![]() Plus, he smiled once, and who among us really associates Henry Cavill's Geralt with smiles?īut young Geralt did survive, and his attempt to run away from Kaer Morhen meant that he had discovered a secret way out for him and the other three boys. Introducing him with a shaved head was a good way to throw off viewers who were keeping an eye out for the White Wolf, and Vesemir didn't name him among the boys he thought would survive being thrown into the midst of monsters in the wilderness. The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf was very much the story of Vesemir, and the anime movie didn't give away until the very end that one of the boys who survived the massacre was none other than Geralt. ![]() So, there could have been the odd witcher here and there spread throughout the Continent who didn't make it back to the stronghold for the winter, or had taken a turn as mercenary, but a winter massacre at Kaer Morhen devastated the witcher numbers far more than an attack would have at any other time of year. Other than Vesemir and four young boys, there seemed to be no survivors.Īnd Tetra timed her attack well, since the witchers had retreated to Kaer Morhen for the winter and would head out on fresh monster hunts in the spring. It was as much lucky timing as his formidable skills that Vesemir survived to reach the final battle, and Tetra's death was too little and too late to prevent the near total genocide of the witchers. (Image credit: Netflix) Why So Few Witchers Survivedĭespite Vesemir leading the army of witchers into using magic of their own to try and ward off the initial wave of monsters, there were just too many enemies, and they were too taken by surprise by how suddenly the attack happened.
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