Witcher Stories - The Witcher Schools (Witcher Lore) 

Hi. The Cat school is not a failed group of Wolf witchers. That information is sourced from "Zdrada" which is incredibly non canon. Whoever told you that the Cat witchers are failed Wolf witchers is straight up wrong and misinformed.

School of the Snail has a very unique fighting style consisting of hiding, its only member met its fate when Geralt delivered him to the angry mob of a village.

Bear School because the armor makes me look like Morpheus. Especially with the Professor's glasses

So basically: Cat School - Rebels Griffin School - Nerds Viper school - Emos

This video is great, It really makes me want a prequel Witcher game, a time where Witchers were many, where you can create your own Witcher and pick what school you come from and fighting styles.

I honestly love the witcher 3 and found no other channel explaining lore in such detail. I honestly want all you knowledge on it. Keep up the good work

Fun fact about the books, Coen, one of the witchers from the books could have been a griffin school witcher :) It is said that it was his first winter at Kaer Morhen, so he couldn't be a wolf school witcher. Vesemir would never let a cat school witcher into the fortress (I won't write why because of spoilers), therefore I think that he was a griffin witcher :) EDIT - I have just remembered... Coen was also the only witcher that Triss ever heard laughing, so it really goes well with the fact that griffin school witchers were more emotional and human than other witchers :)

I love how it's supposed to be a secret, but leading up to the battle at Kaer Morhen, Geralt is just like, "Go to Kaer Morhen," and not a single person asks where it is. They just go like, "Oh yeah, I know exactly how to get there. See you there." That still bugs me, and it's not even a big deal lol. I just wish one person would ask me how to get there, so I can tell them to find the nearest signpost, and fast travel lol

love the lore videos also being a bear witcher sounds pretty dope drinking with one hand and slaying monsters with the other

The Griffin School- The Spamming of Signs and fast attacks was my play style of the Witcher 3

The school of the gwent.

The cat school is the stealthiest school because their armor is literally made of "hide".

17:36 - RAWR IM GONNA EAT YA.... oh is this a bad time? Story, oh ok, right, i guess i am going then.

it would also make sense that the cat school would be the first, there name could be reference​ to the eyes of the Witcher look like cats or vipers

Man, can't get enough of the witcher lore, good video thanks!

I would like to add something that I thought about the Griffin school information. If you compare their armors to the other schools, the Griffin armor look more luxurious than the others, it is more detailed, it has Griffin heads on both arms, many parts looks as if they were made out of gold and the scabbards for their swords are more detailed than the others. Considering that the armours in Toussaint looks expensive, you might be right that the Griffin school is from Toussaint. Whatever the case is, I would like to think that the Griffin school is the wealthiest of all the Witcher schools.

I’d love a spin-off game about a Bear Witcher. Personally Skellige was my favourite location in the game.

Absolutely love this comment section. Just everybody talking about what school they would be part of and the lore and information of the schools I love it. And very awesome video

the viper school did nothing wrong

As a french guy I love the way she says "Toussaint", not quite correct but very cute :)

I would have to join The School of The Wolf... just to hear more of Lambert & Eskel's tales whilst drinking our arses off. Also Kaer Mohren is beautiful!

I'm gonna guess that because many different schools specialise in different things, viper poison, cats are fast, manticore are very drugged 90% of the time and the Bears could probably get shot by a ballista and then stand up I'm gonna guess that Griffins don't just get basic signs, I think their magic training goes deeper ie. Actual good spells that have a range of more than 6 inches

Griffin School, because they're goddamn heroes and still know how to emote. They also have a cool Medallion design and the Griffin is one of my favorite mythical creatures and it doesn't get enough love.

Honestly, I have never played the game, nor know anything about it, but still I admire your dedication so here's my view and thumb!

In the very beginning of the Witcher 3, when you are in White Orchard, Vesemir says that over winter they should cover their tracks to Kaer'Morhen meaning that, yes as you said Witcher School locations are kept a secret.

