148 Fun Facts About The Witcher

Which Polish author created The Witcher?

Andrzej Sapkowski, then a travelling sales representative in the fur trade, wrote the first Witcher story for a 1986 Fantastyka magazine contest.

What place did the original 1986 'Witcher' short story take in the Fantastyka magazine competition?

The story took third place in Fantastyka's 1986 contest, then ran in the magazine's December 1986 issue and won readers over far more than the jury.

What is Geralt's home region, as in his full name?

Rivia is one of the Northern Kingdoms, paired with Lyria.

What name does Geralt give to every horse he owns?

Geralt calls every horse Roach; the Polish original is Płotka, the name of a small river fish.

What does 'Gwynbleidd', Geralt's Elder Speech nickname, mean?

Gwynbleidd means White Wolf in the Elder Speech; elves and dryads use it for Geralt because of his white hair.

Ciri is the princess of which kingdom?

Her grandmother is Queen Calanthe, the Lioness of Cintra.

What does Ciri's Elder Speech name, Zireael, mean?

It is why the fourth novel is called The Tower of the Swallow.

Yennefer is a sorceress from which city?

Yennefer of Vengerberg first appeared in 'The Last Wish', the short story that gave its name to the collection.

Why did Sapkowski say he created Yennefer?

He was bored and disgusted by fantasy heroes who slept with anyone they wanted.

The bard Dandelion's Polish name, Jaskier, refers to which flower?

Jaskier is Polish for buttercup; English translations renamed the bard Dandelion, while the Netflix series kept Jaskier.

What was the first novel of The Witcher Saga, published in 1994?

It won Best Novel at the first David Gemmell Awards in the UK in 2009.

Which novel closes the five-book Saga, published in 1999?

The Lady of the Lake (Pani Jeziora, 1999) ends the Saga; Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire and The Tower of the Swallow sit between it and Blood of Elves.

Which Witcher book was published in 2024, showing Geralt fresh out of training?

Crossroads of Ravens (Rozdroże kruków), published in Poland in 2024, follows a young Geralt just after leaving Kaer Morhen, a prequel to the whole series.

What is the name of the witcher school where Geralt trained?

Kaer Morhen, the Wolf School keep in the mountains of Kaedwen, is where Geralt trained; his wolf's-head medallion is its sign.

Which empire dominates the south of the Continent?

The Saga is set after the first great war between Nilfgaard and the Northern Kingdoms.

What magical event brought monsters, werewolves and vampires into the world?

The Conjunction of the Spheres, a cataclysm that collided many worlds, stranded monsters, vampires and other creatures on the Continent long before humans arrived.

Which real languages is Elder Speech based on?

Sapkowski built the Elder Speech from Welsh, English, French, Irish and Latin so that readers could follow it without footnotes.

Sapkowski coined the Polish title word as the male form of which word?

Wiedźmin is Sapkowski's masculine coinage from wiedźma, the Polish word for witch; the English editions render it as 'witcher'.

What was the title of the poorly received 2001 Polish film and 2002 TV adaptation?

The Hexer (Wiedźmin), Marek Brodzki's 2001 film and its 2002 TV series, starred Michał Żebrowski; Sapkowski said he could describe them only with a short obscenity.

Which studio makes The Witcher video games?

CD Projekt Red, the Warsaw company's game studio, released the first Witcher game in 2007 after buying the rights from Sapkowski for a flat fee.

What is the subtitle of the second game, released in 2011?

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (2011) follows Geralt's pursuit of the kingslayer Letho across the Northern Kingdoms.

Who is Ciri fleeing from in The Witcher 3?

Ciri is hunted by the Wild Hunt, spectral elven riders led by Eredin who want her Elder Blood; their general Imlerith kills Vesemir at Kaer Morhen.

How many possible endings does The Witcher 3 have, counting the state of the world?

Three main endings depend on Ciri, but 36 world states are possible.

What is the card game played in taverns throughout The Witcher 3?

