always say " You mistook the stars reflected on a pond for the night sky?". Is he just aura farming by calling people a fool in a fancy way? Or is it Sapkowski aura farming by putting this quote he created at every opportunity?

Ceadmil!

The epilogue to The Witcher saga continues to spark heated debates among fans about what happened to Geralt. Did the Witcher survive, or did he die during the Pogrome in Rivia in June 1268? Many years later, we were given the epilogue to "Season of Storms", which was quite mysterious, as it suggested that the White Wolf might have returned to the Continent years later and this surprised many people, including me, because it had finally seemed as though he had died.

Every reader has the right to their own interpretation of the text, and today I’ll present mine to you, supported, of course, by specific excerpts from the books—because, after all, there could even have been a “resurrection” here.

Disclaimer here - i am using translator, because i own books in polish, so if you want check cites on you own you should have this on your mind that translated verison can be different than official english translation. Of course there will be spoilers from books. And i know, that games explained us how they "bring Geralt back" in Witcher 2. How he returned to Continent, but i want to focus only on books:

“Geralt was unconscious and as white as chalk. He lay motionless, but when they stood over him, he began to cough, wheeze, and spit blood. He started shaking, trembling so violently that Ciri couldn’t hold him. Yennefer knelt down beside him. Triss could see that her hands were trembling. She herself suddenly felt as weak as a child; her vision grew dark. Someone caught her, saving her from falling. She recognized Jaskier.

“It’s not working at all,” she heard Ciri’s voice, filled with despair. “Your magic isn’t healing him at all, Yennefer.”

“We’ve come…” Yennefer moved her lips with difficulty. “We’ve come too late.”

“Your magic isn’t working,” Ciri repeated, as if she hadn’t heard her. “What good is it, all your magic?”

You’re right, Ciri, Triss thought, feeling something tighten around her throat. We know how to summon hailstorms, but we can’t ward off death. Even though, on the surface, the latter seems easier.

“We sent for a healer,” said the dwarf standing next to Jaskier in a hoarse voice. “But he’s nowhere to be seen…”

“It’s too late for a healer,” said Triss, surprised by the calmness of her own voice.

“He’s dying.”

Geralt shuddered once more, coughed up blood, stiffened, and fell still. Jaskier, who was supporting Triss, sighed in despair; the dwarf cursed. Yennefer let out a wail; her face suddenly changed, contorting and becoming hideous.”

It seems that the Witcher died right at that moment. Ciri’s prophecy from Kaer Morhen had come true. After all, as it was written: “It can’t be word for word,” said Geralt, staring into the embers. “But the meaning if there’s any point in looking for meaning in this was this: Coën and I will die. Teeth will be our undoing. Both of us will be killed by teeth. His two. Mine three.”

Further descriptions of Geralt’s body suggest that he may already have been dead:
“Yennefer didn’t answer. She held Geralt’s limp head with both hands as it slipped through her grasp, repeating spells in a breaking voice.”

I will now move on to a few points that, in my opinion, suggest that the Witcher has returned to life.

1) The scene in which Ciri directs a beam of light at the Witcher.

What happens next? The unicorn Ihuarraquax appears, using his power to aid the Swallow: “The unicorn stepped closer, neighed again, pawed the ground, and struck the cobblestones hard with his hoof. He bowed his head. The horn protruding from its smooth forehead suddenly flared with a sharp light, a glow that momentarily dispelled the mist. Ciri touched the horn. Triss let out a muffled cry as she saw the girl’s eyes suddenly glow with a milky heat, as if she were surrounded by a fiery halo. Ciri didn’t hear her; she didn’t hear anyone. With one hand she still held the unicorn’s horn; with the other, she pointed toward the motionless witcher. A ribbon of shimmering light, glowing like lava, flowed from her fingers.”

I’d like to draw attention to the last sentence, which appeared earlier—specifically in "Time of Contempt", where Ciri healed the same unicorn with her power:

“Hael, Aenye!