This is kinda a dumb comment but whatever, i thought this would be a cool free dlc following the quest "Where The Cat & Wolf Play" - So you were told by the little girls aunt that she's better off going with you, you thought about it for a while and you decided to go back to her and decide it's better if you do take her to Kaer Morhen, so you do take her there, train her, just like you did Ciri, then you need to find Yen or Triss, ( if you got played by Yen and Triss, you need to ask for forgiveness ) and ask either one for help, they ask what kind of help, you respond with help putting a new Witcheress to the trail of grasses, they shudder at thought of what the hell you did but you convince them to help you, so when you get Kaer Morhen, you put the girl through some more training while Yen or Triss ready the mutagens and potions, once Yen or Triss are ready, you subject her to the trail, she barely survived the trail and took her 2 days to fully recover from the vomit, headaches, shitting, Etc.. you put her through the trails as normal but you go with her cause In the trails you need to have a partner, after you complete the trails, she is ready to set off on the path. also she also doesn't despawn like Eskel and Lambert and other characters, she can be found anywhere, even in Toussaint, you can talk to her and her how's it on the path, ask if she needs help, if yes or no, you can be on your way or help her, anyways that's what i thought would be a cool extra mini Dlc for the game, cause I've always wanted to invoke the law of surprise.

If I were to CHOOSE a Witcher school to belong to it'd be Bear for sure; always liked Skelligers and their culture, right up my alley. If I were to go off my own personality, skills and interests it'd be Manticore for sure; I'm studying to be a pharmacist for a reason: I live and breathe chemistry.

I've just found your channel and the fact that this video is more than 2 years old doesn't deter me from commenting. I'd go Bear school, I'm a not a large lad, but I do enjoy my beer, a lot of it. Being a witcher would heighten the tolerance immensely and I could drink huge skelligers under the table for bragging rights, good stories and monetary gain. Also skelligers are op, so an islander witcher sounds nice.

17:38 (beast in backround) "oh shit im not dressed to be on camera"

"Like Liam Neeson, minus the phone" I am 2 minutes in and this video is already pure gold!

I'm really surprised you remembered Geralt was wearing Manticore armor when he wakes up at Kaer Morhen. That's so esoteric I don't even know where to begin. How many times have you replayed the first game? >_>

Great video, and great pronunciation of the names. I surely would have butchered them if I tried. XD

Considering I'm already wearing a Griffin Medallion on my chest, I'd be of the Griffin school.

Great video, although I have to correct you on Griffin School: they were probably from Poviss, a northern country near Kovir, not Toussaint. Kovir and Poviss are said to be home of freethinkers, scholars, mages and other progressive people, so it would make sense for witchers from this place to be kind, well-mannered and Sign-oriented in battle. Coen, the only witcher from Griffin School that appears in the books is said to be from Poviss, so that's a pretty big hint. He's also seen playing with Ciri and laughing, the only time Triss ever heard a witcher laugh. Plus he's the only witcher to join an army and fight alongside commoners against Nilfgaard. Toussaint doesn't have anything against mages, they use their work frequently for a number of day-to-day (or rather party-to-party) activities so they wouldn't send off children to become witchers instead of wizards. And they have no need for a witcher school, since their knights are already bored due to lack of monsters and enemies to fight (at least in the books).

Like Lliam Neisson minus the phone, Jesus, I had a really good chuckle. Thank you for these wonderful lore videos. Your voice and video editing are an absolute blessing.

Cat school must of been the first witcher school so they probs named their school after the cat eyes they got from the mutations

These are the BEST Witcher history explainer videos I've ever seen. All 3 parts were brilliant. Thank you so much for making this content. You did an amazing job!

I wish they would have focused on the lesser mentioned Witcher school of Coyotes,probably the unsuccessful stories of their fail attempts of slaying the hideous Roadrunner monsters has prevented them from being part of the lore.

The Viper armor is my favorite as it looks the most like the default Kaer Morhen armor, provides poison immunity, is one of the most realistic armors in the game, and fits my play style. As for the school, well I choose the Griffin school, but accept that the game continues to refer to Geralt as hailing from the school of the Wolf.