Gwent, a two-player card game with Northern Realms, Nilfgaard, Scoia'tael and Monsters decks, replaced the dice poker of the earlier games in The Witcher 3.

What was the second expansion for The Witcher 3, set in the vineyard duchy of Toussaint?

Blood and Wine, the second and final expansion, takes Geralt to the duchy of Toussaint and adds the Skellige faction to Gwent.

Which immortal nobleman contracts Geralt to kill a monster in Hearts of Stone?

Olgierd von Everec, a Redanian noble whose pact with a demon left him immortal with a heart of stone, hires Geralt to kill a monster in the Oxenfurt sewers.

Which ensemble performed the score of The Witcher 3?

The Brandenburg State Orchestra of Frankfurt (Oder) recorded the orchestral score, with the Polish folk band Percival supplying the traditional instruments.

Which actor voices Geralt in the English versions of the games?

Doug Cockle has voiced Geralt in English since the 2007 game, returning for Soulcalibur VI and the 2025 animated film Sirens of the Deep.

Roughly how many copies had The Witcher 3 sold by May 2026?

That makes it one of the best-selling video games of all time.

What did Sapkowski demand from the game studio in an open letter in 2018?

He had originally sold the game rights for a lump sum, and Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky called him 'an old fool'.

Which sorceress from The Witcher 2 appeared on the cover of Polish Playboy in May 2011?

Triss Merigold, Geralt's companion in The Witcher 2, was rendered on the cover of the Polish edition of Playboy in May 2011.

Who created the Netflix series?

Lauren Schmidt Hissrich created and ran the Netflix Witcher series, which premiered in December 2019, and executive-produced its animated films and Blood Origin.

Which actor took over as Geralt from season four?

Liam Hemsworth replaced Henry Cavill as Geralt from season four; Netflix announced the recasting in October 2022.

Who plays Yennefer in the Netflix series?

Anya Chalotra is Yennefer; Freya Allan plays Ciri.

What is the viral song Jaskier sings in episode two of season one?

'Toss a Coin to Your Witcher', sung by Joey Batey as Jaskier in episode two, 'Four Marks', went viral within days of the December 2019 premiere.

Which books was the first season based on?

Season one adapted stories from the two collections, The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny, weaving Geralt's, Yennefer's and Ciri's timelines together.

Where did principal photography for the first season begin in October 2018?

Principal photography began in Hungary in October 2018, much of it at Mafilm Studios outside Budapest, with further locations in Austria and the Canary Islands.

Which Danish actor played the elder witcher Vesemir in season two?

Kim Bodnia, the Danish star of The Bridge and Killing Eve, played Vesemir in seasons two and three; Lars Mikkelsen plays the mage Stregobor.

Which Oscar winner starred in the prequel series Blood Origin?

Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress Oscar winner for Everything Everywhere All at Once, played the elven sword-master Scían in Blood Origin (2022).

What is the 2021 animated film about a young Vesemir called?

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021), animated by Studio Mir, follows a young Vesemir and ends with the sacking of Kaer Morhen.

Who plays the witcher Brehen in Netflix's special The Rats: A Witcher Tale?

Dolph Lundgren plays Brehen, a witcher of the Cat School hunting the young outlaws, in The Rats: A Witcher Tale.

What did Sapkowski's home city of Łódź rename a small park in 2018?

A 2,000-square-metre mural of Geralt on a Łódź skyscraper followed in 2021, the largest in Poland.

Which of these lands is one of the Continent's Northern Kingdoms?

Temeria, with its capital at Vizima, is one of the Northern Kingdoms alongside Redania, Kaedwen and Aedirn; Nilfgaard and Toussaint lie to the south.

Which engine did CD Projekt Red pick in 2022 for The Witcher Remake and new trilogy?

CD Projekt Red announced in March 2022 that the next Witcher saga, and later the Remake, would run on Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5.

Into how many languages had the Witcher books been translated by 2020?

By 2020 the Witcher books had been translated into 37 languages, and worldwide sales passed 15 million copies the same year.

