barghast, bar guest, sub guest, beggar,

drowner, wino, downer sad,

echinops, chained puppy
guwal, group will, group wall
archespore, rich people
bloidzugar, gobbler, gor subs
castrator
fleder, field herder
wraith, warrior death
graveir, griever, gor arrivee, group arrives,
vodani warrior, no saviour, save no van, wyven, no wife
ifrit, forester
bruxa, sub sex
kemetor, computer, sex mastery
kikimore warrior, worker
dagon worshipper, new god worshipper
basilisk, kobold
devourer, savwar
garkin, king
giant centipede, guest carts
night wraith, thorn hedge, hunter
noon wraith, nuns of warrior
wildhunter, will not, no house
alp
armoured hands, armoured dogs
greater brother, guests as brothers
greater mutant, guest tents
skullhead, school, scholar, disciples

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General Information
Languages
Gnomish language
Common Speech
Locations
Mahakam and Tir Tochair
Novigrad, Gors Velen and other human cities
Physical Characteristics
Average Height
0.9 - 1.0 m[5]
Distinctions
Long, pointed noses;[1]
Pointed teeth;[2]
Pointy ears;[3][4]
Keen sense of smell
Gnomes are an old and noble race, one of the Elder Races, which came to be the
first to populate the northern part of the Continent. They are related to dwarves
with whom they peacefully coexist.
In the Northern Kingdoms, many gnomes live in Mahakam alongside dwarves,[6] while
the majority of those south of the Yaruga inhabit the Tir Tochair mountain range.
[7] Few other gnomish former settlements can be found throughout the realms e.g.
the Citadel on Mount Cremora[8] and an abandoned underground town beneath the
modern-day Maribor.[3]

They are gifted alchemists, jewelers, smiths, and metallurgists known for making
swords of the highest quality.
Gnomes are shorter and weaker than dwarves, but just as resilient and more agile.
They are easily distinguished from dwarves and halflings by their more slender
shape of a body, exceptionally long noses[1] and pointed teeth.[9]

Another defining factor is a beard. Unlike dwarves who always have beards, gnomes
either cut theirs short or don't have them at all. Even an exceptionally large and
strong gnome with a well-groomed beard cannot be confused for a dwarf because of
aforementioned noses which are twice as long as those of other races.[5]
Culture

Their society is similar to dwarven clan structures,[5] though apparently less

authoritarian, resembling large communes led by people's assemblies and respected
individuals.[3]

Gnomes are reported to be peculiarly hated by kobolds and are in constant state of
war with them in some areas.[10] Hearing fuss in the deep, Mahakaman gnomes are
able to evaluate whether the trouble is caused by kobolds or not.[4] Members of the
gnomish race inhabiting Tir Tochair seems to have less problems as they don't have
an army.[4]
Religion and magic

Little is known about gnomish religion apart from the fact it allowed some of the
gnomes, including Percival Schuttenbach, to avoid conscription by claiming a
religious exemption.[11] Gnomes once worshipped a deity similiar to Melitele, in
that they worshipped a goddess of harvest and fertility.[2] It is speculated that
they worship some deity prefering joint work for the common good over pointless
fighting.[12] When it comes to death, they appear to follow the tradition of
cremating their dead. However, it's unknown if this was done for practical
purposes, part of their religion, or something else.[13]

Certain areas of the gnomish culture resolve around their advanced alchemy. The
Tree of Life seems to be based on the ten Sephirot artifacts – or the other way
around.[14]

The use of magic seems to be rather uncommon trait for gnomes, but not impossible.
Some individuals are said to know a broad range of counter-spells.[15] Some of
otherworldly gnomish burglars are known to utilize the Invisibility spell in order
to be unseen by non-magic folk,[16] but it is unknown whether the Continental
gnomish burglars do so as well.
Personality

Gnomish inventor hard at work

Known to be extraordinarily clever, gnomes excel as smiths and metallurgists and

use ancient techniques, patterns and methods to create superb weapons. Their most
famous creation – gwyhyr – was considered the best sword in the world.[7] Another
profession typical of them is a miner.[6]

Gnomish communities live in human cities as well, where their members work as
jewelers, artisans, and pawnbrokers. Immature gnomes often work as gofers and
office boys for dwarven banks. Some gnomes, on the other hand, tend to prefer less
reputable ways of life and become burglars or highwaymen.[2] During Northern War
II, a few gnomes became upset by the Nordling prejudice and joined the Scoia'tael
as a result.[6]

They are also quite fun-loving, which is indicated by a saying "stir up trouble
like a tipsy gnome".[17]

Between 2700 BR to 1240 BR

Dwarves arrive in the lands of Continent, the gnomes already have small
colonies in Mahakam (america) and Tir Tochair (dutch)
2230s BR - the Age of Migration, Aen Seidhe elves arrive on their white ships
(if a phrase "2000 years before the arrival of humans" means the 2000 years before
the Conjunction of the Spheres)
1240s BR - The Age of Migration (if a phrase "2000 years before the arrival of
humans" means the 2000 years before the First Landing)
migration is guests no

wozgor, gor, guru, we as gods, gurus

230s BR

The Conjunction of the Spheres

no cages
Conjunction of the Spheres was a cataclysm which affected the whole Multiverse and
occurred 1,500 years before the events in the novels, trapping many "unnatural"
creatures in this dimension, including ghouls, graveirs, and vampires. Rifts were
created by the collision of many different realms, filling the world of the gnomes
and dwarves with hundreds of creatures of all shapes and sizes, as well as a
mystical force that came to be known as "chaos" or "magic".

Unable to manipulate the forces of magic and with little preparation to fight the
monsters that came through the conjunction of the different realms, the gnomes,
dwarves, and elves, as well as many other displaced races such as the vran,
werebbubbs, halflings, and the first humans, were plunged into a strange,
dangerous, and uncertain time period, that would last for many generations.

It was during this time that the elves say humans, or more specifically, the Dauk
and Wozgor people, first appeared, their own world having been destroyed. Nordling
humans settled on the Continent many hundreds of years after that, this event being
called the First Landing. It can be debated whether or not the two original human
civilizations were extinct by the time the Nordlings arrived on the Continent.

freed from cages, africas culture

Humans arrive in the world

Dauk and Wozgor people settle in the Continent's north
Emergence of goddess worship in the form of Melitele, one of the oldest and
most widespread systems of beliefs
Development of a written language based on elven runes and dwarven ideograms

The Resurrection, christians

760s
 The necropolis at Fen Carn is created, africa

Nordling people the loggers, arrive in the north of the Continent, human
civilizations already present in the other parts of the world (people also settle
in the south)
Known as the "First Landing" or "Landing of the Exiles", this event is very
important in human history. Humans most likely came ashore at the mouth of the
Yaruga and the Pontar Delta. Once on land, Jan Bekker was quick to discover and
harness the Force found there and humans set up the first settlement. It took
several hundred years for the elves to notice the growing threat posed by the
newcomers

Between 760s and 830s

Reigns of Dezmod and Sambuk begin simultaneously

americas books
The introduction of a new (twenty-four character) alphabet
The Novigradian Union is formed
Geoffrey Monck takes a group of children to be trained by the elves at Loc
Muinne, to be milked as cows, warlocks
Mages' seat in Mirthe is established, miths, motherhood
Massacre at Loc Muinne and Est Haemlet carried out by Raupenneck of Tretogor's
army. Carnage at Shaerrawedd
ghosts, gor, strigar, drugged guests

830s

Raffard the White ends the Six Years' War between warring kings. While he does
not officially rule, he becomes the first advisor to Temeria's mentally ill king,
commanding power from behind
Creation of the Conclave of Mages and adoption of the laws drawn up by Herbert
Stammelford, Aurora Henson, Ivo Richert, Agnes of Glanville, Geoffrey Monck and
Radmir of Tor Carnedd
way of conquored slaves and their freedom from slavery.
Formation of the Chapter and Supreme Council of Mages
Executions of all those who do not recognize the Conclave and new laws.
Raffard the White is among those killed in the ensuing conflict

839

Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy, vampire and good friend of Geralt, is

born

gomorah, gamelords

950s

The first witchers are created by the renegade mages Alzur and Cosimo Malaspina

A witcher (Polish: wiedźmin) also known as a wiccan, hexer, vedymin, or witchman

(Elder Speech: vatt'ghern), is someone who has undergone extensive training,
ruthless mental and physical conditioning, and mysterious rituals (which take place
at "witcher schools" such as Kaer Morhen) in preparation for becoming an itinerant
monster slayer for hire.Creation

As humans settled in the northern part of the Continent, they had to deal with a
vast array of monsters that inhabited the land and which humans were poorly
equipped to deal with. To fix this, the Northern rulers tasked their mages to
create magic-wielding warriors to deal with the monsters for them. As a result, the
mages carried out experiments at Rissberg and the first witcher was created.
Unfortunately, the witchers proved to have limited magical potential and were thus
deemed failures and banished from the castle.[1]
The First Age of Witchers

For more information, see Order of Witchers.

After the witchers were banished they were brought to Castle Morgraig by a handful
of mages who wished to continue the experiment. Here, the first generation of
witchers continued to train while the mages created more, soon establishing the
Order of Witchers. As the first five original witchers set out on the path, the
first age of witchers began. However, over time, the Order, after being abandoned
by the original mages, had a violent fight break out among their own resulting in
several deaths and a schism, and with other witchers' growing disillusionment about
their Order's purpose and leaving as well, eventually led to the Order's end when
the final witchers abandoned Morgraig, and thus brought the first age of witchers
to an end as well.[1]
Second Era of Witchers

After the Order ended and the five independent schools were built, the Second Era
of Witchers began, which witchers themselves refer to as the Golden Age of
Witchers. With the continent divided between the schools and each one creating
their own witchers, their work became efficiently organized. Past tensions between
them calmed down and when witchers from different schools crossed paths, no blood
was shed as each knew they had their own territory, making them treat other schools
more like estranged brothers than bitter enemies like before.
End of the Golden Age

By the mid 1160s, the witchers had been too successful. Monsters grew increasingly
rare and, due too propaganda from the churches of the North and the distrust of the
rulers, witchers became the monsters in most of the population's eyes. The five
schools each came under attack from various people and by the time the last school
fell, the number of witchers had diminished greatly.
Overview

Witcher's physique
Genetic advantages and disadvantages to being a Witcher

Taken in as children, witchers-to-be are subjected to intense alchemical processes,

consumption of mutagenic compounds, and relentless physical and magical training to
make them dangerous and highly versatile against their vast array of opponents,
many of which possess superhuman speed, strength and/or other deadly powers. These
procedures ultimately mean that each fully-trained witcher is a mutant built
specifically to hunt and kill inhuman prey. The key permanent results of mutations
shared by all witchers include:

Sterility (which partially explains selection from the outsiders, as they

cannot breed to pass on their traits).
Over developed libido, which caused many rumors to spring up about them.
Cat-like eyes that grant very acute nightvision - witchers can constrict their
pupils to see in blinding light or open them to see in near pitch darkness. This
nightvision can be further enhanced with the cat potion, but in general, it is good
enough by itself to not require further enhancement. Their entire sensory system is
overall enhanced, allowing them to identify the species of animal from the scent of
their blood, and detect nearby beings even when out of sight.
Tremendous resistance to disease (which functions in most cases as complete
immunity) and a boosted immune system, allowing them to consume large quantities of
potions that could prove easily deadly if consumed even in small amounts by a
normal man.
Exceptionally increased strength, speed, reflexes, and endurance, far beyond
any normal or well-trained human, that allows them to swiftly end fights with
minimal effort, and perform physical feats non-witchers couldn't hope to match. A
witcher's physical skills alone are sufficient to defeat most monsters single-
handedly if combined with extensive training and proper weaponry, whereas regular
men could only hope to accomplish this in large groups. Witchers have also been
shown to shrug off hits that would normally render normal men unconscious.
Additionally, they have been known to survive the strikes of powerful monsters such
as giants, or other beings possessing herculean strength, that would otherwise kill
others with a single blow.
More magical potential than the average human, which gives them the ability to
perform simple yet incredibly versatile combat magic in the form of signs. They
also develop a sixth sense that allows them to "feel" things around them, be it
items of importance or people's immediate intentions. This explains their uncanny
ability to track and hunt people and monsters. However, the amount of magic they
posses is not as close to sorcerers and sorceress.
Accelerated healing granting quick recovery from injuries.
Incredibly long lifespan and prolonged youth (Vesemir is said to be at least a
few centuries old but has the appearance of a middle-aged man).