I've felt I had more affinity toward the School of the Viper. I share some of their practices in this video. Read they specialize in sword techniques, and alchemy as well as the wealth of knowledge from their great library. Plus, I found Letho of Gulet to be likeable given time. I found a guy on Etsy who has crafted a Viper medallion for me, and I'm designing my own custom armor taking influences from various sets throughout the Wild Hunt game. Awaiting my swords from Amazon, and a buddy said he'd craft the pommels from the Venomous Viper steel/silver swords from the Hearts of Stone expansion.

The trial of the grasses was designed to work on boys/men. Women have a different hormonal composition than men; therefore, a trial of the grasses for women would require new research. Since the demand/respect for male witchers is already low, this research is unlikely to take place. This is mentioned somewhere in the first 2 books. As for why the original research was gender asymmetric: one could theorise that it is because the male adrenal response is stronger than that in women. This would explain why men are more likely to survive the trial - the adrenaline would help them survive internal changes and the possible hemorrhaging associated with them. Furthermore, many of the Witcher mutations, potion use and superhuman abilities revolve around adrenaline (the books often refer to Geralts awareness of the adrenaline coursing through him). Thus, a reason to favour male Witchers - adrenal hormone response - can be found other than sexism or historic coincidence. In real life, this gender asymmetry in adrenal response manifests itself in athletic pursuits; weightlifting, for instance. It is believed to explain why men are able to display maximum strength in the 1-3rep range, whereas women perform best in the 5 rep range. (Source: Practical Programming for Strength Training, Mark Rippetoe + Lon Kilgore)

You can guess the witcher schools on their armours. Bears are tanky like witchers and rely on armour and the usages of Quen Cats are witchers that are masters of the blade and quick attacks and they dominate atleast human anatomy and most of their strikes are precise. Wolfs are balances witchers Griffins are mage like witchers. Vipers are perhaps similar to cat witchers, but more specialised on stealth ( wich contradicts Letho's appareance apparently :/) Manticores I would say are masters in witcher alchemy

I would play the shit out of an Assassins Creed like Witcher game where you play as a Cat School Witcher and the focus is more on assassinations instead of hunting monsters.

I think Vesemir only mentioned the most recent or the only schools active in the north. Bear seems to be solely active in Skellige and died out long before Geralts time. Vipers, as you said, are from deep in Nilfgaard; not likely to be in northern parts. The manticore is from the ambiguous zerrikania, which could mean either the other side of the blue mountains or even further. We only find it, by chance, in the south and only In a single member. Seeing as the lebeoda statue is long decayed, this single member likely passed by long ago.

I think witchers do know where other schools are located since Geralt did not have to tell me tho how to get there. However I think witchers prefer to stick to their own school as Letho expresses concern that he may not be welcome there.

Proper Bird, I love your Witcher Stories series! They are so well done, I can binge on them for hours. Not to mention your melodic voice. Thanks, keep up the good work!

Unfortunately a lot of gamers will never give the 1st Witcher game a chance. Sure, it starts off slow, has some quirks here and there, can be clunky with a combat system that takes time getting used to but if you persevere and have patience, Witcher 1 is an excellent game worth playing, even today. Anyone that considers themselves a Witcher fan, owes it to themselves to play the entire trilogy and/or read the books, you will be happy that you did. I understand that not everyone owns a gaming PC, or likes to read, however, to those who do like to read and have a capable PC, all of the books are now officially translated to English and you can usually grab both Witcher 1 & 2 for only $20.

I'd go with either the Griffin school or the Wolf school. The wolf school as you said has balanced teachings and the Griffin school has some pretty cool gear, as well as a chivalrous personality, which is a rare and welcome trait in the Witcher universe. :)

Is anybody else's favourite school the Griffins?

Proper bird - I dunno if anyone has ever told you this... but you sound exactly like Luna Lovegood. 😃👍 It makes this video just that much better.

You have a voice of gold and it’s a pleasure to listen to

Finaly a good channel about this ! The lack of thumb down on vids is making it difficult to judge.

I'll be joining for griffin school. seems to me it's the most mage-like school, proper manners, and have decent equipment judging from the witcher grandmaster gears. I just like quen-ed my way out of monsters, send them sky high with aard or burned them to into crisp with igni, LOL. I am really hoping witcher 4 will have a feature to choose your own schools so probably a prequel to witcher saga and game series.