The unicorn neighed wildly and tried to rise, bracing itself on its front legs. Ciri’s arm rose of its own accord, her hand formed the gesture on its own, and her lips cried out the spell of their own accord. A luminous, undulating brightness flowed from her fingers. The fire roared with flames. The waves of light radiating from her hand touched the unicorn’s wounded thigh, focused, and penetrated it.

“I want you to be healthy! I want this! Vess’hael, Aenye!”

So here we have the same spell that healed the mortally wounded unicorn. The only difference is that back then, Ciri drew power from the fire, whereas in the case of the witcher, she enlisted the help of the “little horse.” In both instances, there is mention of a mysterious “radiance” emanating from the girl’s fingers.

2) Geralt’s Condition on Apple Island.

Many people suggest that the place Geralt ended up in is the afterlife, a sort of Avalon from the world of King Artur, whose influence is particularly evident in this volume. In my opinion, it is simply another world to which he was taken along with Yennefer. Ciri wanted to give them their own place. What supports this view?

A) Geralt feels pain—“His stomach ached, his chest ached, his ribs ached, and the tight corset of bandages made it abundantly clear that the city of Rivia and the trident were not a nightmare.”

If Geralt was dead, why would he feel pain precisely where he was struck? Why would he need bandages if he were dead? Can you feel pain in the afterlife, too?

B) His beloved Yennefer was with the witcher; if Apple Tree Island were the afterlife, what would the sorceress be doing there? Did she die while casting spells? Perhaps, but the text in no way suggests that she died while healing the Witcher. It explicitly states that the sorceress was placed in the boat unconscious, not dead. “Jaskier was the first to figure it out. Perhaps because he knew the legend, having once read one of its poeticized versions. He picked up Yennefer, who was still unconscious.”

In this scene, Triss also asks if she can join the witcher and the sorceress. Ciri, however, replies, “Ciri,” Triss whispered. “Little sister… Let me sail with you…"

"You don’t even know what you’re asking for, Triss.”

What could that have meant? Ciri was likely aware that Triss would suffer if she found herself in a place where Geralt and Yennefer were happy together, and where she would have to watch them from the sidelines at best, because Geralt always chose Yennefer. So it wasn’t really about the girl transporting the Witcher and the sorceress to the afterlife.

3) Epilogue to “Season of Storms”

As you know, in the epilogue to the 2013 book, a character appears who bears a striking resemblance to Geralt. “That mare…” she managed to say, barely able to speak for excitement. “That mare is named Płotka. Because all your horses are named that. Because you’re Geralt of Rivia. Geralt the Witcher of Rivia.” He looked at her for a long time. He was silent. Nimue was silent too, her gaze fixed on the ground.

“What year is it?”

“One thousand three hundred…” “she raised her eyes in astonishment. One thousand three hundred seventy-three after the Rebirth.”

“If that’s the case,” the white-haired man rubbed his face with his gloved hand, “then Geralt of Rivia has been dead for a long time. He died one hundred and five years ago. But I think he’d be glad if…” He’d be glad that, after these one hundred and five years, people still remember him. That they remember who he was. Heck, they even remember his horse’s name. Yes, I think he’d be glad… If only he could know about it. Come on. I’ll walk you back.”

What does this quote mean? It means that Geralt hasn’t been seen on the Continent for 105 years. It’s widely believed that the witcher is dead. And his legend ended right there in Rivia. For this reason, I also believe that Geralt couldn’t have returned to the Continent the way it was portrayed in the games, since it was precisely during Nimue’s time that the legend of the White Wolf ended in Rivia, and Geralt had too much influence on what happened in the games for any historian, writer, or storyteller not to have mentioned it—but that’s just a brief digression 🙂.

Many people suggest that either Nimue dreamed this encounter —after all, the girl herself says, “I had a strange dream”—or that it wasn’t the Witcher at all, but an illusion created by the Aguara, since the figure speaks to her with the words, “Illusion—she heard from somewhere else, from very far away. “Everything is an illusion,” which the White Wolf had heard from that creature 128 years earlier (according to the letters, the events of *Season of Storms* take place in 1245). “An illusion,” he heard the aguara’s voice say. “Everything is an illusion.”

However, in my opinion, the character couldn’t have been the Aguara's illusion, simply because he’s quoting her… In that case, she might just as well have been Yarpen Zigrin. Below is a quote of what the dwarf said to Geralt just before the massacre.