Equipment and skills

Though they cover proficiency in basically any weapon that comes to hand, a
witcher's training focuses on two primary tools:
Sword Witcher's Steel Blade.png
The Steel sword
Weapons Witchers silver sword.png
The Silver sword

These swords are typically carried on the back. A steel blade used for more mundane
beings, while a silver blade for beasts of the supernatural. Witchers are also
frequent mixers and users of powerful potions, having developed an advanced
tolerance to their inherent toxicity, but still limited to a few at a time (even
one of their weaker brews would be fatal to an ordinary human). witchers are
trained to utilize bombs and coating their weapons with poison and oil many of them
were designed to harm specific monsters. The first witchers were trained by
alchemists from Vicovaro, moreover, witchers are master trackers being able to
track almost all creatures be it monsters, animals, humans and nonhumans. The
original witchers were trained by hunters from Kaedwen. After the varying schools
were built the first generation witchers passed their knowledge to their
apprentices.[8] Finally, their formal magical training deals with signs, a low-
level yet versatile form of magic that allows witchers to cast spells and
enchantments with simple hand gestures. Without extensive improvement and practice,
these are mere tricks compared to what a sorceress can do, but they serve very well
for someone with a sword in one hand to add a variety of improvisation to their
efforts. Also, the more powerful magic used by mages often takes a lot of time to
prepare while all signs are instantaneous. Additionally, witchers are trained by
seasoned mages in how to use these signs to the best effect. Several witchers from
different schools utilized one-handed crossbows, however, it was not very common.
[2]

In general, a witcher is a formidable and often overwhelming opponent to more

mundane races thanks to their superhuman physical prowess, regenerative
capabilities, and magic. However, they are not infallible, as they can still make
mistakes, take a misstep in battle against mundane men or supernatural demons, or
be overwhelmed by sheer numbers and individuals who have the skill to match a
witcher, though rare is the individual who managed to slay a witcher out of skill
rather than dumb luck or by ambush.

Though a witcher's eyes are one way to stick out, another standard means of
identification is the witcher medallion. This device aids in the detection of
monsters, and no witcher would part with one willingly. (And of course, witchers
are known for being 'hard to kill' - Leo Bonhart boasts a collection of three such
medallions as proof of his martial skill.) The form of an individual medallion
(head of a wolf, cat, griffin, etc.) indicates the school at which its owner was
trained.

It is a common belief, even among witchers themselves, that they have no capacity
for emotion. This may be debatable, and rather relative, considering the rigors of
their training and the dangers they face on a day-to-day basis. Perhaps they have
simply never had the time or exposure to society to develop or recognize the
reactions to mundane experiences that most take for granted. It may also be
explained that a combination of their hard training, genetic modifications, and
seclusion from society that may encourage blunted emotional expressions, as Geralt,
Lambert, and Eskel all exhibit emotional heights concerning love, joy, fear, anger,
lust, and sympathy among various others.

Occasional references to witchers as 'nonhuman' are somewhat at odds with the

original stories (in which Geralt only identifies witcher as a profession, never a
race). There is certainly no official classification as such, and the relevant
references (in the first game at least) are usually from Geralt identifying with
the mistrust and/or hostility faced by elves and dwarves in human society. Likely
it is used as a slur against the mutants, likening them to elves and dwarves,
though it's worth noting that an in-game text found in Wild Hunt mentions that the
Cat School of witchers "are for the most part of elven stock," indicating that
there are (or were at one time) indeed nonhuman witchers. Whether or not there
actually are any elven witchers during the contemporary timeline of the story is
unknown. Notable Witchers
Wolf School

Adon of Carreras[3]
Aubry[4]
Barmin[2]
Berengar[5]
Clovis[6]
Dermot Marranga[6]
Elgar[2]
Eskel
Frank[4]

Gardis[4]
Gascaden[6]
Geralt of Rivia
Gweld[4]
Gwen[4]
Gwidon[6]
Hemminks[4]
Klef[6]
Lambert

"Old Witcher"[6]
Osbert[6]
Rennes[4]
Sorel[6]
Thornwald[6]
Tjold[4]
 Varin[2]
Vesemir
Voltehre[2]

Trained but not witchers themselves:

Ciri
Leo[5]

Griffin School

Coën[7]
Ealdred[8]

Erland of Larvik[8]
George of Kagen[2]
Jerome Moreau[3]

Old Keldar[7]
Raven[8]

Cat School

Aiden[2]
Axel[2]
Brehen
Cedric[2]

Dragonfly[9]
Gaetan[2]
Guxart[4]
Jad Karadin[2]
Joël[2]

Kiyan[2]
Lexandre[3]
Schrödinger[2]
Treyse[4]
Gezras of Leyda

Viper School

Auckes[10]
Gerring of Kharkiv[8]

Ivar Evil-Eye[2]
Kolgrim[2]
Letho of Gulet[10]

Mysterious assassin[10]
Serrit[10]

Bear School

Gerd[2]
Junod of Belhaven[3]
Ivo of Belhaven[11]
Arnaghad[1]
Manticore School

Merten[3]

Crane School

Stefan[12]

Order of Witchers

Rhys[1]

Unspecified School

Adela[6]
Chireadan[6]
Cormac[9]
Olivier of Gulet[2]

The Witcher
Glossary Entry

Witchers

Witchers came into being when the first settlers were colonizing the untamed
lands of present-day Temeria. The elite caste of warrior-monks was to defend humans
from the monsters which inhabited the wild. Thanks to mutagenic mushrooms, herbs,
and plant stimulants, the bodies of young apprentices developed superhuman speed
and endurance. As a result of the painful and dangerous Trial of the Grasses, young
witchers gained cat-like eyes, which allowed them to see in the dark. With the help
of sorcerers, they learned to utilize simple combat spells, called signs, as well
as magic potions that augmented their fighting skills. Nowadays, when monsters have
become something of a rarity, the demand for the witchers' services has declined
significantly. Only a few representatives of the caste still travel the world, and
no more monster slayers are being made.
Due to their otherness, unusual abilities, and magicals skills, witchers are
treated as outcasts and sometimes even met with hatred. This hatred was made
manifest during the infamous attack on Kaer Morhen, which led to the destruction of
the fortress and the death of most of the witchers wintering there. Those who
survived are doomed to extinction since they no longer train successors.
People need witchers, but are simultaneously afraid of them. The itinerant
warriors inspire fear because they are mutants and have superhuman powers. A
witcher is rarely a welcome guest and contacts with members of this profession are
almost always limited to business. Witchers are invariably attacked during pogroms
and social upheavals directed against those who deal in magic.
Mutagens and magic render witchers' bodies resistant to all kinds of disease,
even to the point of outright immunity.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Journal Entry

Despite my long friendship with Geralt, I know little more about this peculiar
brotherhood or guild than learned tomes provide. On top of that, I am obliged to
discretion, so I shall write nothing more than necessary on the subject. Once as
numerous as the beasts they fought, today the witchers are seen as a relic of times
long gone. The exact character of their training remains a mystery. It is known it
consists, among others, of the Trials - processes that transform the organism using
a specific combination of secret herbs and infusions. Those who survive them gain
superhuman reflexes, speed of reaction, the ability to see in the dark and many
other traits making them lethal foes. During their training they learn swordplay
and basic magic, known as signs. Armed with this set of abilities, the witchers can
effectively fulfill their objective, that is protecting humans from the monsters
inhabiting our world.

Name

The original Polish name for "witcher" is "wiedźmin". The English translation
preferred by Andrzej Sapkowski was initially called a "hexer" and is the name used
in the international version of the film adaptation. However, CD Projekt chose to
translate it to "witcher" in the computer game, and this word was subsequently
adopted by Danusia Stok (in her translation of The Last Wish) and even by Sapkowski
himself (in Historia i fantastyka).

Warlock has been used in informal English translations, although "witcher" - being
a neologism in English - is arguably better at capturing the spirit of Geralt's and
a witcher's profession.

1060s

Aelirenn's Uprising
narnia anger
Dilapidation of Shaerrawedd

1112

The witcher Vesemir is noted as being active in fulfilling the duties of his
profession during this year.

1133

On Birke, in the village of Sylvan Dam, the prophet Lebioda delivers a sermon
to his students

1140s

King Radovid III, looking for resources to wage war against Aedirn, decides to
tax the Appanage of Kovir. The Appanage declares itself as the independent Kingdom
of Kovir, kiev, resulting in war between the new kingdom and Redania. Despite
support from ally Kaedwen, the war ends with Kovir's victory and the First Treaty
of Lan Exeter is signed
The mage Cregennan is murdered in Foam, Lara Dorren gives birth to their child
and dies of exhaustion in the woods near Tretogor. Queen Cerro of Redania, canaan
or ukrainian, adopts the half-elf girl and named her Riannon
narnians
Lara's death triggers another war between elves and humans, fostering
racial tension that continues through the 13th century

1150s

Aedirn conquers Dol Blathanna, sub slave or nun,

The Houtborg triplets are born
Falka's Rebellion, cuffed people, no pedophilia
Goidemar's troops, gomorah, assault Houtborg castle

1156

Coram II is born, crime, sex haram

1170s

Outbreak of the Black Death plague in Vizima and Princess Adela dies helping
priests in the hospital
(possibly kovid, plague is peoples guests unwanted so diseas quarrantine)
Prince Amavet is cruelly murdered by Count Roger Kameny and his men, desire for
no games, gonorah end, desire no visitors
Roger Kameny is subjected to torture and torn apart by horses. This incident
prompts the Temerian (monasteries) nobility to rebel which is suppressed by the
intervention of Cidarian forces led by King Liam
Prince Amavet's illegitimate children, Muriel and Crispin, are born

1173

Belleteyn (night between 30 April and 1 May) - Yennefer of Vengerberg is born

1178

Coram II and Fiona are married

1180

Corbett is born, sexy bets, buttock slaps

1191

Coram II ascends the Cintran throne

1190s

Crispin disappears without leaving a trace in Metinna, mastery of nuns

Muriel and Robert Garramone are married

1198

Corbett ascends the Cintran throne and marries Elen of Kaedwen

Dagorad is born to Corbett and Elen

1200

In the village of Forest Dam, an obelisk is erected by Spyridon Apps to

commemorate the prophet Lebioda's sermon there sixty-seven years prior

1203

The Borsodi brothers officially enter business, trading horses and livestock
from a shed in the countryside

1210

King Corbett of Cintra passes away and his only child Dagorad ascends the
throne

1211

Esterad Thyssen is born

Roegner of Ebbing, Ciri's grandfather, is born
1212

Kobus de Ruyter is born

1218

Calanthe, Ciri's grandmother, is born

1219

Sigismund Dijkstra is born

1220s

Audoen separates Hengfors from Kovir during the Secession of Poviss and forms
there his miniature kingdom, which includes Arcsea, foreigners used as outer
defenders and kept out of covert areas

1220

Ildiko Breckl is born, cruel sex book

1225

King Osmyk of Kerack passes away, his son Belohun ascends the Kerack throne

1226

Virfuril defeats Medell's armies at Hagge

paul savour as virfuril, hagge as bulgaria?

