Witchers are characterized by a few noteworthy traits, including yellow, cat-like eyes, two swords strapped to their back (one steel and one silver), prominent facial scars, otherworldly mutant powers, a penchant for hopping into bed with willing sorceresses at the slightest provocation, and eliciting fear and mistrust among the very people they’re meant to protect.Ĥ. But it’s not for a lack of bloodthirsty necrophages.ģ. In the current age, for whatever reason, no new witchers are being trained. It was decided that monsters were needed to kill monsters, and the witchers were bred to hunt them. Why do monsters exist in the first place? A prehistoric cataclysm known as the “Conjunction of the Spheres” permanently filled the world with murderous beasts. Geralt of Rivia is a “witcher,” card-carrying member of a group genetically engineered to be really, really sweet at killing monsters.Ģ. Edward Gibbon’s zombie himself would have trouble keeping track of it all.ġ.

It adds an element of practical levity to the well-worn Game of Thrones refrain “winter is coming.” But frozen, urine-flavored popsicles will be the least of everyone’s worries if the worst comes to pass and Geralt of Rivia fails to stop the forces of darkness from covering the land.įirst things first: The politics, history and mythology of the Witcher’s sprawling world will make your head spin. The load screens in The Witcher 3: The Wild Huntdispense all kinds of helpful advice, but this maxim is my favorite. “When the time of the White Frost comes, don’t eat the yellow snow.”

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