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How does Geralt transport his swords?
In the books Geralt only carries one sword at once strapped to his back.
As he took off his coat those around him noticed that he carried a sword—
not something unusual in itself, nearly every ...
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Is Roach enchanted?
It’s not the same horse. Geralt does indeed name each horse he owns “Roach”. At least in the books he didn’t have a particular fondness or dislike for certain horse breeds or colouration, so the ...
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In the books is Geralt an exceptional witcher?
Certainly he's exceptional in some areas, and probably exceptional in others. Hard to answer for sure, since other witchers aren't shown in action in the books. We have this passage from The Last ...
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Where is this logo seen in the Witcher franchise?
Yennefer wears a necklace with that interlaced star in Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt.
The version that appears on the book covers is more like a classic pentagram.
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How did Geralt and this character know each other?
He had seen her once ...
... very briefly during the attack on Cintra
While various fan sites declare that the queen showed him an imposter when he returned and before he was imprisoned,
he got ...
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Are "The Witcher" books as explicit as the game?
There are often descriptions of female nudity , but they're limited to upper torso. Female breasts are mention fairly often, but that's pretty much it (i.e. certainly not on the level of the cards ...
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How did Geralt kill the basilisk?
Using a mirror to protect oneself from a basilisk's gaze is a folk tale in The Witcher's universe: the basilisk's gaze does not turn one into stone. Instead, it's their venom that kills a person, and ...
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What is the "Valley of Plenty" referenced in "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher"?
It's never made explicit, but the Valley of Plenty is the land that the humans took from the elves during what was basically a genocide. That is, the town where Geralt was at the beginning of the ...
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What is the lifespan of a Witcher?
Ill-defined, but certainly several times the lifespan of a typical human. That being said, there are zero control subjects since witchers are pretty rare, tend to die before attaining old age and ...
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What did Geralt of Rivia ask for his third wish?
What was the last wish? It is pretty simple, obvious, but tremendously genius. Whether or not he knew it would save her life, Geralt wished to die alongside Yennefer. As they say, death is the only ...
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How did Visenna have Geralt?
Not all mages are sterile.
There's a quotation at the beginning of chapter 7 in the Blood of Elves:
No one is born a wizard. We still know too little about genetics and
the mechanisms of heredity. We ...
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How canon are the 1993-1995 Witcher comic books?
All of the 1993–1995 comics are based on short stories by Sapkowski, (except the last one, Zdrada/The Betrayal). List from Wikia:
Droga bez powrotu (A Road with No Return, based on the short story ...
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What secondary languages does The Witcher use in the original?
As far as I know, the languages were based by Andrzej Sapkowski on an amalgamation of medieval Irish, Latin, and some other languages. I also know that those languages were not altered between the ...
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Why does everyone think they can best Geralt in a fight?
There are a couple of reasons that might contribute to this. Although I think you've nailed it in the question, with the fights being a tool to advance the plot, I can speculate on a number of things ...
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What's Ciri's skin color?
Her skin colour is never specifically stated but we can guess guess that she was most likely a pale-skinned Caucasian:
Sapkowski rarely describes skin colour, but he specifically states that people ...
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Why do Witcher books use modern scientific terms?
Biological and medical sciences in the Witcher universe are way past modern level, but this knowledge is mostly kept secret from common people. Mages try to monopolize science and mostly succeed.
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Why was Jaskier's "Polish name" used and not Dandelion, the "English name"?
From looking around I have seen that Lauren S. Hissrich, the show runner, has given two reasons why she went with Jaskier over Dandelion.
To match the author's intent
She has mentioned on Twitter back ...
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Was Ciri raped?
It is quite hinted, that at the end of "The lady of the lake" Ciri is still a virgin in the traditional sense: she hasn't had intercourse with a man (willingly or not). It seems that the fate itself ...
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In the Witcher universe were all monsters created or did some evolve naturally?
In the Witcher Universe "monsters" come from a variety of sources.
Some - as you found in The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, are the result of deliberate or accidental magical creation. ...
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Who are all the characters from the UK book covers of The Witcher series?
It's all the protagonists (Geralt, Ciri, Yennefer, Dandelion) and other prominent characters from Geralt's party in the series. Plus Lytta Neyd on the cover of the stand-alone book Season of Storms.
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What existing songs, if any, was the soundtrack of "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" based on?
Going by the Wikia list, and having listened to some of the works of Percival Schuttenbach, I think I can identify the following songs being based on existing works:
Note that since Percival ...
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What is the significance of "Munchkin" in Witcher?
While writing the question I think I discovered the answer. When I was linking to munchkins from the Oz books I noticed a Munchkin (disambiguation) link. One of those disambiguation articles is about ...
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What is the lifespan of a Witcher?
It's very hard to say and I don't actually think there is a definitive canon answer, as the violent nature of their occupation means that Witchers all tend to be killed via unnatural means - and so ...
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Why aren't witchers hunting during winter too?
My answer is speculative, based on my admittedly limited knowledge of medieval era and the Witcher world.
There are 3.5 reasons I can think of:
As AcePL stated, northern realms tend to have harsh ...
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What's wrong with this cat from Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
That one resolved itself rather easily. Searching for witcher 3 cat yielded, among some Cat School gear acquisition guides, an article by Kotaku, which I thought was too interesting not to share.
It ...
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Why is Pinety asking Geralt about how he fishes?
Pinety tried to bond with Geralt. It didn't work.
It has nothing to do with cruelty: in Geralt times most people hunt and kill for sustenance and are not overly concerned with the suffering of their ...
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How did Geralt kill the basilisk?
This is a recurring joke in the books (and the games) - commoners acting as self-appointed experts of monsters, although they are getting their knowledge from hearsay and superstition alone. Whereas ...
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Timeline of The Witcher tv series
In an interview with one of the showrunners, Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, she says:
Is this crazy? Like, is it crazy to do that with this story? Is it crazy to say that Ciri's (Freya Allan) story takes ...
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How did Geralt and this character know each other?
In the book and in the original script, Geralt would meet Ciri much earlier, before the fall of Cintra - Ciri ran away from her grandmother after being promised as a future wife to some prince that 8-...
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What are all of Geralt's known powers?
Witchers are humans who since childhood undergo extensive training, mental and physical conditioning as well as passed through the extremely dangerous - with about 25% survival rate - alchemical and ...
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