1228

A group of dissidents forms against Fergus var Emreis, with Vysogota of Corvo
as one of its leaders
Olaf Stigvason is born
no slave be servant or unsaved instead

1229

Dandelion is born, nun people

1232

Death of Dagorad of Cintra, coronation of Calanthe

1233

Battle of Hochebuz

1234

Peter Evertsen is born, is university so no visitors, servants

1235

Roegner of Ebbing and Calanthe are married

go no, gardens, colonies
1237

Roegner of Ebbing is saved from death by Duny, going by the name "Urcheon of
Erlenwald", dane wildchild, will your childs guardianship, who invokes the Law of
Surprise as his payment
Pavetta, Calanthe and Roegner's daughter, is born
parvati, slave,

1238

Esterad Thyssen and Zuleyka of Talgar are married

talgar, pet dogs or prisoner

1239

The beginning of the Northern Wars, annexation of Ebbing, sub no, barbarians
Houvenaghel is born, anger, angel,
Adda the White is born

1240

Windhalm of Attre is born, moon people,

1241

The massacre in Lello, enacted by the witcher Brehen, takes place

subs chained

1242

The Brotherhood of Sorcerers employ the services of the jurists Codringher and
Jacob Fenn in discrediting the witness of a scandal known as "The Grain Scam"
Brotherhood of Sorcerers was the oldest organization of mages in the Northern
Kingdoms. Formed in the aftermath of the non-aggression pact established by the
Novigradian Union in the 8th century, it united and had control over most of the
magic users, magic academies like Aretuza or Ban Ard, and institutions, such as
Rissberg. It was led by the Chapter, which consisted of two main governing bodies
that guided magical practice for centuries before dissolving completely as a
consequence of the events that transpired during the Thanedd coup in 1267.

Contents

Governing Bodies
Prohibitions
Aftermath
References

Governing Bodies

The most distinguished practitioners of magical art first founded the Council of
Wizards to institute codified rules on the use of magic, but the creation of a new
hierarchy of order sparked a brief civil war, costing the life of Raffard the
White, who opposed its formation.

The Council was eventually split into two groups of 5 mages: the Chapter of the
Gift and the Art and the Council of Wizards, with the Chapter having the highest
hierarchy and the Council the lower, but the latter still wielded important
authority in the Brotherhood. The Council was established to aid the Brotherhood in
administering and regulating practitioners of magic. In particular, the Council
focused on magical experiments, research, and expanding magical knowledge.[1]
Prohibitions

The Brotherhood regulated and oversaw the use of magic, making sure that practices
such as demonology, necromancy, and Artefact compression (labeled "black magic")
were kept to a bare minimum, and the practitioners of such magics were given fair
and just sentences; these sentences usually being shackled in dimeritium for
several centuries. Individuals who ignored the ban used to be excluded from the
Brotherhood and were considered as renegades, e.g. Alzur or Idarran of Ulivo.
However, though all mages are equal before the law, some of them are actually "more
equal than others"; an open secret was commonly breaking the bans in Rissberg until
it came to light after the deaths of Grandmaster Ortolan and his favorite Sorel
Degerlund.
Aftermath

After the coup that essentially dissolved the Brotherhood, former Council member
Philippa Eilhart established the Lodge of Sorceresses. Unlike the Brotherhood, the
Lodge was female-only and included sorceresses from both the Northern Kingdoms and
the Nilfgaardian Empire.

1245

June-August - events of the Season of Storms novel (according to a year

mentioned in the in-novel letters, inconsistent with dates from the Saga)
Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, one of the few capable of hunting the monsters
that prey on humanity. A mutant who is tasked with killing unnatural beings. He
uses magical signs, potions, and the pride of every Witcher - two swords, steel and
silver.
But a contract has gone wrong, and Geralt finds himself without his signature
weapons. Now he needs them back, because sorcerers are scheming, and across the
world clouds are gathering.

1246

Roegner of Ebbing dies

1248

Angoulême is born
Hjalmar an Craite is born

1249

Carthia van Canten is born

1250

Shani is born

1251

Unknown time before Season of Storms, the short story "A Shard of Ice" takes
place
June-August - events of Season of Storms (calculation based on the rest of
books)
story opens with Geralt in a fetid sewer in Aedd Gynvael, fighting a zeugl. After
dispatching the beast, the witcher heads back to the inn where he and Yennefer have
been staying. She greets him with "You stink!" and demands that he bathe
immediately, in cold water. Once the witcher is sufficiently cleaned up, the
sorceress magically dumps the water from the bath out the window, outraging a
passerby. The two get to talking about the fact that Istredd has moved to town and
that Yennefer has been not only working with him, but also sleeping with him.
Geralt is quite obviously jealous of this.

That said, the witcher still has business to conclude and leaves to find Herbolth,
the alderman who hired him to kill the zeugl, and claim his reward. However, before
he can approach the alderman, he is stopped by Ivo Mirce aka "Cicada", a mercenary
who happens to be working as a bodyguard for the alderman. Mirce eyes the witcher's
sword enviously as he "confiscates" the weapon for reasons of security. The usual
formalities ensue with Herbolth cheating the witcher out of the previously agreed
sum.

After that business is concluded, Geralt heads over to Istredd's home. The mage
explains to the witcher that he loves Yennefer and wants to marry her. Geralt tries
to convince him that this is unwise because he and Yennefer are meant for each
other. The mage accuses him of being delusional and points out that witchers are
unable of human emotions, calling the witcher merely a toy for the sorceress.
Geralt is incensed and suggests that it is Istredd who is being used. It's clear
that the two cannot settle things by talking it through so they decide that they
should settle things with a duel although both men Agree that the idea of them
dueling for Yennefer is absurd.

Back at the inn, Yennefer and Geralt argue some more about their relationship and
about Yennefer and Istredd's relationship, but they resolve nothing.

Herbolth gets wind of this plan and tracks Geralt to the inn where the witcher is
now sulking and drinking. The alderman throws down a purse with the originally
agreed sum for the zeugl, and tells the witcher to take the money and get out of
town, now. He explains that the city cannot afford to find another mage and that
Istredd is far more useful to them than a witcher. He also explains that he can't
simply throw the witcher in a dungeon as Istredd would never agree to such a breach
of honour. Geralt suggests that the alderman pray for Istredd then and refuses to
change his plans and leave. The alderman is exasperated and tells the witcher that
they can go ahead and kill each other then, for all he cares.

After leaving the inn, Geralt is set upon by bandits, one of whom he recognizes
from a dark corner of the inn earlier. The would-be thieves soon discover that they
have chosen the wrong victim when one of them grabs the witcher's medallion. Geralt
decides to spend the night in the stables rather than go back to the inn and
Yennefer. During the night, he receives a message from the sorceress, delivered by
a bird.

The next morning, Geralt sets off for his appointment with Istredd but is once
again accosted by Cicada and his men. Mirce is intent on fighting the witcher, but
Geralt punches Mirce in the mouth, knocking him into a mud puddle. He then decides
to punch him again and finally finishes him off with a good swift kick. Ivo is left
humiliated and bleeding in the mud.

Geralt continues on his original path to meet the mage for their duel. He soon
learns that Istredd also received a message from Yennefer, by bird-messenger and
that his message was the same. The mage readies his sword, his chosen weapon rather
than using magic. Geralt sees that Istredd plans to intentionally lose the duel,
and his life, due to Yennefer's rejection. In light of this Geralt refuses to
fight, bids the mage good-bye and leaves.
1252

The short story "A Question of Price" takes place

story begins with Geralt being clean-shaven, washed and nicely clothed by the
servants and castellan Haxo of the royal family's castle in Cintra. Cintra's crown-
princess, Pavetta, has turned fifteen years old and, as is the custom, contenders
for her hand have turned up by the dozen. Geralt asks the castellan, Haxo, why he
was invited and is told that the queen very much wants to ensure that Cintra
becomes allied with Skellige and that a witchers services are likely required to
ensure this outcome.

Geralt, who is officially invited to the party as the honourable Lord Ravix of
Fourhorn, sits next to Queen Calanthe, yet has still not been told what the exact
reason is for his invitation. During dinner, he has a long discussion with the
queen about how she and other rulers see witchers, what she thinks their profession
is, and whether or not she has invited him for the right reasons. In fact, the
queen spends so much time conversing with the witcher that she begins to annoy one
of her guests, Eist Tuirseach. Geralt also notices that Mousesack is quite
interested in the conversation.

Otherwise the banquet proceeds much as expected with much general merriment.
Coodcoodak amusing the guests with his wide repertoire of animal impressions. The
younger Skelligers discussing military strategy and the music being supplied by
Drogodar and Draig Bon-Dhu. Eventually, Pavetta makes her appearance, but is
unusually quiet and reserved, barely looking up. She is clearly pleasing to the
gathering of potential suitors. Suddenly, there is a commotion outside the throne
room, and an uninvited guest is announced. The gathering hear the clanging of
armored footsteps approach, and finally a spiked-helmed knight who introduces
himself as Urcheon of Erlenwald appears. The queen insists that he remove his
helmet, but Urcheon explains that he cannot do so before midnight, due to a
knight's vow. Calanthe rather reluctantly allows him to keep his helmet and grants
him leave to speak. He then proceeds to explain that he has come to collect the
promised reward for saving King Roegner's life; by the Law of Surprise, princess
Pavetta has belonged to him from the day of her birth.

Geralt and Mousesack have been communicating silently throughout the banquet,
mostly through meaningful glances and the druids magical arrangements of
breadcrumbs, but both have noticed that something is afoot. The Force seems to be
slowly filling the room. Urcheon also seems to emanate the Force.

Although Queen Calanthe admits that what he says is true, she does not have any
intention of giving her daughter away to a stranger and there is general uproar
among the guests. A clock strikes midnight and the queen realizes that she has
another trick up her sleeve. She insists that Urcheon remove his helm. When he
does, everyone sees not the head and face of a man, but some hedgehog-like
creature, covered in spines with a muzzle full of fangs. The queen triumphantly
announces that for the Law of Surprise to be invoked, Pavetta herself must agree,
assuming that naturally the princess would not willingly choose to go off with some
monster.

When the queen asks princess Pavetta if she chooses to leave with the knight,
Calanthe is astounded when the princess answers yes. The queen collapses onto her
chair and a fight breaks out, with the guards and knights attacking Urcheon.
Several guests try to charge Urcheon pushing him backwards until he is pinned by
two guards. A force, The Force that Geralt and the druid Mousesack have already
felt for some time, explodes from princess Pavetta as she sees her lover being
attacked. As the guests fight, the princess' power grows and becomes very dangerous
to everyone. Furniture is flying in all directions, individuals are being thrown
about, it's pandemonium.

Geralt steps in to defend Urcheon, as does Eist, but Pavetta is out of control.
Both the witcher and the druid focus all of their energy on Pavetta, trying to
isolate her, but her power is too strong. Suddenly Coodcoodak lets loose what seems
like his entire repertoire of animal noises. This proves sufficient to distract the
princess and allow Geralt and Mousesack to get her back to her senses.

When the ruckus has calmed down, Urcheon, or Duny, and Pavetta explain the
situation. They have been seeing each other for over a year now, and have fallen in
love. Having calmed down, queen Calanthe agrees with their love, and their
forthcoming marriage. Eist Tuirseach, who came that night to chaperone the younger
suitors for the hand of princess Pavetta, ends up proposing to Queen Calanthe
(there are several references during the story to an existing history between the
two).