Sapkowski's Witcher stories are often said to be strongly influenced by which mythology?

The Witcher draws on Slavic mythology and folklore, with creatures such as the kikimora, rusalka and noonwraith, although Sapkowski himself plays down the Slavic label.

Which Polish writer is the only one more translated than Sapkowski in SF and fantasy?

Stanisław Lem, author of Solaris, is the only Polish science-fiction or fantasy writer translated into more languages than Sapkowski.

Which sorceress convened the Lodge of Sorceresses after the Thanedd coup?

Philippa Eilhart, long the power behind Redania's throne, convened the Lodge of Sorceresses at her castle of Montecalvo; Sheala de Tancarville and Fringilla Vigo were among its members.

What did Sapkowski study at the University of Łódź before becoming a writer?

Sapkowski graduated in economics from the University of Łódź and spent years as a sales representative for a foreign trade company before turning to fiction.

Who is the protagonist of Sapkowski's later Hussite Trilogy?

Its hero is Reinmar of Bielawa; some critics call it his magnum opus.

Sapkowski's debut story was limited to how many pages by the Fantastyka contest rules?

Fantastyka's contest capped entries at 30 typed pages, so Sapkowski wrote 'The Witcher' to fit; it appeared in the magazine's December 1986 issue.

Which artist drew the six-issue Witcher comic published from 1993 to 1995?

Bogusław Polch, known for the Funky Koval series, drew the six Witcher comic albums (1993–95) scripted by Maciej Parowski with Sapkowski.

Sapkowski says he gives many invented monsters names taken from which part of nature?

He calls insect names 'horrible and scary'.

Which witcher sign raises a protective shield around the caster?

Quen is the witcher sign that raises a protective shield around the caster; Aard is a telekinetic blast, Igni a burst of fire, Yrden a magical trap and Axii a charm.

Who was Geralt's mother, who gave him away shortly after birth?

Visenna, a sorceress and healer, gave Geralt up to the witchers as a child; she tends him, without claiming him, in the story 'Something More'.

Which ordeal of mutations gave Geralt his witcher abilities?

The Trial of the Grasses, a regimen of alchemical mutagens given to boys at Kaer Morhen, killed most candidates; Geralt survived it and was put through further experiments.

Why does Geralt have white hair and pale skin?

This is why the elves call him Gwynbleidd, the White Wolf.

Which actor played a young Geralt in season one of the Netflix series?

Tristan Ruggeri played the boy Geralt in the season-one finale's flashback, in which his mother abandons him by the roadside.

Which grim nickname does Geralt carry besides White Wolf?

Geralt became the Butcher of Blaviken after killing Renfri and her band in that town's market in the story 'The Lesser Evil'.

Triss Merigold is one of the heroes of which battle against Nilfgaard?

Triss Merigold fought at Sodden Hill, was wrongly listed among the dead and is remembered as the Fourteenth of the Hill; she later helped train Ciri at Kaer Morhen.

What is the bard Dandelion's real name and title?

Dandelion was born Julian Alfred Pankratz, Viscount of Lettenhove, a graduate of Oxenfurt Academy who occasionally lectured there on poetry.

Which actor voiced Vesemir in season one and again in Nightmare of the Wolf?

Theo James voiced Vesemir in a season-one flashback and then led the cast of the animated Nightmare of the Wolf (2021).

Ciri is the daughter of Pavetta and which man, also called the Urcheon of Erlenwald?

Duny is later revealed to be Emhyr var Emreis, Emperor of Nilfgaard.

In which year was the short story that first introduced Ciri published?

Ciri first appears in 'Sword of Destiny', the title story of the 1992 collection Miecz przeznaczenia, where Geralt meets her in Brokilon.

Who played Ciri in the 2002 Polish series The Hexer?

Marta Bitner played the child Ciri in the 2002 Polish series The Hexer, opposite Michał Żebrowski's Geralt.

Which character was announced in 2024 as the playable protagonist of The Witcher IV?

