Some surprised facts about Geralt of Rivia - The Witcher

In The Witcher series starring Henry Cavill, the character Geralt is often associated with "of Rivia", but in fact Geralt does not come from this city and he also has nothing to do with it originally.

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GERATL IS NOT FROM RIVIA

Despite his title, Geralt was not from the city of Rivia. As a child, Geralt was left by his mother, Visenna, to be raised by the keeps at Kaer Morhen Castle in Kaedwen Kingdom.

In order to build credibility to easily win the trust of potential clients, Master Vesemir often encouraged his young witchers to "make up" and polish their own names. Initially, Geralt chose the title "Geralt Roger Eric du Haute-Bellegarde", but this choice was rejected by Vesemir as silly and arrogant. Therefore, his initial title was simply "Geralt".

Later, he chose to add the suffix "of Rivia" - a city of the Kingdom of Lyria located south of the Kingdom of Kaedwen. Geralt even used a Rivian accent to make it appear more authentic.

Later, thanks to his great merit, Queen Meve of Lyria officially knighted him and the title "Giralt of Rivia" was recognized and widely known.

How old is The Witcher Geralt?

GERALT IS EVEN OLDER THAN CIRI'S GRANTMOTHER

According to the official annals of The Witcher, Giralt was born in 1160, 76 years older than Queen Calanthe (Ciri's grandmother) and 90 years older than Ciri. The witches in The Witcher universe have a much longer life cycle than ordinary people.

Birth year of the main characters

Vesemir (Geralt's Master): 1095
Geralt: 1160
Yennefer: 1192
Calanthe (Ciri's grandmother): 1216
Jaskier: 1222
Paveta (Ciri's mother): 1234
Ciri: 1250

GIRALT'S WHITE HAIR COLOR IS A MUTATION DURING MAGIC TRAINING PROCESS

As a child, Geralt had dark brown hair. While training at Kaer Morhen Castle, he underwent many extreme trials and mutations, which changed the color of his skin and hair.

Those mutant experiences gave Geralt more superhuman abilities than other wizards: speed, strength and stamina, senses, the ability to heal himself, immunity to diseases, immunity to conventional poisons, the ability to endure pain.

Season 1 of "The Witcher" has introduced quite a lot of details about Yennifer's magic training process, it is expected that Season 2 will have a lot of flashbacks about the period when Geralt grew up at Kaer Morhen Castle under the guidance of Master Vesemir.

The Witcher Season 2 will be aired on Netflix from December 17, 2021.