Great videos! Just finished baptism by fire and i find the wticher lore amazing, with each page i read my love for the series grows stronger.

Awesome lore, it really adds to the game when you play it and know these things.

I know nothing of the Witcher lore besides what I've learned from these past couple videos, but definitely fun to learn about. Imo, Cat School sounds best for me

So, what about the information in the books? The griffin school seems like the best thing that happened to the world of the Witcher, and I'd really like to know if there is anything written about it.

Didn't know I could love these games more until i found ur channel. Subbed

I love how that monster comes into frame for the manticore portion of the vid, and walks out like he knew he was in the way.

I would join the Wolf school or Griffin School. Wolf school because it's balanced, they put equal importance on fighting, sings and alchemy, plus I would love to spend every winter with Eskel, Geralt and Lambert drinking and listening to their stories. Griffin school because like you said, their character is closer to that of normal humans, and they work a lot with witcher signs, and George of Kagen defeating a dragon without using swords is an impressive achievement, that means Griffin witchers are more than capable of taking care of themselves when powerful and intelligent enemies try to kill them. Losing your swords in battle is very probable, so being powerful in using witcher signs is a huge advantage.

As someone who usually just ignores side quest stories, this really makes me want to go back and play witcher. Great video! Also, School of the wolf is the only way to go.

When you play as Ciri the wolf medallion you see in the top left corner you see ad Geralt, is a cat.

They recently put out a supplement for the Witcher TRPG that delves into the CDPR cannon Witcher school's origins, and gotta say I prefer the versions listed in this video.

School of the Snake aka Slytherin aka wtf kinda crossover is this

Poor Witchers. I love all the school of Witchers.

I love learning about the story i fell in love in a game, keep it up and keep surprising us!

Manticore they seem warm and more human. And kind.

I just recently got into Witcher this year. Your videos are really good. You do a really good job at narration

I'm a definite school of manticore. my approach to the witcher 3 was find or pay for all bomb diagrams, make bombs, encounter problem, blow it up. In late game it stopped being a reliable tactic. after a bit of research I found that it's a good set up for early game but has terrible scaling. So now I'm starting a new game with a mod to make alchemy more expensive (both crafting and replenishment) and a second mod to better scale bombs. The last mod I have running is a mod that enhances graphics. bomb play through here I come.

I love these narrations, they helped alot! Thanks!

I would like to train with the wolf school :D I love the idea of being a "Jack of all trades", at the very least, well balanced or well developed in all the possible areas of one's abilities

I would totally go for the Bear School. Totally my style of combat and my attitude (not so much on the drinking side though, since I don't drink at all). The Skellige attitude of not giving a fuck and being direct is the best approach is so me.

if we trace this to the quest "where wolves and cats play" herein lies the correct choice to kill the witcher from the cat school. in that quest he is hired to kill a leshin, (the cat school witcher (a leshin is kinda like a wendigo)) and he gets cheated from his crowns and is told theres a considerable sum in the barn, to where he goes being tricked and also stabbed in the back with a pitchfork. after this he then proceeds to slaughter everyone in the village except a child. you later happen on this village and find said child, she explains theres another witcher around and hands you a pendant which you find to be a cat pendant. tracking this witcher down you can choose to fight him or hear his story to which he explains what i've previously noted. by what this video mentions this cat witcher does slaughterings like this as a pass time just like any other witcher would find their pass time in contracts. so the correct choice of that quest as previously stated, is to kill the cat school witcher.

i would choose griffin

amazing!! great work. So happy I found your channel. hoping for more and more witcher content and lore All the best :)

Geweldige video. Kort en duidelijk samengevat wat betreft the lore. Keep up the good work.

I think the bear school is my favorite here, even tho im not drinking at all. But i do like they armor.

Seems like my School of Choice would be the Griffin School. I love the Signs and Magic part and the friendly behavior would most fit me.

I thank you for the spoiler warning, you good sir. Only for that you already deserve a like.