Ciri was revealed as the playable protagonist of The Witcher IV in the trailer shown at The Game Awards in December 2024.

What is the name of Ciri's horse in The Witcher IV?

Ciri's horse Kelpie, the black mare she rode in the novels, returns in The Witcher IV and can be summoned at will.

Under what internal codename was The Witcher IV developed?

The Witcher IV was developed as Project Polaris, announced in March 2022 as the start of a new trilogy; Canis Majoris was the codename of the Remake.

Which new region, only mentioned in earlier games, becomes playable in The Witcher IV?

The game is set after the events of Wild Hunt.

Which two men founded CD Projekt in Warsaw in May 1994?

Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński founded CD Projekt in Warsaw in May 1994 as an importer and distributor of foreign games on CD-ROM, later localising them into Polish.

Which cancelled game's code was reused to create the first Witcher game?

Interplay's financial troubles killed the port CD Projekt was building.

Which digital store did CD Projekt launch in 2008?

Good Old Games, later GOG.com, launched in September 2008 as a DRM-free store for classic PC titles and rebranded as GOG.com in 2012.

Which other major franchise, besides The Witcher, is CD Projekt Red best known for?

Cyberpunk 2077, released in December 2020 and based on Mike Pondsmith's tabletop game, is CD Projekt Red's other flagship series.

Which BioWare engine, in modified form, powered the first Witcher game?

The first Witcher game ran on a heavily modified Aurora Engine, the BioWare technology behind Neverwinter Nights, licensed for the 2007 release.

What was the cancelled 2009 console version of the first game called?

The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, a console remake by French studio Widescreen Games, was suspended in 2009 after payment disputes and never resumed.

Which studio was named in 2022 as lead developer of The Witcher Remake?

Fool's Theory, a Polish studio founded by former CD Projekt Red developers, was named in October 2022 as lead developer of the Unreal Engine 5 remake of the first game.

CD Projekt said in 2025 that The Witcher IV would not release before which year?

It is the first entry of a planned new trilogy.

At the start of The Witcher 2, Geralt is imprisoned on suspicion of killing which king?

Geralt is accused of assassinating King Foltest of Temeria, who is actually killed by the witcher Letho during the siege of La Valette castle.

Roughly how many copies had The Witcher 2 sold by September 2014?

It launched in 2011 for Windows, Xbox 360, OS X and Linux.

Which Temerian special-forces commander interrogates Geralt in The Witcher 2?

Roche also appears in The Witcher 3.

How long did development of The Witcher 3 take?

Development of The Witcher 3 began in 2011 and took three and a half years, with the release slipping twice from its original 2014 target.

Which engine did CD Projekt use to build The Witcher 3?

The Witcher 3 was built on REDengine 3, CD Projekt Red's in-house engine designed for large open worlds, succeeding the REDengine of The Witcher 2.

Who was the main composer of The Witcher 3's music?

Marcin Przybyłowicz was lead composer of The Witcher 3, with Mikolai Stroinski and the folk band Percival contributing; Adam Skorupa had scored the earlier games.

Roughly how many game-of-the-year awards has The Witcher 3 collected?

It is regularly cited as one of the greatest video games ever made.

What was the self-funded budget for developing The Witcher 3?

The Witcher 3's self-funded development and marketing cost about 306 million złoty, roughly $81 million, paid from CD Projekt's own pocket rather than by a publisher.

Which three places does Geralt learn Ciri was seen in The Witcher 3?

Geralt hears Ciri was seen in Velen, Novigrad and Skellige, the game's three main regions, and follows her trail through each in turn.

If Ciri survives after meeting Emhyr in The Witcher 3, what does she become?

Taking Ciri to meet her father Emhyr sets up the ending in which she survives and becomes Empress of Nilfgaard; otherwise she fakes her death and becomes a witcher.

Which Polish folktale is the Hearts of Stone expansion adapted from?

Hearts of Stone reworks the legend of Pan Twardowski, the Polish nobleman who sold his soul to the devil; Olgierd von Everec takes the Twardowski role.