Thanking Geralt for saving his life earlier, Duny offers him whatever he asks for.
Geralt asks for "that which you already have but do not know", breaking the news to
everyone, including Duny and Pavetta, that the princess is pregnant. He asks that
their child be raised as a witcher. Contenders for the hand of princess Pavetta

Urcheon of Erlenwald (Duny)

Crach an Craite
Prince Windhalm of Attre, accompanied by Rainfarn, a knight
Tinglant, Fodcat and Wieldhill (sons of Lord Strept)
Duny and Pavetta, Ciri's parents are married
Eist Tuirseach and Calanthe are married

1253

Belleteyn (night between 30 April and 1 May) - Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen
Riannon of Cintra is born. She is better known as Ciri or the Lion Cub of Cintra

1255

Radovid V is born

1257

Calanthe breaks the engagement of Prince Windhalm of Attre and Ciri

Death of Pavetta and Duny at Sedna Abyss
Engagement of Prince Kistrin of Verden and Ciri
Emhyr var Emreis overthrows and executes the Usurper, taking again control of
the Imperial throne

1258

Akerspaark dies
Duke Raymund of Toussaint begins his reign of the duchy

1261

Dandelion travels to Toussaint and meets Duchess Anna Henrietta and the two
become romantically involved from Belleteyn to the summer solstice.

1262

The short story "The Sword of Destiny" takes place

While on his way to Brokilon to deliver a message to the queen of the dryads,
Eithné, from King Venzlav of Brugge, Geralt stumbles upon the body of a boy,
probably no more than fifteen. The boy has been killed by an obviously expertly
delivered arrow which can still be seen protruding from his skull.

Experience quickly makes it clear to the witcher what has happened: the boy had
obviously strayed into territory claimed by the dryads. Like others who had
suffered similar fates before, the scenario had likely been the same.

Warning shot. Human! Not one step further!

The boy, probably panicked, ran the wrong way, further into the dryad's domain
Another shot. This second shot, not a warning

A sad tale, too often repeated.

He hurries his pace, hoping to catch up with the people he has been following and
convince them to turn back. Too late. He finds a second body, an adult male, and
then a third. Then he hears a rustling noise. Locating its source, he discovers,
much to his surprise, Freixenet. Freixenet is in bad shape, but his only concern
seems to be that Geralt find "the princess".

As he tries to extract the large man from his hiding place, another arrow whizzes
by narrowly missing the witcher's own head, then more. They are surrounded by
dryads. Geralt realizes he has no choice but to surrender if there is any hope of
surviving the encounter. He explains the original purpose of his unannounced
arrival in Brokilon and manages to convince them that he must still speak with
Eithné. They agree to escort him the rest of the way, and assign one of their
ranks, Braenn to be his guide. He is immediately sent on his way and not permitted
to speak with Freixenet again nor told what will happen to the man.

Geralt and Braenn then set off through the forest, on their way to Duén Canell.
Along the way they come upon a giant centipede which seems to be threatening a
halfling. Springing into action, the witcher tackles the beast. With the help of
Braenn, they eventually dispatch the monster, only to realize that its intended
victim was no halfling, but a little human girl, no more than 10 years old, the
princess Cirilla of Cintra herself.

Realizing they cannot leave her there alone, the witcher and the dryad decide to
take her with them. It is during this latter part of their journey that Geralt and
Ciri get to know each other a little. It seems that Ciri had been sent to meet a
prospective suitor, prince Kistrin, son of king Ervyll of Verden, by her
grandmother, Calanthe. Ciri, however, had other ideas and ran away. Freixenet and
his unfortunate party had been trying to find her to bring her back when they were
ambushed by dryads.

Finally the trio arrive at the heart of Brokilon, Duén Canell, where they also find
Freixenet. Although still a prisoner, his wounds are being treated by the dryads
and he already seems a good deal better. The two men finally get a chance to speak
and Freixenet fills Geralt in on the rest of the details of Ciri's adventure so
far.

During the journey it has become increasingly clear that, this being Brokilon, Ciri
will likely never be permitted to leave. So now, in addition to his original
message, Geralt must now speak with Eithné about Ciri's fate as well. The queen of
the dryads is proud and determined, not to mention particularly unsympathetic
towards the humans who have relegated her people to one tiny patch of forest.

Ultimately, Eithné allows Ciri to choose her own fate and Ciri chooses the witcher.
The queen also decides to spare Freixenet on the basis that he is an acquaintance
of Geralt and that he did not have the intention of hunting dryads when he
trespassed into the forest. After all, dryads still need males to make new dryads,
so it seems that the large man will become a stud.

Back on his original route to Brugge, the witcher and his newest companion are
surrounded by what seem to be a group of Verden soldiers. One of the group explains
that what they have come upon is the scene of a dryad ambush of a merchant caravan.
But Geralt quickly notices that the evidence around him does not support the claims
being made by the "soldiers" and a fight ensues. Ciri manages to hide in a tree but
the witcher is hopelessly outnumbered. Luckily, and at the last minute, he is saved
by the arrival of Mousesack and some dryads.

The new party of three then continue on the road together as Geralt and Mousesack
catch up with each other's news. The witcher then leaves Ciri in the care of her
"uncle" Mousesack and continues on his way, much to the chagrin of the young girl.
Calanthe breaks the engagement of Prince Kistrin of Verden and Ciri

1263

Engagement of Prince Radovid V of Redania and Ciri

King Vizimir II breaks the engagement between the pair
The Nilfgaardian Empire invades the Northern Kingdoms, triggering the First
Northern War
The Battle of Marnadal, defeat of the Cintran Army and death of King Eist
Tuirseach
The Slaughter of Cintra - Queen Calanthe, Ciri's grandmother, commits
suicide rather than surrendering to the Nilfgaardians
First battle of Sodden
Battle of Sodden Hill

1264

The short story "Something More" takes place

story begins with a merchant, Yurga, alone on a crumbling bridge trying to fix the
wheel of his cart which has become stuck in the rotting planks of the bridge. Below
the bridge is a dry river bed covered in nettles and strewn with human remains, and
worse still, he can hear the sounds of a horse approaching. He quickly hides under
the tarp, hoping to escape detection. The horseman stops and seems to be aware that
someone is hiding in the cart and calls out that he means no harm. After some
reflection, Yurga decides to chance it and surfaces.

The horseman turns out to be a witcher; not just any witcher, but Geralt of Rivia
himself. The two men discuss the merchant's predicament. Geralt remarks that the
wagon is too big for the two of them to pull it free and asks if Yurga was
traveling alone. The merchant admits that he did have two traveling companions, his
servants Profit and Vell, who took flight leaving him to his own devices. Geralt
then suggests simply abandoning the cart and getting to safety before whatever was
responsible for the other bodies decides to make a feast of them, but Yurga won't
hear of it. That cart is worth a year's income (at least) to him and he's not about
to leave it. Geralt shrugs this off and makes to leave when Yurga begs him to help,
saying that he'll give him whatever he desires.

Those are the magic words, the invoking of the Law of Surprise. Things settled,
Geralt then suggests that Yurga get back in his cart and stay there quietly. He
then prepares for the battle to come, and come it does. While Geralt does prevail,
he is left gravely wounded and collapses after the fight. Yurga's servants return
and help the merchant load the witcher onto the cart. Yurga, it turns out, is a
good man and he undertakes to get the witcher to a healer. The rest of the story
takes place as Geralt drifts in and out of consciousness on the road back to
Yurga's house in Sodden.
He dreams of Yennefer and their last meeting during the Belleteyn holiday.

They cross the Trava and Geralt regains consciousness long enough for Yurga to
explain that they are now out of Temeria and into Sodden. The witcher asks the
merchant to hand him one of his potions, which he takes and slips back into
unconsciousness. He dreams of the first time he returned to Cintra to claim Ciri,
his surprise child from Duny and Pavetta. At first, Geralt does not know the gender
of the child and assumes it is a boy. He asks Mousesack which of the gang of
playing children is the one, but the druid tells him that Calanthe has forbidden
him from telling the witcher. She doesn't want to give Ciri to the witchers and is
making things as difficult as possible. The druid also reveals that Calanthe had
hired him after the child was born to kill the witcher. At the last moment, she
cancelled the plan without any explanation, but Mousesack admits that he would have
done her bidding, or at least tried.

Geralt and Calanthe meet and have a protracted discussion about the Law of Surprise
and whether or not she will give up the child, but in the end, the witcher explains
that he doesn't believe in destiny. It's not enough, there must be something more.
He tells the queen that he has no intention of taking Pavetta and Duny's son (as he
still doesn't know that they had a daughter). They also discuss witchers and the
trials as well as how Geralt himself became a witcher. Here we are told that
Mousesack's assertions that Geralt was a surprise child are just stories, that
Geralt was abandoned to the witchers by his mother, a sorceress.

The next scene opens at night as Geralt wakes up to find himself being treated by a
sorceress and healer, Visenna. Up until this point, he had always wondered if he
would ever cross paths with the woman who gave him up to the witchers. He had
thought about her from time to time over the years contemplating what he would tell
to her, what question he would ask should they ever meet. He assumed it would cause
some twisted pleasure to him. Now that the meeting has happened, he's too tired and
weak and plans to look her in the eyes and ask his question the next day in the
daylight. However Visenna steers Geralt to rest stating he won't want that anymore
when he's awake again. By asking rhetorical questions she further dismisses the
idea of doing what he plans as it won't change anything. As she finally says a
goodbye, Geralt tries to resist her soothing activity and prevent her from
disappearing again, but fails.

In the following scene Geralt and Yurga hold a conversation about the aftermath of
the second battle of Sodden, Visenna's self-sacrifice while Geralt was unconscious
and the locals' feelings towards mages, which stem from the experienced battle and
its outcome. When Yurga mentions the number of the fallen mages, Geralt shows signs
of instability. Enumerating the mages name by name makes Geralt stop his companion.

Some time after we have Geralt climbing up the Sodden hill towards an obelisk
erected there, to read himself the names carved on it. Reading from top down
reminiscing about the individuals, three names remain to be read and a rustle
interrupts him. A blond haired lady passes by, radiating cold. She kneels down in
front of the obelisk covering so the last name of a mage. They talk, he realizes
who she is following him all the time. He is tired and peacefully asks about how it
happens. She describes her duty. Geralt states he's been afraid of her, but he is
not anymore. His appearance tells otherwise though. She challenges him to hear the
last name, he says it himself and asks her to do her duty. She declines for today.
He states she's taken all from him, but she interrupts him saying she doesn't take
anything but hands to hold and accompany those alone, in a mist, which is what
everything around fades to.

Yurga wakes Geralt up wondering why the witcher went up there, when he could have
been told everything by Yurga. Geralt tests Yurga's memory by asking for the last
name of the mage, it turnes out not to be who Geralt has thought. The scene ends by
Geralt glancing at all the names on the menhir answering Yurga's question whether
Geralt knew the last mage.

The journey continues, and while a good deal better, the witcher is still not out
of the woods health-wise. Geralt continues to spend much of the trip resting. When
they finally arrive in Sodden. Yurga proceeds to explain that it is more than just
unlikely that the witcher will find what he asked for as a reward when they
ultimately get there. He and his wife are well past their child-bearing years, so a
new family addition is far from likely. They do, however, have two strong, bright
sons and having one of them train to be a witcher would not be so bad. Geralt
insists that for all the medical care and transportation that the merchant has
provided, they are now even and that no further reward is required, but again Yurga
proves obstinate and insists.

Just as the river Yaruga comes into view, Geralt slips into one final dream about
the same crossing. In the dream, the witcher sees what looks like pandemonium on
the banks. The crossing is the scene of quite a commotion as soldiers retreating
from the Nilfgaardian assault are preventing peasants who are also trying to flee
from crossing the river. The soldiers are intent on getting themselves across and
then preventing the Nilfgaardians from following. They tell the peasants to get out
their axes and build a raft if they want to cross, the ferry is the army's.

Amidst the furor, Geralt spies Dandelion who has apparently been abandoned along
with a cartful of chickens and geese in cages. Geralt calls the bard over and helps
him onto his horse and the two catch up on news, but the news is particularly bad.
It seems that Cintra, the witcher's original destination on this trip, has been
completely overrun by the enemy army and sacked. Worse still, it appears that the
entire royal family was either massacred or chose to kill themselves rather than
surrender. Calanthe is dead, and most likely Ciri. Since it appears that there is
no longer any point to trying to reach Cintra, Geralt decides to join Dandelion and
try to find a new crossing.

