![]() ![]() ![]() Geralt as the deciding factor in events is one of the reasons The Witcher works as a narrative and a game. Geralt, of course, takes a defining role at the center of that explosion, one way or another. From the moment Geralt leaves the confined tutorial area of his home castle Kaer Morhen, he's subjected to the fears and anger of a world looking for a reason to explode. Most humans are wary of Geralt, some are downright hostile and the non-humans often have the same reactions because he's part human. Thusly, Geralt's adventures are not all happiness and joy in finding new friends as they are in some RPGs. ![]() ![]() While Witchers are granted enhanced reflexes and strength and trained to slay monsters, use basic magic, and brew helpful potions, the process of mutation sterilizes them and as many observe in the game, turns them cold to others. While Geralt was born human, he was mutated and trained to become something both more and less. While most of the epithets are cast at the "non-humans" like the elves and dwarves, the main character Geralt is not immune to the slanderous speech of the human population. While tensions always seem to be high between humans, elves, dwarves, and other races of fantasy, this Polish-born tale pushes those tensions into full blown racism. ![]()
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