Who is Geralt of Rivia? | Witcher Lore

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Learn about the origins and skills of the eponymous Witcher and protagonist of Andrez Sapkowski's Witcher series! We'll uncover the truth behind the legend of the famous White Wolf, Geralt of Rivia.
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The Witcher novel series by Andrez Sapkowski
The World of the Witcher Artbook
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The Witcher video game series by CD Projekt Red
The Witcher series by Netflix
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@lyingmongoose 2 года назад

Dude, you have single-handedly ignited my passion to read these books. The pacing and level of detail in these videos was perfect to keep me thoroughly engaged and wanting more. Thank you so much for the care and effort you've put into explaining this lore; I really appreciate the concise and beautiful summary so I can go into the books with a clear picture and better understanding of all the history and conflicts. Amazing work, man.

@OneandonlyShawn 2 года назад

These books are so freaking good.

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Wow, thank you so much for the kind words and I'm glad to hear they've inspired you to dig deeper. Connecting people to stories and hobbies is why I started the channel. I'm happy to hear the effort put into these is noticed, and I look forward to continuing to improve the channel for you all

@BoWeava 2 года назад

I second that! Well done Sir...💰

@professormurdoc1359 2 года назад

The books made my enjoyment of the games soooo much deeper. I started the Witcher 3 and didn’t know who anyone was. After reading the short stories I fell in love and played well over 200 hours. The books are what makes the whole world work!

@louisbrown4620 2 года назад

Just be prepared to like them and then wonder to yourself- what the hell was Amazon thinking?

@solahaze8948 Год назад

Nothing warms my heart more than when I turn down a bounty reward cause a couple needs the money to feed their child, and I'm met with a resounding "bless ye" and talk of how "i thought all witchers are heartless, but you've been kind to us". Really takes away any regret I had for my decision.

@spartanhuntergaming 10 месяцев назад

Or "Gods bless you Witcher. You're really nice, you know that?" It warms my heart, knowing that some people genuinely appreciate Witchers and treat them as well, people

@h80np39 2 года назад

Im so glad to see this video, i loved the other witcher videos by this channel and its amazing to see one about Geralt himself!

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Awesome, hope you enjoyed it!

@Kiryu_chan0 Год назад

Just binged watched the whole Witcher lore series. As a fan of both Novels and the games, there were so many events splashed across the timeline that it was very tough to comprehend. This series just compiled all of them together and helped understanding the lore better. Loved the series and keep up the good work!

@augustagger4616 2 года назад

Great video! Been waiting for it and blew my expectations out the water👍

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

I appreciate it, and happy to hear you enjoyed!

@sonnyr.3842 2 года назад

I really like the way you mentioned Geralt's companions. Like, nilfgardian deserter, a higher vampire etc. When you tell the name of that nilfgardian deserter for example then non book reader or non gamer would know who that is and would've been spoiled for show the already. But you mentioned how Geralt would meet his fate so.. I dunno. A big reveal I guess? 😂

@TheFos88 2 года назад

Kinda big reveal but at the same time, if one not familiar with the books picked up the games and started from the first game, that spoiler is revealed there too from the very start as he was said to be dead after the events in the novels but just came back with long lasting amnesia.

@Kiryu_chan0 Год назад

It's quite good to see how splendidly CDPR made the games! They respected every events from novel and sticked to the lore (which is quite rare nowadays how may adaptations just disrespect their source material and create some shite!). Thanks to CDPR to continue Geralt's journey to a better end and giving us some more quality content along with ofcourse the author Andrzej Sapkowski.

@TheHeroRises Год назад

Thanks for this!!! Great video!

@TheLorebrarians Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@gregorymifsud5389 2 года назад

i could listen to you all day mate. Loved this series.

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed

@the_eternal_darkness_8436 2 года назад

Awesome video Erek!

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Thanks, appreciate it!

@shurupack Год назад

awesome content here thanks for this series

@TheLorebrarians Год назад

Glad you enjoy it!

@alexmorgan8814 2 года назад

Great video. The witcher is one of my favorite fantasy stories

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Appreciate it

@Jose-em4ew 2 года назад

Awesome video man.

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Appreciate it!

@chriswalters4326 8 месяцев назад

I can't see Geralt ever,like EVER lifting a purse.

@mcmays22 Год назад

Awesome video

@jessepeterson6694 24 дня назад

A man, with no emotion who staind his hands in both human and monster blood yet determined to see his justice done even when down to the wire. Geralt is definitely an inspiration to be held in fame. For his friends or lovers (both current and former) no price needs to be paid, saving someone like Dandelion or Ciri will always be on the house because he trusts them.

@huggleskuishy 2 года назад

Your Witcher lore videos brought me here!

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Welcome, hope you enjoy your time here!