As they finally near the merchant's home, his wife, Złotolitka, comes running out
to meet him, clearly thrilled that he has returned safe and sound. She does have a
concern though. While he was away, she took in an extra child, a girl who had been
orphaned. Surprise! And now she's worried that Yurga will be angry at having
another mouth to feed. It does not take long for the children to come back and
among them is a certain ash blonde haired girl with green eyes, Ciri. Geralt and
Ciri run to each other and embrace like father and daughter. Ciri says, "It's just
like they predicted, Geralt! Like they predicted... I'm your destiny? Say it! I'm
your destiny?" In reply Geralt says, "You're more than that, Ciri. Much more."

1265

Ebbing confederation insurrection takes place

Duke Raymund of Toussaint dies, his wife Duchess Anna Henrietta takes over

1267

Major events in Blood of Elves, slave by blood and birth

Summary

The Empire of Nilfgaard attacks the Kingdom of Cintra. Queen Calanthe commits
suicide and her granddaughter, Cirilla, called Ciri and nicknamed the "Lion Cub of
Cintra" manages to flee from the burning capital city. Emhyr var Emreis, Emperor of
Nilfgaard, sends his spies to find her. He knows that this young girl has great
importance, not only because of her royal blood, but also because of her magical
potential and elven blood in her veins.

The girl is being protected by Geralt of Rivia, a witcher - a magically and

genetically mutated monster slayer for hire, who takes her to the witchers' keep -
Kaer Morhen. There, Ciri is being taught by the other witchers, including old
Vesemir, Coën, Eskel and Lambert. She learns about monsters and how to fight them.
She is taught to fight with a sword in the witcher style. But during her
"education", the sorceress Triss Merigold comes to Kaer Morhen. She is called by
Geralt to help with occasional strange and abnormal behavior he has seen in Ciri.
Triss realises that Ciri is a Source. She acknowledges that she does not have the
power to control Ciri's talent, and advises Geralt to swallow his pride and seek
help with Yennefer, a more experienced sorceress and his former lover.

At the same time, a mysterious wizard called Rience is looking for the girl. He is
a servant of a more powerful mage, who remains unknown. He captures Geralt's
friend, Dandelion the bard, and tortures him for information about Ciri. Dandelion
is saved by the timely arrival of Yennefer, who engages in a short magic combat
with Rience. Rience manages to escape through a portal opened by his master, but
left with a prominent facial scar from Yennefer's spell.

In the spring, Geralt leaves Kaer Morhen with Triss and Ciri, intending to deliver
Ciri to the Temple School in Ellander where she would receive a "normal" education
from Nenneke. On the way, Triss falls ill, and they join Yarpen Zigrin's dwarven
company who is guarding a caravan for King Henselt. Geralt tells Ciri about the
roses of Aelirenn, an elf who died leading the elven youths to fight the humans.
The caravan is attacked by the Scoia'tael, and it is revealed that the escort
mission was a trap set by the kings who doubted Yarpen's loyalty.

Meanwhile, in Hagge Castle in the Pontar Valley, Vizimir II, Demavend, Henselt,
Foltest, and Meve meet in secret to discuss the Nilfgaard army who are camped on
the bank of the Yaruga river. It is concluded that Ciri must be found and killed
"for matters of State" and none of the others in the room speak out against this;
resolving to instead remain silent in agreement.

A while later, Menno Coehoorn informs Emhyr of this secret meeting of kings in
Hagge castle. Amongst other things, Emhyr tells the governor to inform the Chapter
of this meeting and that orders are to be sent to Rience to have him quietly
assassinate Geralt, hide, and wait for further instructions. However, he was
explicitly not to harm Yennefer.

Later at Ellander, Ciri thinks she is dreaming, but sees Geralt and his party on
their way to find Rience but wakes to hear Nenneke scolding Yennefer for the way
she interacts with Ciri. Her stay is still haunted by disturbing dreams until the
arrival of Yennefer, who starts educating her in the ways of magic. From an initial
antagonism, their relationship develops into a strong and deep bond, like that of a
mother and daughter.

Meanwhile, Geralt does his best to track Rience and his mysterious employer. With
the help of Dandelion and Shani, he forces a confrontation with Rience, during
which both are injured. Rience's master intervenes again, opening a portal for him,
and Geralt is prevented from pursuing the mage by Philippa Eilhart, who also kills
the last surviving of the Michelet brothers so as not to provide Geralt any source
of information which might eventually reveal the mysterious mage. Eilhart then
leaves behind a wounded Geralt.

Yennefer became Ciri's mentor and teacher. As they are about to leave the Temple
School in Ellander, Yennefer asks Ciri whether she didn't like her at first,
leading to a series of flashbacks detailing Ciri's studies with Yennefer from the
day they were introduced and back to the present as they are about to leave the
Temple. And Ciri responds by admitting the she didn't like her at first, but it
quickly changed, they both bonded together, afterwards they leave.

Time of Contempt
story begins where Blood of Elves left off, essentially with Ciri and Yennefer
having just left the Temple in Ellander, on their way to Gors Velen, and ultimately
Thanedd Island. It is Yennefer's intention that Ciri be enrolled at Aretuza and
that she continue her instruction in the use and mastery of magic.

Once they arrive in Gors Velen, Yennefer goes to see her old friend Giancardi
Molnar, a dwarven banker. The latter informs the sorceress that her financial
movements are being tracked, something Yennefer already suspected, but he arranges
an essentially unlimited line of credit for her and makes several financial
transfers to cover expenses for Ciri's education. He and Yennefer also agree to
allow Ciri to see the sights, escorted by one of Molnar's faithful employees, Fabio
Sachs.

While on their excursion, things get quickly out of hand after a Wyvern being held
as a sideshow breaks free of its cage, and Ciri uses a magical amulet given to her
by Yennefer in case of emergency. Because those who understand magic can sense when
magic is being used, Ciri is noticed by two sorceresses. She is mistaken for one of
about a dozen students who have recently "escaped" from Aretuza in the kerfuffle
leading up to the mages' conference being held there. She is apprehended by no less
than the former and current headmistresses of the academy, Tissaia de Vries and
Margarita (Rita) Laux-Antille. At first, the sorceresses do not believe Ciri's
story, but ultimately, the girl and Fabio manage to convince the headmistresses to
check out their story at the bank and things are quickly confirmed by Yennefer and
Giancardi. The three sorceresses then decide to discuss events over at the Silver
Heron, taking Ciri with them and leaving poor Fabio to deal with his employer.

At the inn, Tissaia and Rita have rented the entire cellar which is actually a bath
house and the four "ladies" retire there to relax and chat. It seems that both Rita
and Tissaia, but especially Rita have every intention of getting good and drunk and
Ciri is dispatched to refill their caraff of wine not very long after it arrives.

While getting the refreshments, Ciri notices a mercenary (Rayla) who orders the
innkeeper to open a back door for her — a door which leads directly to the outer
walls of the city, bypassing the usual gates and guards. On her second trip to
refill the caraff, Ciri uses her new found knowledge and runs away to see Geralt
whom she has been told is at Hirundum, not far from Gors Velen. Yennefer, luckily
is not far behind. Ciri's flight does, however, provide Geralt and Yennefer with an
opportunity to meet up again and to patch things in their relationship before the
three set off for Thanedd Island together.

On the island, things are in a tizzy. The girls have been temporarily moved from
their usual accommodation within Aretuza to Loxia, the lowest level of the complex
as the school itself is being used to accommodate the visiting sorcerers and
sorceresses. That evening, Yennefer takes Geralt as her date to the reception,
leaving Ciri in her room and ensuring that there is no second flight with magic.

At the reception, Geralt meets quite a few interesting individuals, but in

particular he meets Vilgefortz for the first time. The mage is considered very
young (which of course is anything less than 100 years to mages, but he looks more
like 35), he is also considered to be particularly talented, but as Geralt finds
out, his road to becoming a mage was not exactly the usual route. The wizard was
abandoned as a baby and taken in and raised by druids. It was only as an adult that
he became a mage. A point he underlines with some emphasis to the witcher. He even
goes so far as to try to encourage Geralt to become a mage himself, but the witcher
refuses.

Dijkstra also tries to recruit the witcher to no avail.

After the reception, Yennefer and Geralt retire to their room and re-connect on a
more intimate level. After a very fruitful reunion and a bit of sleep, the witcher
is awakened by an urge to urinate, but in deference to his hosts, decides against
relieving himself in the flower pots outside the window and decides to find the
courtyard. This is when he stumbles upon the coup, already taking place. Philippa
Eilhart and Dijkstra, a sorceress and spy working for the King of Redania,
organizes the coup and plans to reveal the mages working for Emperor Emhyr var
Emreis of Nilfgaard.

In the ensuing confusion we find out that Yennefer had brought Ciri before the
Chapter on the request of Tissaia and the girl begins to prophesize. Ciri reveals
the asssasination of the King of Redania the night before and that Demavend, king
of Aedirn has preemptively started an attack on Nilfgaard. The Northern Kings'
interest in waging war against the scoia'tael combined with Ciri's revelations
infuriates Tissaia, who is against such violence. She inactivates the barrier of
casting spells in the school and sides with Vilgefortz in the matter, leading to a
deadly battle among mages.

In the meantime Geralt escapes from Dijkstra and rushes in to save Yennefer and
Ciri at the school. In the ensuring chaos Yennefer and Geralt fight the invading
scoi'tael supporting Vilgefortz, while Ciri flees from the scene. The Black Rider
plaguing Ciri's dreams turns out to be a Nilfgaardian soldier that tried to escort
Ciri out of Cintra to safety. Geralt finally faces Vilgefortz, who makes him an
offer to join him to his side under Emperor Emhyr var Emreis. Geralt refuses and a
fight ensues in which Geralt is soundly defeated. Tissaia finally realizes her
mistake and along with Triss Merigold's help, takes Geralt to safety.

Emperor Emhyr var Emreis wanted the Chapter of Mages to be broken apart since the
sorcerers and mages were the reason for his loss at the battle of Sodden Hill. The
break up of the Chapter and the incoming war breaks Tissaia and she commits
suicide. Soon after the events at Thanedd Island, a full blown war erupts with
Nilfgaard advancing to the north. King Demavend escapes to Redania while Aedirn,
Rivia, and Vengerberg soundly falls to Emhyr's grasps. King Foltest of Temeria
forms a deal with Emhyr and avoids war on Temeria at the moment. In the meantime
Emhyr manages to find a fake Ciri and publically announces his plans to marry her,
thus appearing as the rightful king to Cintra.

Ciri escapes via a portal in Tor Lara, also known as the Gulls' Tower, during
Geralt's fight with Vilgefortz. She awakens in Korath desert known to many as the
'frying pan' and barely manages to stay alive, thanks to the help of a unicorn,
whom she names "Little Horse". When pushed for survival, she relies on her magical
abilities involving fire, which invokes more nightmares and hallucinations that
forcefully entices her to take revenge on those who abandoned her, which leaves her
scarred and promising herself to avoid fire as a source of power.

After escaping the desert, she is captured by bounty hunters of Nilfgaard and
manages to escape from them with the help of bandits known as the Rats. She feels
safe and gains a sense of belonging among the group as the members faced a similar
harsh reality of being abandoned during the times of contempt. Through her skills
she learned in Kaer Morhen she impresses the group, which gains her the name Falka.
The book also expands on Ciri's prophecy as the bearer of Elder Blood, where it is
revealed that she holds great power and her son will herald a new age, following
the destruction of the old.

Baptism of Fire, forced baptism, forced to be sub or pet

 Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

The motto was, for some unknown reason, omitted from some translations of the book,
including the English and French translation.
Summary

Geralt recovers in Brokilon forest after the Thanedd incident, but he is intent on
leaving as quickly as possible and continuing on his path to find Ciri. In
Brokilon, he meets a young woman who will follow him on his journey towards
Nilfgaard. Meanwhile, Ciri has settled into a life with some people elsewhere whom
she finally can call her friends. The witcher, accompanied by Dandelion and the
young woman he meets in Brokilon, undertake a dangerous journey, meeting new people
along the way and discovering the truth about the mysterious Black Rider who has
been plaguing Ciri's dreams. One of the new friends they make along the way turns
out to be rather interesting...

