Synopsis

A weathered witch arrived at the home of young Geralt's parents, come to claim the boy as promised, according to an ancient law of surprise. The father attempted to defend his son but was swiftly subdued. Geralt was taken to the mountain fortress of Kaer Morhen, where initiates had long endured magical trials, mutations, and rigorous training – a process intended to forge them into witchers, instruments of deadly efficiency. Few survived; it was said that only one in five boys completed the tria