List of characters in The Witcher series
The fictional universe of The Witcher saga was created by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski in his series of books (The Witcher Saga). The following is a list of notable characters from the series.
Character list
Geralt of Rivia
Geralt of Rivia (Polish: Geralt z Rivii), known also as Gwynnbleid (Old Speech: "White Wolf", given to him by the Dryads) is a witcher and the protagonist of the Witcher series and its adaptations. He is also known as the "Butcher of Blaviken".
He has been described as a character embodifying "the neo-liberal anti-politics" spirit of the Polish popular culture of the 1990s.
Yennefer of Vengerberg
Sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg (known as Yen or Yenna) (Polish: Yennefer z Vengerbergu) is a fictional character, created by Andrzej Sapkowski for his Witcher stories. Yennefer first appeared in the collection of short stories, The Last Wish, featuring in both The Last Wish short story and The Voice of Reason frame story. She went on to appear in numerous other Witcher stories and is one of the main characters of The Witcher saga. In the 2001 movie and 2002 TV series she was played by Grażyna Wolszczak.
Geralt of Rivia
Geralt of Rivia (Polish: Geralt z Rivii) is a fictional character and the protagonist of The Witcher series of short stories and novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, as well as its video game adaptations.
Fictional biography
Geralt, the central character, is a witcher. Shortly after being born, Geralt was abandoned by his mother at Kaer Morhen — the witchers' stronghold. Geralt survived numerous mutations during the Trial of the Grasses (alongside the extra mutations), thanks to which he gained practically superhuman physical and mental abilities with minimal side effects. He resisted the "changes" brought on by the trial of grasses better than most, which encouraged his makers to perform even more dangerous experimental procedures on him, making him lose all body pigmentation. Because of his pale skin and white hair, he is also known in the Elder Speech as "Gwynbleidd", the White Wolf.
Despite his name, Geralt does not come from Rivia (although he learned how to mimic Rivian accent): young witchers were encouraged to make up surnames for themselves by master Vesemir, to make their names sound more trustworthy. His first choice was Geralt Roger Eric du Haute-Bellegarde, but this was dismissed by Vesemir as silly and pretentious.
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