Which mysterious man brands Geralt with a mark in Hearts of Stone?

Gaunter O'Dimm, the 'Man of Glass', frees Geralt from the Ofieri ship and brands his face as the mark of their bargain.

Which old acquaintance does Geralt meet again while hunting the toad in Hearts of Stone?

Shani, the Oxenfurt medic from the first game, reappears in Hearts of Stone helping Geralt in the sewers; the toad turns out to be a cursed Ofieri prince.

Which duchess hires Geralt in Blood and Wine to slay a monster killing her knights?

Duchess Anna Henrietta of Toussaint, Dandelion's old flame from the novels, summons Geralt to hunt the beast murdering her knights.

Which vampire is caught red-handed by Geralt in Blood and Wine?

Dettlaff van der Eretein, a higher vampire, is the Beast of Beauclair; Geralt catches him mid-kill and their fight is broken up by Geralt's old friend Regis.

On which date did Blood and Wine first release for PS4, Windows and Xbox One?

Blood and Wine launched on 31 May 2016 for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One, about a year after the base game.

Who plays the Nilfgaardian knight Cahir in the Netflix series?

Eamon Farren plays Cahir, the black-armoured Nilfgaardian who hunts Ciri through season one; Royce Pierreson plays Istredd and Mahesh Jadu plays Vilgefortz.

Which two composers wrote the music for 'Toss a Coin to Your Witcher'?

Screenwriter Jenny Klein wrote the lyrics.

Which screenwriter first proposed the idea of a song for Jaskier's introduction episode?

Jenny Klein, who wrote the episode 'Four Marks', proposed giving Jaskier a song and wrote its lyrics; the melody came from the series' composers.

How many viewers had watched season one in its first month, per Netflix in January 2020?

It ranked second among series in the US market.

Which novel is season two of the Netflix series based on?

Season three drew on Time of Contempt and season four on Baptism of Fire.

Season three of the Netflix series was released in how many volumes?

They arrived on June 29 and July 27, 2023.

Which season was announced in April 2024 as the show's last?

The fifth season is the last. Season four, based on Baptism of Fire, arrived on October 30, 2025.

Roughly how many actors was Henry Cavill chosen from for the role of Geralt?

He was a long-time fan of the games, especially The Witcher 3.

Which Showtime series earned Henry Cavill acclaim as Charles Brandon before The Witcher?

Henry Cavill played Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, across all four seasons of Showtime's The Tudors (2007–10).

Where was Henry Cavill born?

Henry Cavill was born in Saint Helier on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1983, the fourth of five brothers.

Which Australian soap did Liam Hemsworth appear in as Josh Taylor?

Liam Hemsworth played the paraplegic Josh Taylor in Neighbours from 2007 to 2008 before moving to Hollywood.

Which character did Liam Hemsworth play in The Hunger Games films?

Liam Hemsworth played Gale Hawthorne, Katniss's friend from District 12, in all four Hunger Games films (2012–15).

Anya Chalotra made her professional stage debut in which Shakespeare play at the Globe?

Anya Chalotra played Hero in Matthew Dunster's 2017 Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe, her professional stage debut.

In which English city was Anya Chalotra born?

Anya Chalotra was born in Wolverhampton in 1996 and grew up in nearby Lower Penn, South Staffordshire.

Freya Allan played Mae in which 2024 blockbuster?

Freya Allan played Mae, the human who can speak, in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), opposite Owen Teague's Noa.

At which Cambridge college did Joey Batey study Modern and Medieval Languages?

Joey Batey read Modern and Medieval Languages at Robinson College, Cambridge, before training at the Jacques Lecoq theatre school in Paris.

Which Polish publisher released The Last Wish in 1993?

SuperNowa, a Warsaw publisher that grew out of the underground NOWA press, issued The Last Wish in 1993 and published Sapkowski's Saga through the 1990s.

Counting the frame story 'The Voice of Reason', how many stories make up The Last Wish?