@mattjohnson5855 2 года назад

I really enjoyed your video I think Gerald is absolutely nothing but a hero and a legend and yes he is misunderstood but to his friends that know him the most truly understand how he really is despite the ignorance of the masses who failed to give him the chance so they may understand him the way his friends and allies do

@thoth9930 Год назад

It's Geralt

@lifeofbekahh 11 месяцев назад

I’m currently reading the last wish, I’m also started reading the Witcher comics, the Netflix series got me interested in the Witcher 😊 really cool video

@DominChannel Год назад

In Poland Geralt is like Luke Skywalker thanks to te game. Thanks for video

@nightf0x-eve199 2 года назад

I thought that Geralt and Eskel went through the trials together. Also I could have sworn that it was 7/10 didn't survive the trials

@JenniferNein 2 года назад

no Geralt survived alone, the game hints at it but no

@Assassin8911 2 года назад

In other videos by Lorebrarians he says 7/10. No idea what made him change his mind lol

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Whoops, that's embarrassing haha

@jasonzaragoza9413 2 года назад

Geralt and Eskel did go through the trials together, they went through their entire training together, the books states they've known each other since they were children

@emceehamma3693 2 года назад

3:30 but why is the horse on a straw-roof hut? How does it hold him and how did he get there? So many questions

@xlgapelsin6173 2 года назад

Basically roach in the witcher 3. That horse can fly i stg

@carpwhisperer1216 2 года назад

Juan

@TheFos88 2 года назад

Roach sometimes decides to become a Bethesda horse.

@CoolGuyJ84 2 года назад

Was busy watching season 2, and discussing it with others that I almost forgot about this video (but better late, then never, right?). This was another great video and summary of Geralt's life in Sapkowski's books, thank! I'll be sure to recommend it to others (and your other Witcher videos).

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

I appreciate it, so glad you enjoyed!

@steveomcgolpin4058 2 года назад

im planning on getting into reading all the books but ive been wondering as i cant find any infomation online, do all of the books take place, around geralts timeline or is there also ones that explain things way before, like the first witchers or during the conjunction etc?

@huntermingee8642 2 года назад

yes, it pretty much just follows geralts through his adventures, i think there’s like a book or two that’s just side stories.

@jasonzaragoza9413 2 года назад

the books ( as in the main series and not the short stories) focus mostly on Ciri

@steveomcgolpin4058 2 года назад

is there a way to find stories or are there any books that take place during the conjunction or the first witchers etc?

@jasonzaragoza9413 2 года назад

@@steveomcgolpin4058 nothing is ever said about the first witchers, and as for the conjunction of spheres that is mentioned in various books. The first 2 books are collections of short stories that focus on Geralt and serve as a prequel to the main saga.

@steveomcgolpin4058 2 года назад

@@jasonzaragoza9413 ah fair enough, thanks for the help!

@Pr0digyZRX 2 года назад

There are a few things that seemed confused by the show.or left out. But this is already a million times better than the show can ever be after the odd changes and things that are completely left out. Maybe I'll add to this with the things that were left out. But overall this is a pretty good quick breakdown

@legendarreny 2 года назад

What is your audio setup? Sounds great!

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Thanks! I'm using a rode procaster with just a bit of acoustic foam on the wall in front of me. Then quality editing on audition to make it sound cleaner

@Jacqueskneegro 2 года назад

Roach on the Roof should be a play

@alexmerserr8894 Год назад

Imagine learning all this stuff, endure all the experiments to die to a peasant with pitchfork 🥴

@BoWeava 2 года назад

Cheers Dad! 😘💨🍻 I Love that You Love THIS!! Game on Pappy!!!! 🤓

@ny3ali Год назад

One little correction it's 3 or 4 out of ten survive the witcher mutations.

@McNasty165 2 года назад

Welp, guess it’s time to play my 4th playthrough of the Witcher 3 lol

@mpittard21 2 года назад

Question on the backstory thing : Geralt was told to take a last name or tie himself to a place. But we never see the other witchers be given the same treatment somwe.. ie coen od ..... or vesimir of .....

@jasonzaragoza9413 2 года назад

Coen of poviss also has that, i think the others either didnt adopt a name or it's simply never mentioned

@dreamwrighter 2 года назад

Wait so Geralt died in the last Witcher series book, and was re-born in the video game series. Starting with the first Witcher game?

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

He, ciri, and yennefer disembark onto the lake of rivia where he's presumed to die. The first witcher game picks up shortly after this, but he's not really re-born

@dreamwrighter 2 года назад

@@TheLorebrarians thank you! That clears things up for me.

@sonnyr.3842 2 года назад

It's actually open for interpretation whether he died or not. CDPR as we all know interpreted that he was alive.

@mancamiatipoola 2 года назад

In Witcher 3 it is mentioned that after he "died" he woke up in the world of the en-el elves with no memory of what happened to him. Lateer on he returned to his world via an en-el portal.