While recovering in Brokilon from his injuries sustained during the Thanedd coup,
Geralt meets Milva, a hunter and expert archer. Her mastery of the bow is
unequalled. Despite not particularly liking the convalescing witcher, she decides
to follow Geralt, who is accompanied by Dandelion, on his way towards Nilfgaard and
hopefully, Ciri. The journey is not easy, the war is encroaching seemingly from all
directions and nearly every city is ablaze.

Along their journey they meet a group of dwarves led by one Zoltan Chivay. As it
seems they are all going in the same direction, Geralt's party joins the group who
are also shepherding some refugee women and children.

At several points in their journey, Geralt and his companions come across Cahir,
the erstwhile "Black Rider" that plagued Ciri's dreams. Initially, the knight is
being transported as a prisoner by some hawkers, when Geralt spares his life for
the second time. However, the witcher wants nothing to do with the young
Nilfgaardian and leaves him to his own devices, Cahir is ever persistent and
continues to shadow the witcher and his entourage. Eventually, through Milva's
intervention, the young knight comes to join the group.

Finally, the troupe is joined by Regis, a vampire, some might say "monster", who
rather surprisingly becomes the monster hunter's good friend. Regis proves
invaluable for his medical skills.

As the group travels east, they are inevitably caught between the warring factions
which leads them into the thick of the Battle for the Bridge on the Yaruga where
the group is pivotal in queen Meve's victory. Geralt had previously named himself
"Geralt of Rivia" for credibility sake, however, it is shortly after this battle
that Geralt is coincidentally knighted by the queen and officially becomes "Geralt
of Rivia".

Meanwhile, Ciri has settled into life with a party of young rebels who call
themselves the Rats and has become known as "Falka". With the Rats, she experiences
killing on quite a regular basis, but also forms a strong bond with Mistle. Killing
ultimately becomes an obsession for the former princess.

Another background story revolves around the formation of the Lodge of Sorceresses.
It turns out that Francesca Findabair managed to capture and compress Yennefer into
a jade figurine following the events at Thanedd Island. It appears that the Lodge
is very keen on using Ciri to their advantage in controlling the politics and
prioritizing magic, which leads them to indirectly force Yennefer into joining
their group. One Nilfgaardian sorceress, Fringilla Vigo, manages to help Yennefer
escape from one of the Lodge meetings to rescue Ciri.

Vizimir II, Meve, Foltest, Demavend, and Henselt meet secretly at Hagge
Cintra rebellion takes place. Windhalm of Attre is executed in Cintra.
July - Thanedd coup; Nilfgaardian Empire invades Dol Angra valley; Second
Northern War begins
Attre rebellion start
5th August - the Lodge of Sorceresses is formed by Philippa Eilhart and
conspires to wed Ciri to Tankred Thyssen of Kovir in order to create a country
ruled by magic, eventually hoping to eclipse Nilfgaard in might

The Lodge of Sorceresses arose from the ruins of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers after
the incident on Thanedd Island essentially killed the older order among mages. It
was a secret organization composed entirely of female mages and even referred to as
a sisterhood due to no men being invited, as the sorceresses saw men as too
incompetent to handle governing areas of magic

witches?? female witchers

benejesseret? bondage

31st August - The Battle for the Bridge on the Yaruga takes place.
9th September - The Rats confront Leo Bonhart in the village of Jealousy and
are killed in combat.
27th September - Vysogota of Corvo discovers the wounded Ciri and takes her
back to his cottage to recuperate.
31st October - On Saovine Eve, Ciri kills several members of Stefan Skellen's
gang in a tavern in Dun Dare. In his cottage, Vysogota passes away.
November - Ciri kills several members of Stefan Skellen's gang, including
Rience on Tarn Mira. Ciri escapes from Bonhart by entering Tor Zireael.

1268

Major events in The Lady of the Lake take place

After walking through the portal in Tor Zireael while narrowly escaping death, Ciri
finds herself in a completely different world... an Elven world. She is trapped
there with no apparent way out. Time does not seem to exist and there are no
obvious borders or portals to cross back into her home world.

But this is Ciri, the child of prophecy, and she will not be defeated. She knows
she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher, Geralt, and his companions - and
also to try to conquer her worst nightmare. Leo Bonhart, the man who chased,
wounded and tortured Ciri, is still on her trail. And the world is still at war.

The story opens with Ciri bathing in a pond in an unknown world. As she does so,
Sir Galahad of the Arthurian legend stumbles upon her. After mistaking her for the
fabled Lady of the Lake, they talk and Ciri recounts her story.

The story cuts to a point in time that takes place after the story, where a young
maiden, Condwiramurs, meets the Lady of the Lake, Nimue, to study the legend of
Geralt and Ciri. They do so through intense study of the pictures portraying the
characters and events from the story, to guide dreams. Eventually Condwiramurs
starts to dream of the events at the behest of the Lady of the Lake. Her first
dream is that of Stefan Skellen and Leo Bonhart, who are revealed to be working for
Vilgefortz and have imprisoned Yennefer.

The dream ends and a new dream starts, this time dealing with the adventures of
Geralt. Geralt has been completing monster contracts in the Beauclair city of
Toussaint while the rest of the group, Dandelion, Regis, Milva, Angouleme, and
Cahir, have been exploring and relaxing. Geralt eventually starts a relationship
with the castle sorceress, Fringilla. Fringilla is one of the select members of the
Lodge, a secret group of sorceresses that wish to control the political world, and
is assigned to delay Geralt from seeking out Yennefer and Ciri. Geralt eventually
receives a contract to investigate and potentially kill several monsters which live
in an abandoned castle near the city of Touissant. While accomplishing the task, he
overhears Skellen, Bonhart, and several other associates talk about where
Vilgefortz and Yennefer are located and how Ciri is missing. Geralt rushes back to
Touissant in order to gather his group and leave to save Yennefer.

Ciri is shown to have arrived in a foreign world after entering the portal at the
Tower of the Swallow. This world appears to be ruled by elves, whom live in peace
except for occasional fights with the unicorns. She meets with several elves,
notably Avallac'h and Eredin Bréacc Glas, who is the leader of a cavalry unit
called Dearg Ruadhri and reveals that the unicorns have become restless since she
entered their world. She is told she must bear the child of their king, Auberon,
who appears to be addicted to fisstech and is emotionally cold. Despite her
disgruntlement with the situation, she agrees. After several fruitless nights, she
confronts the other elves of the castle and demands that she be let go, as it
appears their king is not interested in her, and that she wants to return to her
friends. She is told that time happens differently in this world, and that once her
task is accomplished she will be returned to her time. Eventually Eredin confronts
her, giving her a vial and hinting that she should poison Auberon.

In a bout of frustration, she rides her horse, Kelpie, as far away as possible from
the castle, despite the warnings that barriers prevent her from leaving the place.
As she is riding she is cornered by several unicorns, who threaten to kill her,
fearing her power. She is spared, as one of the unicorns, Ihuarraquax, recognizes
her as saving him from death earlier. The unicorns then reveal how she can bypass
the barriers. She finds Auberon dead from overdose and then steals a boat for
herself and Kelpie, which is revealed to be the only way to pass the barriers. She
is confronted by Eredin Breacc Glas, whom is enraged by Auberon's death and tries
to leave abruptly. A brief battle ensues, in which she injures Eredin and escapes
to find Ihuarraquax and co. waiting for her. Eredin and his riders soon find her,
and a battle between the Dearg Ruadhri and the unicorns ensues. Ciri, in the midst
of chaos, teleports out of the world with the assistance of Ihuarraquax.

The story now follows Jarre, a monk that chooses to join the army which has formed
due to the alliance between all of the Northern Kingdoms to repel the invading
Nilfgaardian army. He meets up with several individuals, including characters seen
earlier in the story, and joins a unit called the PFI, or "Poor Fucking Infantry."

Ciri's story continues, where she is jumping between worlds and times in order to
find her own, still running from Eredin and the Dearg Ruadhri. She briefly appears
before the Lady of the Lake and Condwiramurs, who point the way and wish her luck
on her journey as she leaves soon after.

We continue with Jarre, where the armies of the Northern alliance and Nilfgaard
have collided in a valley near the town of Brenna. The battle lasts hours,
teetering the brink of victory and defeat several times. Elven units, led by
Yaevinn, attack the flanks of the Northern army, go so far as to slaughter the
injured in medical tents. As the Northern army finally starts to rout, a contingent
of Redanian cavalry charge over a hill that was not scouted properly by the elves.
This causes panic amongst the Nilfgaardian forces, which soon panic and are
abruptly slaughtered. The commander of the Nilfgaardians, Coehoorn, is killed in an
attempted escape. The battle is referred to as the Miracle at Brenna soon after.
The Northern alliance soon push all Nilfgaardian forces south of the Yaruga, which
served as the border, and a ceasefire is declared in order to make peace.

Ciri is soon revealed to have gone to Vilgefortz's castle in order to save Yennefer
herself, unable to find Geralt and knowing that Yennefer would die without her
help. Ciri asks that Yennefer be released in exchange for herself, but Vilgefortz
laughs and imprisons her anyway. Geralt arrives at the castle quickly after Ciri,
not knowing that Ciri arrived earlier. Geralt and co. storm the castle, killing
many of Skellen's men before Milva eventually dies. Geralt and Regis go to find
Yennefer, whereas Cahir and Angouleme go to save Ciri once they learn she is here.
Yennefer is saved by Geralt, who indiscriminately kills to save her. Bonhart frees
Ciri, desiring to kill her in a fair fight. Ciri flees, and encounters Cahir, who
fights Bonhart himself to save Ciri. Cahir is killed outright, and soon after
Angouleme dies in the same manner. Ciri and Bonhart soon fight, with Ciri finally
winning using the environment to her advantage. Ciri takes the three witcher
medallions that Bonhart claimed to have taken off the corpses of witchers
previously. Ciri runs to find Geralt and Yennefer.

Meanwhile, Geralt, Regis, and Yennefer seek and fight Vilgefortz. Regis is
obliterated in the fight, turning into a molten mass of dust. Geralt and Vilgefortz
fight, with Geralt being victorious. Ciri eventually finds Geralt and Yennefer, who
chose to go outside. On their way to the courtyard, they kill more of Skellen's
men. As they reach the courtyard, they find the Emperor of Nilfgaard's men taking
the castle and imprisoning any remaining men. The Emperor is revealed to be a long-
lost acquaintance of Geralt: Duny, Ciri's father. He plans to marry her so they can
have a powerful child. Geralt and Yennefer are told to commit suicide while Ciri
will be taken to the capital of Nilfgaard to be married to the Emperor. Geralt,
without much of a choice, accepts, and Yennefer and Geralt take a bath together,
with a dagger left in the room. In the courtyard, Duny sees Ciri, and regrets his
plan. Without revealing their relationship, he kisses her forehead and lets her go
free. She goes back and finds Geralt and Yenneger, saying that the Emperor's men
left without a word. The three depart, with Ciri leading the way to all of the
places during her adventures earlier in the story. They eventually return to
Touissant, and save Dandelion from being executed. The four now split into two
groups, Dandelion and Geralt heading to Rivia and Ciri and Yennefer going to meet
with the sorceresses' Lodge.