The Last Wish holds seven pieces: six stand-alone stories plus the frame story 'The Voice of Reason', in which a wounded Geralt rests at a temple in Ellander.

In The Last Wish's frame story, Geralt recovers in a temple to which goddess?

Geralt recovers at the Temple of Melitele in Ellander, run by the priestess Nenneke, tended by the silent novice Iola.

Which Spanish award did The Last Wish win in 2003?

The Spanish edition of The Last Wish won the 2003 Premio Ignotus, the Spanish fandom award, in its anthology category.

Which cursed creature is King Foltest's daughter in the story 'The Witcher'?

Foltest's daughter, born of his union with his sister Adda, was cursed to become a striga; Geralt lifts the curse by keeping her from her sarcophagus until dawn.

Which British prize did the English translation of the first Saga novel win in 2009?

Blood of Elves won the inaugural David Gemmell Legend Award for fantasy in 2009, a prize decided by public vote.

Ciri's magical potential comes partly from what share of elven blood?

Emperor Emhyr sends spies to find her after Cintra falls.

Which sorceress named Coral has an affair with Geralt in Season of Storms?

Lytta Neyd, nicknamed Coral for the colour of her lipstick, is the sorceress of Kerack who takes Geralt as a lover in Season of Storms.

Which Dark Horse comic is based on a chapter of Season of Storms?

Fox Children (2015), written by Paul Tobin for Dark Horse, adapts the Season of Storms chapter in which Geralt faces an aguara, a fox-like shapeshifter, aboard a river boat.

Blood Origin is set how many years before the main Netflix series?

Blood Origin is set 1,200 years before Geralt's time, in an elven world before the Conjunction of the Spheres, and shows the making of the first prototype witcher.

How many episodes did Blood Origin have?

Blood Origin ran four episodes, cut down from a planned six, premiering on Netflix on December 25, 2022 to poor reviews.

Which ancient elven civilisation does Blood Origin explore?

Blood Origin is set in Xin'trea, the elven kingdom that later becomes Cintra, where the sage Balor seizes power as the Conjunction of the Spheres begins.

In Nightmare of the Wolf, who campaigns to have the witchers outlawed?

Tetra Gilcrest, a sorceress voiced by Lara Pulver, campaigns to have the witchers outlawed and leads the mob that sacks Kaer Morhen in Nightmare of the Wolf.

Which creature does Vesemir save a child from at the start of Nightmare of the Wolf?

The film opens with Vesemir rescuing a boy from a leshen in the woods; the dying leshen speaks an elven tongue, the first hint it was being controlled.

How many rows can cards be played in within the standalone Gwent game?

The Siege row from The Witcher 3's version was removed, leaving Melee and Ranged.

What is the minimum number of cards in a standalone Gwent deck?

A standalone Gwent deck needs at least 25 cards (up to 40) within a provision limit; players draw 10 to start and aim to win two of three rounds.

Which single-player Gwent spin-off released in 2022 to mixed reception?

Gwent: Rogue Mage, a single-player roguelike expansion released in July 2022 and starring the mage Alzur, drew mixed reviews; Thronebreaker came earlier, in 2018.

Which queen does the player control in Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales?

Thronebreaker puts the player in charge of Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia as she fights a Nilfgaardian invasion; the Polish title translates as 'War of Blood'.

Which of these is one of Thronebreaker's five playable regions?

Thronebreaker's campaign crosses Lyria, Rivia, Mahakam, Angren and Lower Aedirn; Mahakam is the dwarves' mountain homeland.

Who played Yennefer in the 2002 Polish series The Hexer?

Grażyna Wolszczak played Yennefer opposite Michał Żebrowski's Geralt in The Hexer; Zbigniew Zamachowski was Jaskier and Jerzy Nowak Vesemir.

In The Hexer, Vesemir claims the child Geralt by invoking what?

In The Hexer, Vesemir invokes the Law of Surprise, claiming whatever the rescued man finds at home but did not expect: the child he did not know he had, Geralt.