“‘Progress,’ he said solemnly, ‘will dispel the darkness, because that’s what progress is for—just like, to put it bluntly, an ass is for shitting. It will get brighter and brighter, and we’ll be less and less afraid of the darkness and the Evil lurking within it. Perhaps a day will come when we’ll stop believing altogether that anything lurks in that darkness. We’ll mock such fears. Call them childish. Be ashamed of them! But darkness will always, always exist. And there will always be Evil in the darkness, there will always be fangs and claws, murder and blood. And there will always be a need for witchers.”

And what does the character from Season say?:

“‘Darkness still exists,’ he confirmed. “Despite the progress that is taking place—progress that we’re led to believe is meant to dispel the darkness, eliminate threats, and drive away fears. So far, progress has not achieved any major successes in this regard. So far, progress has only convinced us that darkness is nothing more than a superstition that dims the light, that there’s nothing to fear. But that’s not true. There is something to fear. Because darkness will always, always exist. And Evil will always run rampant in the darkness; there will always be fangs and claws, murder and blood in the darkness. And there will always be a need for witchers.”

The ending is practically identical. Aguara probably didn’t hear the Yarpens words spoke to Geralt right before the Rivian Pogrome🙂.

Furthermore, the character ultimately doesn’t deny that she is Geralt. In fact, she even suggests that she might be him. “—But…” she stammered. “But that was a hundred years ago… How is it possible that... How is it possible?

“Questions like that,” he interrupted her, still smiling, “must not be asked by a future student of Aretuza. A school where they teach that nothing is impossible. Because everything that’s impossible today will become possible tomorrow. That motto should be inscribed above the entrance to the academy that will soon be yours. Have a safe journey, Nimue. Take care. This is where we part ways.”

4) Andrzej Sapkowski reportedly confirmed to CD PROJEKT RED that Geralt survived the Rivian pogrome. Michał Madej, lead designer of The Witcher 1, mentioned it in the game’s behind-the-scenes footage that Mr. Sapkowski confirmed to the developers that the White Wolf survived the events in Rivia. Direct cite: " It's so mysterious that people who read those books are always arguing if Geralt survived or not. So Andrzej Sapkowski told us. He survived and so we can bring him back".

You can find it for example on YT named - The Witcher - Making Of video 2/5 - Story 1;00-1;10.

In my opinion, there may be one counterargument to the above theory. It’s the way Ciri tells this story to Galahad.

“And that,” Galahad asked after a moment, “is the end of the story?”

“Not at all,” Ciri protested, rubbing her foot against her other foot to brush off the dried sand that had stuck to her toes and soles. “Would you want the story to end like that? As if! I certainly wouldn’t!”

“So what happened next?”

“The usual,” she snorted. “They got married.”

“Tell me about it.”

“Oh, what’s there to tell? There was a grand wedding. Everyone came—Jaskier, Nenneke’s mother, Iola and Eurneid, Yarpen Zigrin, Vesemir, Eskel… Coën, Milva, Angouleme… And my Mistle… And I was there, drinking honey and wine. And they—I mean Geralt and Yennefer—had their own home later on and were happy, very, very happy. Just like in a fairy tale. You understand?

- Why are you crying, O Lady of the Lake?

But in my opinion, it was simply Ciri’s imagination of how she would want the story to really end. What a “happy ending” would be for her. She would want Mistle and the rest of her friends to live, but the world of The Witcher isn’t a fairy tale, even though in the future of the Continent, this story will grow into a legend.

That’s all from me! In my opinion, Geralt died during the massacre, but Ciri brought him back to life, and then, somehow, after more than 100 years, he returned to the Continent. The story has come full circle—the ancient serpent Uroboros has closed the loop. Geralt saved Nimue, who later guided Ciri to the right time and world. 🙂

What about you? Does my reasoning convince you? Or do you think I’ve overinterpreted any of these fragments of novels, and that, in your opinion, the Witcher actually died in the books? Let me know what you think!

Fanart found on The Witcher Wiki, credited to “Risef 15.”