@blues4509 3 месяца назад

The story of the Witchers and of course Geralt evokes such a somber feeling in me. Boys abandoned by the world and then fashioned by cruelty into men. All this so that they can deliver goodness to their world only for it to respond to their deeds with mistrust, hate and betrayal. Witchers are humans that lost their humanity for the sake of other humans who see them as less than them. Regardless the witchers remain on the path, safeguarding humanity, if not out of morality then out of duty. It's so sad yet so romantic, a masterclass example of writing hero in such a dark world.

@j4v-cyberpunk-music Год назад

Since the hippi movement the Anti-Hero became most popular in modern coltoure. It started shortly after WW2 with movies like American Graffiti and James Dean, but Elvis and the Beach Boys were the attention getters. Today, even a soft pop icon like Justin Bieber is tattooed and cultivates a bad boy part in his image. From Jon Rambo to Kyle Reece or Conner McLeod, the Punisher or the ever darker getting Batman, the Witcher is in my opinion part of an outcry of the commons for another kind of knight and lord in this world taking charge like Ghandi or Charles Chaplin or Nelson Mandela. Closer to Yassir Arafat riscking, as much as Yitzak Rabbin for peace and love and harmony. #provos #gangwars

@Baliken100 2 года назад

👍 and subscribed

@TheLorebrarians 2 года назад

Appreciate the support

@Baliken100 2 года назад

@@TheLorebrarians I appreciate the dedication!

@spartanhuntergaming 10 месяцев назад

I'm glad I read The Last Wish, after playing the games. I do think Geralt and all Witchers are misunderstood. I feel a bit like I can relate to Geralt, some people find me cold and indifferent by nature

@j.griffgriffin 2 года назад

I didn’t realise The Witcher 3 game took place after where the books ended.

@huntermingee8642 2 года назад

the first witcher game takes place after the final events of lady of the lake im pretty sure, the final book in the series

@j.griffgriffin 2 года назад

If I remember correctly both Geralt & Yennifer die. No explanation of how they come back?

@huntermingee8642 2 года назад

@@j.griffgriffin yes, but geralts body was never found im pretty sure. so the game just pretty makes its own timeline and isn’t canon to the books.

@Hananiah70 Год назад

@@j.griffgriffin Actually they happen years after the books, in witcher 2 it's explained how Geralt comes back to life.

@rkj5480 2 года назад

Oh, this recent

@eskilrykinderiksen6228 Год назад

RU-vidr: There will be no spoilers in this video, I will just tell you facts about the man Also RU-vidr: … and in the end of the book he finds everyone and they are together again

@taya____ 2 года назад

3:47 “they see him as a mutant” well obviously 🙄 he is lol 😝

@moonpatroler Год назад

Got any Warhammer or Skyrim lore?

@TheLorebrarians Год назад

I have an introduction to 40k. Hoping to dip into AoS and warhammer fantasy later this year though!

@Inso10 Год назад

The White Wolf was Woefully misunderstood

@amberlaughlin3518 2 года назад

I wouldn't mind getting lost in the woods with the Witcher. Not a problem 😂😂😂

@Robin...222 2 года назад

Lets go

@DeadlyRaptor101 Год назад

Geralt didn't want to abuse ciri

@mikepette4422 2 года назад

I believe its 7 of 10 die in the trial of grasses

@2amichaelj Месяц назад

Shani ✅ Syanna ✅ Kira ✅ Yennifer ✅ Triss ✅ Skellige battle maiden Jutta ✅ Madam Sasha ✅ Ves✅ Every brothel in the continent ✅ I think everyone wishes they could be Geralt. Shanni is the correct choice to forever romance but I can't lie... Syanna's "let her have her way with Geralt" in dream land f**king in the clouds with a crazy goth chick was pretty 🔥

@bclr6843 10 месяцев назад

Is Roach on a roof?

@TheLorebrarians 10 месяцев назад

Nothing can stop the witcher's steed

@danmoua7686 11 месяцев назад

(Someone SAID) *When you live to be a hero but lives long enough to be only seen as a villain...* I believe he was a Dark Knight that comes when the storm is here, just like Dovakin (Skyrim), the moment the storm is over people look at the hero like another monster... Let THOSE humans fight their own war 😤

@rafisbozo 10 месяцев назад

Cool vid. Shame that netflix's series totally messed up the whole beauty of this universe. I also made a vid on early life of Geralt, feel free to check anyone

@wazahwazah-kd4ng 24 дня назад

Came here for lore, exited Not even 2 minutes later [this video will be spoilers free] ......... then why the hell is it a lore video? I came here for said spoilers, not a trailer, shit

@UmBelenense 9 месяцев назад

I think yen and geralt both die

@aapelireijonen1839 2 года назад

Geralts Age is unknown

@Hananiah70 Год назад

False, 97 years old

@StankeyWang Год назад

Geralt is not a hero nor a villain, he is a painfully flawled human just like the rest of us except for all the dope witcher abilities yea i still would still rather have his life