Griffin school is my favorite, battle mage fighting style

Great video! I'm with the viper school. Hate to see myself forced into politics like Geralt was. I think the "shadow walkers" avoid it best. Plus I play the 3rd installment of the franchise with only the Kaer Morhen armor set on the highest difficulty and using a steel and silver sword that looks like the ones you start the game with (Velen longsword and Gvennel), but always buy them every 5 levels so that they can be compatible with my level. Just me being hardcore, as always.

A very well made video Lots of helpful information to what I am interested in This is the first time I have seen your videos and I am definitely going to watch more of your content

I truly love your reputation of all wicthers.

great videos. it would be really cool if the next witcher game explains more about the trial of grasses and the mutations and all that. back in the golden age of monsters where witchers were really needed. to show us all the other schools that existed and the creation of a witcher. this would be a good witcher game because they said they don't want to do anything more on geralt's story.

the School of the cat gear is the best

Great video you just got yourself a new sub :) and to answer the ending question I would say the Griffin School

Id join Griffin or wolf

...I always thought Vesemir was from the Griffin School. He has a Griffin Medallion if I'm not mistaken, and he's definitely the kind of guy who would be tactical and wise, not methodical, violent, and tough as nails. The Wolf School is kinda known for being violent and tougher than tungsten, but still methodical to a fault. Vesemir is way more of the "wise and patient" ideals that the Griffin School would remind me of.

Bear or Manticore. I love Skellige, and as far as the school of the Manticore goes, because so little is known about them, I can basically make up everything for my own experience

Ah the mad witcher kiyan, under novigrad. I've read the notes written by his torturer. Very unfortunate soul.

Doesn't the quest description for the Grandmaster Manticore Gear Treasure Hunt mention Geralt once wearing Manticore armor of lower quality, that was somewhat poorly crafted and didn't suffice his needs? That would explain him having worn it after leaving Kaer Morhen for the first time after fleeing the Wild Hunt, like you mentioned in the video.

Bear - heavy armor, cast quen, maul monsters with 2 handed weapons

I know I'm mad late but just got into Witcher 3 and the DLCs as I didn't have internet on my PS4 till recent and most DLC packs involve codes and downloads, thank god for the Complete Version! Anyway after reading the Last Wish anthology and moving on shortly to the main saga, plus playing 2 on PS2 as well as starting 3 recently I must say, I've been missing out. I love high fantasy. LotRs, Sword of Truth, Forgotten Realms: the Drizzt saga, etc. If I had my way and 3 was a little more loose with the sandbox aspect I would if I could go adventuring to all the schools while still in their primes or even in 3 do side missions involving finding and gaining the trust of each schools masters or members to apprentice and learn all their secrets kinda Avatar Last Airbender style. That would be a sick DLC: The Extended Adventures of Geralt!

The scool of the Bear 'cause heavy drinking involved.

Either Wolf or Bear. I'd love to fight alongside Geralt and Vesemir as a brother, though the Bear appeals to my inner viking

When I was shaking my phone when the bear armor was up, it jiggled. Anybody experience this as well?

I love your channel and very great video💜💜, i would to be from the bear school, and what i was thinking of is an idea for the new witcher game if there will be another💔, the idea is about three playable witchers from diffrent schools like: wolf,bear or cat school and evry charachtar has there own story and the way of living and they are contact in some way like friends or some thing like that . The other idea is a story about the age where witchers and witchers schools were strong and the story is deep about witchers. Or the final idea is about playing with Vesemir in his youth.

a comment wich i believe is quite important: I think Vesemir only mentioned the most recent or the only schools active in the north. Bear seems to be solely active in Skellige and died out long before Geralts time. Vipers, as you said, are from deep in Nilfgaard; not likely to be in northern parts. The manticore is from the ambiguous zerrikania, which could mean either the other side of the blue mountains or even further. We only find it, by chance, in the south and only In a single member. Seeing as the lebeoda statue is long decayed, this single member likely passed by long ago.

School of the bear - school of the quen tank builds.

Bear, viper and manticore schools are inventions of cdpr. Somoething like witcher armors exist only in games, Geralt in books wears black leather jacket with silver studs