During Geralt's time in Rivia, a riot erupts, in which humans are killing non-
humans indiscriminately. He meets a couple of his dwarven friends in a pub, but
when they are targeted by the mob he enters the fray and kills several individuals
before being impaled by a pitchfork. Ciri, Yennefer, and Triss Merigold arrive in
Rivia shortly after the rioting starts, and they eventually find Geralt on the
verge of death. Yennefer attempts to use all of her magical strength to revive him,
then passes out beside the witcher. Ihuarraquax shortly appears and channels her
power through Ciri to heal Geralt and Yennefer. Ciri sends her trusted mare,
Kelpie, with Ihuarraquax to their world. The rioting moves away from the area, and
Ciri brings their bodies out onto a boat on a nearby lake. While Triss, Dandelion,
and their dwarven friends say their goodbyes, Ciri takes off into the lake which
erupts into a light and the three disappear.

Ciri ends recounting her tale to Galahad, who has been listening intently the
entire time. Ciri says she "could" claim that the tale ends with Geralt and
Yennefer waking in an unknown location, comforting each other; that they marry, and
that a celebration ensued between all the different dead and alive characters of
the saga.

Galahad eventually invites her to the court at Camelot, which she accepts. The saga
ends with Ciri and Galahad riding side by side, holding hands.
Red comet, first week of March
March - Battle of Brenna takes place
The Second Northern War ends
Assault on Stygga Castle
2nd April - Peace of Cintra – a peace settlement treaty ending the Nilfgaard
wars, is signed
Execution of Vrihedd Brigade officers
6 or 7 June – the Rivian Pogrom, Geralt of Rivia is apparently killed by an
angry peasant mob, his body is never found. Yennefer of Vengerberg appears to die
trying to heal him. The pair were taken by Ciri to a pocket dimension and left
there to heal and live their lives in peace.
22nd September - Joanna Selborne appears before imperial officials in the High
Tribunal of the Eternal Empire and testifies regarding the events of the previous
year.
First outbreak of plague
Attre rebellion ends

1269

In Maribor, Milo "Rusty" Vanderbeck contracts the plague and passes away in the
arms of Iola the Second. Four days later, she passes away from the plague alone.

1272

Second outbreak of the Catriona plague

Beginning of the witch hunts
The witch hunts were a series of bloody events lasting from 1272 to 1276,[1] during
which a number of sorcerers and sorceresses, including the Lodge and other magic
organizations, as well as other allegedly "objectionable" mages, were killed. Most
victims were impaled, burned at the stake, or tortured to death during the
interrogations. This was accompanied by the destruction of sorceresses' images,
carried out very diligently and thoroughly within the Nilfgaardian Empire.[2] In
the Northern Kingdoms, the hunts went hand in hand with nonhuman persecutions and,
if they managed to catch any, fanatical doppler hunts.[3]

According to the Encyclopaedia Maxima Mundi, a Nilfgaardian tome full of

propaganda, the hunts started over a passage from the Ithlinne's Prophecy about The
Destroyer being wrongly interpreted.[1] However, the truth is that they were
provoked by zealous clergy with Archpriest Willemer, who purposefully incited hate
towards magic, in charge.[2] Led by Hierarch Cyrus Engelkind Hemmelfart, the Church
of the Eternal Fire in Novigrad wasted no time. At first, it sent the Order of the
Flaming Rose but later formed the witch hunters. Many rulers of the time like Emhyr
var Emreis and Radovid V were not fond of mages and did nothing to stop the hunts,
occasionally using them for their goals instead.

During the 14th and 15th centuries, this period and the Northern Wars were labelled
as a Dark Age by the academies. The Lodge was rehabilitated, remembered as "the
Great Lodge", and its deceased members elevated into sainthood and martyrdom.[2]
You'll make a mistake one day. One day, one of you will make a mistake. Your
vainglory, arrogance and hubris will be your undoing. And your scheming. Your
immorality. The baseness and perversion you give yourselves unto, in which you
live. It will come to light. The stench of your sins will spread when you make a
mistake. Such a moment has to come.
And even if you don't make a mistake, an opportunity will arise to blame you for
something. Some misfortune, some disaster, some pestilence, perhaps a plague or an
epidemic, will fall on humanity... Then your guilt will descend on you. You will
not be blamed for having been unable to prevent the plague, but for being unable to
remove its effects. You shall be to blame for everything.
And then fires will be lit under stakes.
Willemer, The Lady of the Lake, pg. 446
Victims

Mages

Assire var Anahid

Sheala de Tancarville
Philippa Eilhart
Margarita Laux-Antille (tortured, but not killed)
Sabrina Glevissig
Fringilla Vigo
Lucretia Vigo
Felicia Cori[3]
Keira Metz (optionally)[3]
Arthur de Vleester[3]
Aeramas[3]

Others

An unnamed doppler impersonator of Chappelle[3]

Kalkstein[3]
The Pellar (optionally)[3]
Carlo Varese (optionally)[3]

1276

The end of the witch hunts

1290

Peter Evertsen is promoted to imperial treasurer of the crown

1294

Third outbreak of plague

End of the thirteenth century

Beginning of climate change

1301

Peter Evertsen is falsely accused of misappropriation of imperial funds, found

guilty, imprisoned and executed at Winneburg Castle
Morvran Voorhis ceases being Emperor of Nilfgaard
Jan Calveit becomes Emperor of Nilfgaard
Jan Calveit appoints Houvenaghel burgrave and director of mines in Venendal and
as reward for services rendered gives him the office of mayor of Neveugen
Houvenaghel dies

1309

Start of the War of the Two Unicorns, male unicorns and female, between
unknown combatants. They could be two scions of the Unicorn dynasty in Kaedwen
because the unicorn was its emblem.

1318

End of the War of the Two Unicorns

1328

Emperor Jan Calveit posthumously rehabilitates Peter Evertsen

1331

Death of Stella Congreve

1340

Death of Shani

1350

the Haak invasion, rumored to have been predicted by Ithlinne

1373

Prior this year, the majority of Aen Seidhe has left the world through Ard
Gaeth, taking with them most of their art and destroying what couldn't be taken
Young Nimue verch Wledyr ap Gwyn travels to Aretuza
An unnamed white-haired witcher kills one of the last idrs in Magpie Forest

1432

Flourens Delannoy is born

1460

Flourens Delannoy becomes librarian and secretary to the imperial court

1476

Delannoy becomes a professor at the academy at Castel Graupian

1510

Flourens Delannoy dies

Distant future

A few ages after Northern Wars Nimue and Condwiramurs Tilly cooperate to fill
missing links in story of Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer.
Archeologists from the University of Castel Graupian discover Dandelion's lost
first writings of Half a Century of Poetry in Beauclair. Estimations from professor
Schliemann correctly place the manuscript as a 13th century relic, belonging to the
Dark Ages.
15 years old Ciri visits the future of her world while escaping the Wild Hunt
with Ihuarraquax. Wandering around what seems to be a petrol-smelling asphalt road
and a garbage dump, she is disgusted and after learning from the unicorn that this
is her world, she is horrified and hopes it is the distant past, not the future
that awaits.
 Approximately 3 000 years after Nimue and Condwiramurs' work, the world's
unstable orbit reaches maximum and prompts the ice age, known as the White Frost
from Ithlinne's prophecy. The epoch is said to end with the "New Sun" and rebirth
of the world.

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Wagwan piffting23
·23/06/2020

Out of interest, where’s the source for a white-haired witcher killing on the last
idrs in 1373?
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SMiki55
·23/06/2020

Season of Storms
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Paganhagan
·14/05/2020

In The Tower of Swallows on page 365, Vysogota is arguing with Ciri and says, "No,
of course. You know it all from experience. From practice. For you've acquired
plenty of experience in your long sixteen years of life." But according to you're
timeline, she was with Vysogota in 1267 and she was born in 1253, meaning she was
14 at the time. This is so confusing. Is she 14 or 16?
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Mechemik
·14/05/2020

See the notes on Ciri's page but in short: we have no idea because the author
contradicts the years and changes dates around on us.
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ClownWhosFeelnDown
·01/01/2020

You skipped 1358...

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Lazar.sreckovic.73
·06/12/2019

I still can't figure out why the Season of Storms date of 1245 is disregarded as
inconsistent based only on the implication that Geralt went to fight striga
immediately after plot of Season of Storms. If you read his interaction with Cat of
Ielo Geralt believes striga rumors are hogwash and states that he has no intention
of going to Vizima. Furthermore it is stated in the Witcher short story that striga
has been preying on people for 7 years. 1245+7=1252 which lines up perfectly with
standard pre SoS timeline, date of Ciri's birth in 1252 and so on. Short stories
that need to be pushed back into 1240s are the Bounds of Reason, a Shard of Ice and
Eternal flame, placing them into 1249-1251 period but I mean it can work. If apply
the rules of what is canon and what is not, 1245 is canonical year of Season of
Storms because it is explicitly mentioned in the books and all other dates should
be worked around it (at least that's how other wikis and fandoms do it).
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JakePT
·29/12/2019

The Bounds of Reason takes place 1 year 2 months and 18 days prior to the Beltane
depicted in Something More. Since Yennefer tells Geralt to go to Cintra in this
flashback, Bounds of Reason cannot have occurred any earlier than 1261/2, and A
Shard of Ice clearly takes place not long after.
(Edited by JakePT)
Osipdan
·02/01/2020

Only here is narrative actions story "the Witcher" and story "Voice of reason"
occur autumn 1256, through the year, after as Geralt escaped from Vengerberg from
Yenneferю

The Voice of Reason I-VII = autumn 1256

The Witcher = autumn 1256

A Grain of truth = 1235

The Lesser evil = 1240

A Question of Price = autumn 1251

The Edge of the world = 1253

The Last wish = summer of 1255

The Bounds of Reason = autumn 1260

A Shard of ice = end of February 1261

Eternal Flame = spring-early summer 1261

A little sacrifice = summer of 1261

Sword of destiny = end of summer 1261

Something more = autumn 1263

By the way, Dandelion was then 16 years old in the "Season of Storm". And judging
by their relationship, they've known each other for a long time. Doesn't fit, does
it?
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A Fandom user
·20/11/2019

warning, Google translator

Some dates are not quite correct, such as the events of the Season of Storms. There
is one compelling article about full debriefing the entire Saga, except notorious
Season of Storms (although his date can be calculated easily very), but she on
Russian. There are also inconsistencies, but they relate to events before the era
A Fandom user
·20/11/2019

http://www.sapkowski.su/modules.php?name=Articles&pa=showarticle&artid=112#5
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Lazar.sreckovic.73
·06/12/2019

Season of Storms date does not work only because people assume Geralt went to fight
striga immediately after the ending which doesn't seems to be the case. When the
Cat of Ielo tells him about striga Geralt dismisses it and says it's rubish and
that he's not going there. Furthemore it seems striga only appeared while in short
story "The witcher" it is said that striga has been preying on folk for 7 years and
7+1245=1252 which fits perfectly with timeline of Voice of Reason and Ciri's birth.
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A Fandom user
·07/10/2019

Someone, a little help here. In The Tower of the Swallow there's a piece of
Encyclopaedia Maxima Mundi that says: "Delannoy, Flourens, linguist and historian
b. 1432 in Vicovaro, in the years 1460– 1475 secretary and librarian to the
imperial court. Indefatiguable scholar if legends and folktales, he wrote many
treasises considered classics of ancient language and literature of the Empire's
northern regions."

The last words means that Nilfgaard INDEED conquers the north eventually? THIS it's
the true canon of the continent?
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SMiki55
·08/10/2019

Not neccesarily. Common Speech was spoken in northern provinces such as Metinna and
Nazair as well. And even if the North gets conquered, it seemingly has at least
some degree of autonomy (Cidaris is still refered to as kingdom in the times of
Maxima Mundi)
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A Fandom user
·10/07/2019

When did Emhyr die and what killed him?

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SMiki55
·11/07/2019

Around the 1290s, but the reason isn't known.

Timeline of the emperors is quite messed up tbh.

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Luis4Nij
·23/06/2019

Wait, if Geralt was 106 in TW2, so...Geralt was born in 1.165?

