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As for the games, they advance the universe's storyline — each successive war ends with Nordlings losing more territory to Nilfgaard or its puppet states, barely holding the rest by winning a desperate victory in the field, then succumbing further to internal strife (much of which is incited or sponsored by Nilfgaard and its agents), as soon as a temporary peace agreement is brokered, while the enemy prepares for the next round. Northern kings even draw comparisons between the fates of elves and their own on their council in the books (and the plan to reverse the trend they create in response fails badly). The World of the Witcher (released alongside Wild Hunt) distinguishes between the monstrous "lower" vampires, the more intelligent of "higher" vampires, and a separate species of more powerful "true" higher vampires (such as Dettlaff and Regis). What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Witchers won't hunt sentient monsters unless they're actually evil. Several creatures, such as werewolves, trolls, and dragons are depicted as having complex personalities and motivations. Witchers themselves are considered subhuman by the general populace in spite of being genetically modified humans. Melting-Pot Nomenclature: Characters have all actual Polish or German names, which would have been very common in large parts of central Europe during the Middle Ages and still nothing unusual. While the German names mostly exist in English as well, the Slavic names might seem a lot more exotic to western audiences. Several place names, particularly in Kaedwen have a mishmash of Irish and Welsh names and the Elder Speech borrows from both languages. Even Geralt's name seems to be derived from the Irish name Gearailt, which translates into English as Gerald. Super Serum: The various potions used to create Witchers and amplify their abilities on a temporary basis. In "The Witcher" ingredients listed include veratrum, stramonium (jimsonweed), hawthorn, and spurge, along with other ingredients with no name in human language and it's clear they would kill Geralt if he wasn't inured to them from childhood.

Melding together The Witcher and Japanese fantasy isn’t new. CD Projekt has a line of high-end figures that already do it. But the idea to put Geralt in a Japanese fantasy world actually pre-dates both the figure and manga. The Origins of The Witcher Manga The story of Cinderella exists in-universe, and was based on an actual event. The true story? Princess Cendrilla was eaten whole by a Zeugl living in the palace pond, leaving behind only a shoe. Less of a happy ending there. There was another take on it where the woman in question, tired of unwanted advances from a nobleman at a ball, fled the ball, dropping her shoe in the process. Swamp Monster: The Witcher has enough of these to have a whole book about them, which include: Drowners and Drowned Dead, which are essentially dead men revived by the swamp as zombie/ghoul like creatures. There's also the Bloedzuiger, a giantic monster with a leech-like head. Dryads are the nymphs of forests, and may have green hair alongside brown and russet shades. Hamadryads have especially strong connections to nature and form strong bonds with individual trees.

Deltarune Chapter 3 is 'pretty much content complete' and will be releasing alongside Chapter 4, says creator Toby Fox Nereids are the nymphs of the sea. They're mostly found in the depths of the Great Ocean, where they live alongside merfolk and sea witches in a civilization of their own. They're close kin to naiads, and tend to have green and blue skin and hair.

Continuity Snarl: Despite the amount of work put into the games to keep them as faithful to the novels as possible, there are some nagging anachronisms present such as wrong dates note the first game says that the Battle of Brenna and the end of the Second Nilfgaard War happened in 1265 instead of 1268 and a book written 200 years after the series appearing in the first game. note Fairytales and Stories by Flourens Delannoy, with the author even being mentioned by name. Van Helsing Hate Crimes: Generally defied. Witchers do not usually kill sapient monsters without evidence that the monster in question is guilty of wrongdoing. Witchers are quite often treated as monsters by the general public despite being humans augmented with alchemy and magic, and many experienced Witchers can attest that people are often little better than monsters themselves, so sapient monsters with complex personalities and sympathetic motivations appear frequently.

Geralt has been hired by a wealthy landlord to find his missing daughter, who is suspected to have been taken by witches. At the same time our hero has been plagued with nightmares of a witch who has been giving him an ominous warning. The later books' Darker and Edgier vibe carries that up to eleven. By Lady of the Lake, people are dying in a war that is hammered on as being pointless. It's almost a Downer Ending if it wasn't for the Earn Your Happy Ending undertones to it all. Leimoniads are the nymphs of fields. They're now mostly extinct due to conflicts with humanity, who turned their prairies into arable land. They got along better with the elves, who did not practice agriculture. Creature-Hunter Organization: The eponymous Witchers hunt all kinds of monsters, but specifically those who invaded the world after the Conjunction of the Spheres. They would fall under the phlebotinum-powered subtype, since they are genetically enhanced since childhood and have a number of supernatural traits to complement their Training from Hell.

If you buy a bundle, but already own some of the books in it, you'll get gift codes for each one that you can The Witcher Library Edition Volume 1 also comes with a bunch of bonus content including art by Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Dan Panosian (Slots), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Duncan Fegredo (MPH), and Simon Bisley (Lobo). The protagonist himself is a victim to this because Witchers are considered mutants and often meet prejudice. Hell, he's even killed in a pogrom. The Witcher: Matters of Conscience cover by Arkadiusz Klimek. Reasons of State and Matters of Conscience The dwarves are pretty much Jews. Renowned as craftsmen and bankers, live in main-culture communities without being a part of them, victims of casual prejudice and the occasional pogrom. Many of them have Italian sounding names, which meshes well with them being bankers.

Magic Potion: As part of their training, Witchers learn how to brew potions that can temporarily enhance their abilities further. Many of these potions would kill a normal human, and even Witchers can only consume so many at a time (represented by a toxin meter in the video games). Dream Sequence: Multiple times in the books, sometimes overlapping with Mushroom Samba, always laden with foreshadowing. Most often happens to Ciri, but Geralt, Yennefer and Triss get their share of the fun too. Myth Arc: While it wasn't as touched in the second game, the whole deal with the White Frost and the Wild Hunt is one for the games. Early-Installment Weirdness: The two anthologies have a lot of references to fairy tales as real-life events Geralt is dealing with. This element disappears entirely once Blood of Elves comes out.

All Myths Are True: Averted. There are many examples of false hoaxes and folk tales during the series. There are various myths about vampires, witchers and monsters that people groundlessly believe. Though some of them turn out to be more or less correct, like the story about golden dragons, or belief in destiny. Geralt is on his own mission, but that does not mean he can make some money along the way, doing what a Witcher does. However, this mission is so personal that all the usual rules are off. Though, that does not stop him from finding the real monsters. In-depth talk about The Witcher universe in general, either regarding Andrzej Sapkowski's works, CD Projekt Red's games, the Netflix show, the comics etc. (yes, even the old Polish show is welcome here), but preferably giving emphasis on the source material.

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Mages are The Ageless, not because of their magic but because of a certain potion that allows them to permanently stop the aging process. Female mages tend to take the potion while still in their twenties to retain their beauty while male mages tend to wait longer till they've aged enough to be seen as wise and respectable.