Besides acting, what other career does first screen Geralt Michał Żebrowski have?

He was born on 17 June 1972.

Which award did Doug Cockle win for voicing Geralt in The Witcher 3?

Doug Cockle won the 2015 Golden Joystick Award for Best Gaming Performance as Geralt, and was also nominated for a Game Award and a BAFTA.

Which Sapkowski short story does Sirens of the Deep loosely adapt?

Sirens of the Deep (2025) loosely adapts 'A Little Sacrifice' from Sword of Destiny, in which Geralt mediates between Prince Agloval of Bremervoord and the mermaid Sh'eenaz.

Which bard nicknamed 'Little Eye', Jaskier's childhood friend, is in Sirens of the Deep?

Essi Daven, the bard called Little Eye, is Jaskier's friend in 'A Little Sacrifice' and falls for Geralt; she returns in the 2025 animated film Sirens of the Deep.

Which Ohio school did showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich graduate from in 2000?

Lauren Schmidt Hissrich graduated from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, in 2000 and began her career as a writers' assistant on The West Wing.

Which Marvel Netflix series did Lauren Schmidt Hissrich work on before The Witcher?

Hissrich wrote and produced on Daredevil's second season and on The Defenders before Netflix hired her to develop The Witcher in 2017.

How many stories are in the Sword of Destiny collection?

Sword of Destiny holds six stories, from 'The Bounds of Reason' to 'Something More', the last of which leads directly into Blood of Elves.

Which knight nicknamed 'Three Jackdaws' joins Geralt's dragon hunt in Sword of Destiny?

Borch Three Jackdaws, travelling with the Zerrikanian warriors Tea and Vea, turns out to be the golden dragon Villentretenmerth in 'The Bounds of Reason'.

In Time of Contempt, Yennefer plans to enrol Ciri at which school of magic?

Aretuza, the sorceresses' academy on Thanedd Island, is where Yennefer means to enrol Ciri; the mages' conclave there ends in the Thanedd coup.

Which bounty hunter slaughters the Rats and captures Ciri in The Tower of the Swallow?

Leo Bonhart, a bounty hunter hired to bring Ciri in, kills the Rats in the village of Jealousy and forces her to fight in the arena at Claremont.

Which elderly philosopher shelters an injured Ciri in the Pereplut swamp?

Vysogota of Corvo, a disgraced scholar living as a hermit in the Pereplut swamp, treats Ciri's wounded face and hears her story in The Tower of the Swallow.

In which year was the fourth Saga novel, The Tower of the Swallow, published in Poland?

It was first published in Poland in 1997.

Who plays the Redanian spymaster Sigismund Dijkstra in Netflix's The Witcher?

Graham McTavish also voiced the witcher Deglan in the animated prequel Nightmare of the Wolf.

Under what working title did Netflix announce the second season of The Witcher in November 2019?

Netflix's production listing for season two in November 2019 carried the working title 'Mysterious Monsters'; the season eventually premiered on December 17, 2021.

Which Redanian prince, played by Hugh Skinner, becomes Jaskier's lover in Netflix's The Witcher?

Hugh Skinner's Radovid, younger brother of King Vizimir of Redania, arrives in season three and becomes Jaskier's lover.

Which Nilfgaardian officer does James Purefoy play in season four of Netflix's The Witcher?

James Purefoy plays Stefan Skellen, the Nilfgaardian coroner who hunts Ciri for Emhyr, joining in season four, the first with Liam Hemsworth as Geralt.

Which archer from Brokilon Forest, played by Meng'er Zhang, joins Geralt's company in season four of The Witcher?

Milva is one of the only non-dryad inhabitants of Brokilon, a forest otherwise ruled by dryads, and a highly skilled archer.

Who plays Renfri, the princess-turned-bandit Geralt fights in Blaviken, in Netflix's The Witcher?

Emma Appleton plays Renfri of Creyden, who leads a band of brigands seeking revenge on the mage Stregobor in the first episode, 'The End's Beginning'.