#THE WITCHER CHARACTERS SERIES#
Learning more about the subjugation of the Dwarves that allowed the Elves to rise to begin with and getting a peek at their strict classism adds a bit of context behind why few non-Elves in the main series are eager to see their empire rise anew. When we meet the Elven clans in the main series, they are scattered and afraid that they will soon cease to exist at all, while here, we see some of the major events that led to the fall of the Elven empire. The show seems to age its humans slowly on purpose-likely to preserve the “secret” of the varied timelines, which doesn’t become perfectly clear until episode four, when Geralt and Jaskier go to Queen Calanthe’s court and Geralt comes out of it with a certain Unexpected Child.Fans of The Witcher will recognize a few marked changes from the world they’ve come to know. This would also match up with Jaskier/Dandelion’s age in the books/video games, where fans estimate he is 40-50 years old and has been Geralt’s best friend for many years. So, let’s say Jaskier was 18 when they first met, as the timeline implies-he should be about 40 when he and Geralt have their falling out.
When Jaskier talks to Yennefer years after their first meeting over the Djinn, Yennefer makes a remark about his “crow’s feet,” but we don’t really see that evidence on Batey.Īccording to the official Netflix timeline, 22 years pass between Geralt and Jaskier’s first encounter and their trip up the mountain to see about a dragon. However, Jaskier accompanies Geralt on adventures in different decades and does not visibly age. Jaskier the bard is a human, so we presume that he looks to be around Batey’s actual age. Here’s where things start getting a bit wacky. Other magic-users, like Tissaia, Fringilla, Mousesack, Stregobor, and Istredd also don’t appear to age much in varied timelines, though not all of them (namely, the men) seem bound to youthful forms.Īctor Joey Batey is 26. Either way, there’s no denying that magic makes for an excellent skincare routine. Fans argue whether that makes her around 50, or more like 80. Yennefer’s friend and fellow timeless sorceress Triss Merigold (Anna Shaffer), who helps Geralt with Princess Adda the striga and who plays a larger role in the video games, is said to be younger than Yennefer. Yennefer’s timeline as we watch it develop on the show is the oldest one, beginning at the earliest date. In book/video game lore, however, she mentions being 94 and is usually considered to be a few years older than Geralt. But in the “present day,” Yennefer is 71 on the show. Though we first see Chalotra playing Yennefer in her early teenage years, after Yennefer’s ritual, she appears to be Chalotra’s age-23-for the rest of the series. For Schmidt Hissrich, Geralt’s advanced age is a particularly interesting point at which to pick up his story, after life gets complicated “for a man who thought he’d had it all figured out,”Īctress Anya Chalotra is 23. This fits with Geralt’s age in both Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher books and the Witcher video games, where Geralt is pushing 100. Which means when his timeline finally matches up with Ciri’s at the close of the first season, he’s well into living as a centenarian. So Geralt is almost but not quite 100 when the whole Renfri/Butcher of Blaviken stuff goes down. “Then there’s the death of a character and that’s what launches him off onto his journey.” The Witcher showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich explained how old Geralt is in the first episode, as IGN highlights: “Geralt is almost 100 years old when the series starts and we find him in the middle of a journey,” Hissrich said. Geralt has seen a lot, which may account for why he needs a nap. But his character, Geralt, is about a century old.
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