I got a little doubt right there

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Mechemik
·23/06/2019

How are you getting 106? As far as we know, his age is never explicitly mentioned
anywhere O.o
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Lazar.sreckovic.73
·06/12/2019

No, he's mentioned to be "almost 100" by Vesemir by witcher 3 but this is

impossible for several reasons such as the fact that Neneke an ordinary mortal
woman remembers him from when he was a little boy and Mousesack also knows him from
childhood. Before witcher 3 came out favored year of his birth was 1212 on Russian
forums, Sapkowski certainly never intended for him to be unnaturaly old just older
than he looks and much younger than Yennefer. It was CDPR who amped up his age
probably to make his relationship with Yennefer less weird which was poor decision
because running joke is the abnormality of their relationship ;).
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A Fandom user
·27/02/2019

So, how do we know about events post-Witcher 3? Are they all mentioned in Season of
storms?
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Mechemik
·27/02/2019

So to start, keep in mind the games are not canon (only inspired by the series).
That said, throughout the books there are times it talks about events post-1268.
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JakePT
·29/12/2019

The Lady of the Lake depicts events in the future, post Witcher 3, and various
epigraphs at the beginning of book's chapters are excerpts from in-universe works
that were written long after the events of the books and games.
(Edited by JakePT)
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Lazar.sreckovic.73
·07/10/2018

Ciri was born in 1252 on Belleteyn because she celebrates her 16th birthday in 1268
just before massacre of Rivia. Meaning Matter of Price happens around september
1251 meaning Pavetta was born in 1236 and all dates in the timeline related to this
should be moved one year back.
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Mechemik
·08/10/2018

If you have a direct reference please point to which page/book, because from all
the dates I've gathered in the books, she never states she's 16 years old (everyone
else in the books keeps guessing she's between 14 to 16 during the war so using
other's perceptions in the books isn't a good enough indicator).
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A Fandom user
·07/10/2018
Thyssen restoration happened in the Storm of Swords well after Ciri's birth and
during second breakup between Geralt and Yennefer. It should be changed to 1250s.
A Fandom user
·07/10/2018

I meant the Sword of Destiny.

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A Fandom user
·24/06/2018

is there something wrong with the timeline? the events of the games seems to have
been removed.
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Mechemik
·24/06/2018

The main timeline is canon only, thus the game timeline has been moved to the
"games" timeline tab.
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A Fandom user
·26/04/2018

There is no way there's only 3 years between Shani and Ciri. How old was Ciri when
Geralt met Shani?
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Bobjosh175
·26/04/2018

Ciri is 12 at the absolute youngest when Geralt meets Shani in Blood of Elves, who
is 17.
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Lazar.sreckovic.73
·27/02/2018

After trying to create comprehensive family tree with reign lengths and age based
on Sapkowski's genealogies, I gave up. There are two ways to make it, one setting
Falka's rebellion in 1150s and other setting it in 1130s. Both have major
inconsistencies and require huge tweaking of the family tree.
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Mechemik
·27/02/2018

Yeah :( Wish the author would clear up all the inconsistencies, but thanks for
trying :)
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A Fandom user
·19/02/2018

A shard of ice takes place AFTER Season of Storms. The encounter with the Strigga
at Vizima takes places after Season of Storms, since Geralt finds Foltests notice
about it at the end of the book. While recovering from the wound of that battle
Geralt talks to Nenneke about leaving Yennefer. To that was after their FIRST
breakup. They'll meet again during the Gold Dragon story, make up and then Yennefer
leaves Geralt later in Shard of Ice. His conversation with Nenneke makes no sense
if it's after Shard of Ice. She clearly tells him that HE shouldn't have left her
with just a note on her bed, which is exactly what Yennefer blames him for in the
Bounds of Reason when they go for the Golden Dragon, and Shard of Ice takes place
after that.
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Bobjosh175
·19/02/2018

You are correct. It is impossible for Season of Storms to take place after A Shard
of Ice. In Season of Storms, Lytta states it has been around a year since Geralt
left Yen (sometime after the Last Wish), and in Bounds of Reason it has been four
years since they last saw one another. To be honest with you, this timeline could
do with a lot of attention and just as soon as I have finished rereading the Lady
of the Lake I'm going to try to go over it.

The chronology that makes the most sense is;

The Lesser Evil (Some of Dandelion's text imply he had heard of Geralt as the
Butcher prior to their meeting)

Edge of the World (Dandelion's first adventure with Geralt, obviously one of the
earliest)

The Last Wish (Geralt and Yen first meet)

Season of Storms (Geralt first hears of Striga, one year since he left Yen)

A Question of Price (Ciri is born by the time of the Voice of Reason, can't have
been before the Last Wish/technically this could take place before SoS but seems
unlikely as Geralt never so much as mentions it)

The Witcher (has to take place after SoS but before VoR)

The Voice of Reason (Geralt healing wounds by Striga)

The Bounds of Reason (Geralt and Yen reunited, around four years since)

A Shard of Ice (Geralt and Yen together for a time, she leaves him this time)

Eternal Flame (history with the Thyssens would suggest this takes place around
1238; given Dandelion is in this story that would be impossible, also mentions it
is after Geralt and Yen lived together)

A Little Sacrifice (again Geralt mentions having already lived with Yen)

The Sword of Destiny (before the first Nilfgaardian invasion, evidenced by Ciri's
age)

Something More (around the time of the first Nilfgaardian invasion)

1265 - 1267, Blood of Elves (obviously the Saga leads on one from another
chronologically, with the exception of the few interludes that take place in the
future)

1267, Time of Contempt

1267, Baptism of Fire

1267, The Tower of the Swallow

1268, The Lady of the Lake

1373, Season of Storms (time-displaced Geralt encounters Nimue)

The Tower of the Swallow (Beaclair dig)

As I've said before, the only one I'm unable to confidently place is A Grain of
Truth. There is little to go on there. Though the fact that Geralt doesn't so much
as mention Yen of Dandelion might suggest it is one of the earliest stories.
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Lazar.sreckovic.73
·27/02/2018

If Season of Storms is in 1245, at least Eternal flame is definately after that and
in both cases in 1250s. Idk where did you get 1238, that date is closer to date
where they fell from power, in the eternal flame they were back in power. In my old
calculations where I considered Season of Storms etc to be around 1250 or 1251,
that would put Thysen restoration in 1254 or 1255 at minimum. But when I
reconsidered and saw that 1245 is not neccesarily incorrect if we remember that in
Last wish Velerad says Striga has been haunting Vizima for 6 or 7 years and that in
SoS nothing indicates Geralt believed to the cat of Yelo or went straight to
Vizima, it would mean bounds of reason are set in 1249, shard of ice around 1250,
question of price in 1251, voice of reason in 1252, eternal flame probably even
more afterwards. In any case it is hopeless for us to rationalize and fix it now.
When Sapkowski wrote the stories I think they were for the most part arranged
chronologicaly (except witcher and voice of reason) and only got messed up with
Season of Storms. Genealogies are also broken and irreconsilable without major
tweaks. It's either Adalia did not die at 95 and Goidemar's heir Cedric is eldest
and not youngest child which contradicts many other things or you end up with Cirra
of Cintra being nearly century older than her brothers to be wed to Radovid II. It
is messed up if you try to create comprehensive family tree with speculative years
and ages. At this point we can only speak in broad strokes about timeline in terms
like "Falka's rebellion happend 100 to 130 years ago, Kovir became independent 120
to 130 years ago which is a shame since Sapkowski left quite a lot of data and ages
of rulers as clues. Nice companion history book could be made out of it.
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Bobjosh175
·27/02/2018

Bounds of Reason and A Shard of Ice have to take place after A Question of Price
and A Voice of Reason, for the simple reason that Geralt leaves Yen after The Last
Wish and is not reunited with her for four years (in Bounds), and during Voice of
Reason Yennefer angry about Geralt leaving her. After Bounds they reunite and Yen
leaves Geralt in A Shard.

I agree though, it would be nice to have something to fill in the gaps and give
some semblance of continuity.
A Fandom user
·08/04/2018

1373, Season of Storms (time-displaced Geralt encounters Nimue)

That was the fox Nimue encountered in the woods on the way to Aretuza, or maybe the
little girl that Fox kidnapped and turned. Remember how the fox said to Geralt that
people can also see impossible things, something that they desperately yearn for.
Geralt saw Yen, then, a century later, Nimue saw Geralt. And then "-An illusuion
-she heard from somewhere afar -All an illusion" - the same words uttered by fox to
Geralt.
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A Fandom user
·01/02/2018
I managed to do it in the end in Family tree builder. I managed t make sense out of
dates. Sapkowski gave very specific lifespan and reign lengths for Cintrian rulers
but for everything from "Dynastic descriptions" to fit in (both the ages of
Cintrian rulers, age of Adalia at death being 95 and Goidemar 78 etc, Fiona leaving
Cintra and her son rulling while Goidemar is still in power etc) Adalia had to die
in 1267, bascially just a short time before Crach says that to Yennefer that he saw
storms after every cintrian death (he does seem to name the deaths chronologically
backwards, first saying Adalia, then Calanthe, then Paveta). Adalia is thus born in
1172. Goidemar lived from 1118 to 1196 and died just shortly after Fiona returned
to him when her son succeeded her. Falka's rebellion happened in 1135-1136, meaning
Falka was born in 1110 and Riannon around 5 years later. Only downside to this is
Adalia and Fiona had too marry at later age than normal (in their 40s) though not
unnaturally late like in my last calculation while all Temerian rulers after
Goidemar had to have their child at early age though again not unnaturaly early
just at least at 17. It is still a bit sketchy but it is absolutely the only way.
Also 1245 date in Season of Storms is not a mistake by Sapkowski. It seems it is
the year striga began to appear not the year Geralt killed it, because in Last Wish
it is said she was terrorizing Vizima for 7 years which puts the short story
Witcher at exact date of 1252. People assume Geralt went to Vizima immediately
after Season of Storms, but after rereading the book I realized he dismissed the
rumor about striga as hogwash and went south instead. Hope all this info helps
someone making the timeline.
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A Fandom user
·14/01/2018

So it says the year when Shani died, but is there a date speculated of when she was
born? She seems to have died at a rather young age. Interested in these things.
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Mechemik
·14/01/2018

Actually, if I did the math right, she lived for a very long time for a human of
these times. If it's true and the events of Blood of Elves took place in 1267,
Philippa states in that book that Shani was 17 years old (based on her being a 3rd
year student). That would place her birth year around 1250, and we know she died in
1340, making her 90 years old when she passed on.
A Fandom user
·16/01/2018

@Mechemik my apologies then, was using dates from her in the game and counting from
there (to which I got 40 something)

but I will take your word for it, thanks.

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Mechemik
·16/01/2018

That's ok, the timelines are confusing and even in canon (the books) we've run into
inconsistencies, like Ciri's age.
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A Fandom user
·21/11/2017

I wonder what the witcher universe would be like if it got to the 2000s
A Fandom user
·27/02/2019

Cyberpunk 2077, is that you?

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Hugmugmie
·16/10/2017

Oh! We've just known that death of Shani. But do not know about Zoltan, Dandelion,
Ciri, Triss, Yennefer etc...
A Fandom user
·10/12/2017

Ciri, Triss and Yen are magicans. They live freaking long time same as witchers.
A Fandom user
·10/12/2017

In some sense it's a good thing that the books leave the fates of the main
characters unknown or open to interpretation, it gives the games more freedom in
how their stories can be continued.
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A Fandom user
·24/09/2017

This timeline looks unfinished and a little bit chaotic. With this timeline can he
created more games. Also it is not mentioned what happened to Zoltan, Dandelion and
other friends of Geralt. It has not been mentioned the fate of other witchers.
Perhaps there are no games, because there are no funda for these.
A Fandom user
·20/11/2017

A new game at some point in the future is definitely a possibility according to

this interview, and funds aren't an issue for CDPR nowadays. But they don't intend
to continue the story of the existing three games, it'd be something new and not a
sequel to the trilogy, but first they need to come up with some really cool idea
for it.
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